WILDWOOD, NEW JERSEY — This morning’s high tide was a record 9.44 feet cresting between 9:37 to 9:41 AM some two hours and 23 minutes after the predicted high tide of 7:14 AM. The snow was several inches and most of it has been washed away by the rain. There were a few cars parked in obvious flood prone areas that were subject to flood damage.
The electric is currently out in many parts of the city and due to the prolonged flooding the Electric Company will not service any area covered with water and/or subject to 35 mile per hour or greater winds. They are slowly restoring power to the communities in the county on a priority basis – that is outages that are affecting a large group are handled first over single isolated outages.
Flooding was up to Atlantic Avenue on most streets. Even during the low tide as I update this page most of New York and Delaware Avenues have water covering most of the street. The city has opened a shelter at the recreation center for those have water in their house or no electricity as well as the County has opened a shelter. However due to the many calls for transportation and evacuation which requires high water vehicles it is taking up to four hours to pick up some people. Pickups are being prioritized for those elderly or with medical issues first.
The National Weather Service issued a 11AM briefing that shows the predicted tides for Atlantic City and Lewes, DE we fall some where in between. Tides in Atlantic City will continue to be high while the Lewes, DE tides will go down. The probable reason is the storm is heading North and will be continuing to affect Atlantic City while moving away from Lewes, DE. The predictions assume the rate the storm is moving northward and the wind shifting before high tide.
