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New Jersey
Crazy weather in Island Heights
By ROBERT SINNOTT JR
Correspondent
1st Responder Network
Story Number
080209105
By Bob Sinnott
A flag pole on the front lawn of a Central Avenue business in Island Heights.
By Bob Sinnott
A tree broke a hole in the roof and broke several trusses on a Dirmitt Avenue home in Island Heights. The residents were inside when the storm did this.
By Bob Sinnott
Island Heights Police Officer Anthony Ringle is taking photos of the destruction on Jackson Avenue.
Three trees fell onto one property on Jackson Avenue causing the house to be wrecked, four cars to be damaged or totaled and the pool destroyed. This is the east side of the residence in Island Heights.
By Bob Sinnott
A close up of one of the trees on Jackson Avenue in Island Heights, foreground shows a pick up truck crushed.
By Bob Sinnott
Island Heights Police Officer Paul Rutledge sets up cones on Summit Avenue around power lines that were torn off the house and mixed in with trees.
By Bob Sinnott
A tree and front yard on Summit Avenue by Jaynes Avenue in Island Heights. Minor damage was reported to the house but the roof trusses were damaged.
By Bob Sinnott
In Island Heights on Jackson Avenue looking east.
ISLAND HEIGHTS, NJ - On Friday, July 31, 2009 members of the Island Heights Fire Department were arriving at their firehouse for a drill when the night’s activities changed.
Around 6:30 p.m. a swift-moving storm wreaked havoc throughout the Island Heights, Toms River and Bayville areas causing flooding, trees down, power outages and several roadways to be closed.
Island Heights Fire Department (Ocean County Station 53) responded to several calls in the boro and to surrounding Toms River Township. Chief Andy Parks (5300), Assistant Chief Ken Balfrey (5310) engine 5301 and 5311 and 5304 responded to numerous jobs that involved cars crushed by trees, houses with trees fallen on top of them and up rooted trees falling into yards, roads and swimming pools. There were branches all over and energized power wires down mixed in trees with several homes and cars destroyed.
Fire, police and emergency personnel worked through the night to clean up the mess and assure safety of the residents. Power outages and several roadways were still closed at 7:00 p.m. Saturday night.
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