The Jersey City Independent "

These photos were taken at a number of locations in Jersey City Sunday, August 28.

NJ Transit just announced that it will be running all its systems on a modified schedule tomorrow “as a result of residual impacts of Hurricane Irene.” The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail will be operating on a weekend schedule, and bus service will be on a “modified weekday schedule” with “fewer trips operating during peak periods on [...]

Flooding on 9th Street near Enos Jones Park this morning With many residents still facing heavy flooding inside their homes and with thousands still without power, Jersey City is keeping its lone standing emergency shelter (at PS 4, 107 Bright Street) open through the night. The Jersey City Incinerator Authority (JCIA) is also going to [...]

While PSE&G wasn’t forced to take its flooded station offline this morning, plenty of customers in Jersey City did lose power today. PSE&G now says between 2,000 and 5,000 people here are without power; this morning it was between 5,000 and 10,000. PSE&G says about 330,000 of its New Jersey customers remain without power, and [...]

UPDATED AUGUST 28 at 9:46 AM Break out those candles and flashlights: PSE&G’s power generating station on Duffield Avenue has serious flooding issues right now, according to Jersey City’s Office of Emergency Management, and the utility planned to shut the station off at 8 am to perform emergency repairs. PSE&G’s Marshall Street substation in Hoboken [...]

Jersey City residents and business owners were preparing for Irene this afternoon with tape, sandbags and emergency supplies, boarding up windows and packing up food and water before the worst of the storm began.

Jersey City’s seven emergency shelters are filling up, but there is plenty of room remaining, according to city officials. As of 8 pm, 346 evacuees had staked claim on 1,750 available spots in the city’s six main shelters (there are actually more than 1,750 spots available because Dickinson High School’s evacuation area can be expanded). [...]

Photo by Jason G. (Sonicdork.com) Well, it took a little while, but the National Weather Service at 8:55 pm has upgraded the Flood Watch for Jersey City to a more severe Flood Warning. The service says we can expect about 8 inches of rain between now and Sunday afternoon, leading to “ponding of water in [...]

Photo: Jennifer Weiss As the winds pick up tonight in Jersey City, Jersey City officials are asking everyone to stay away from both waterfronts and the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway if they aren’t already. “The Office of Emergency Management and the Jersey City Police Department consider this a very dangerous condition and onlookers are advised [...]

With Hurricane Irene set to come our way late tonight, it’s clear there will be a lot of rain, high-powered winds and some flooding. But forecasters say the extent of the flooding and the storm surge will largely depend on whether or not the storm rolls in during high or low tide. High tide at [...]