Neptune Office of Emergency Management (OEM) urged preparedness while keeping an eye on Jose, now a category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour. The storm is expected to pass New Jersey 200 miles offshore, causing rough surf and street flooding. Some forecasts include nor'easter-like conditions.
Although the Jersey Shore is in what the National Hurricane Center calls the "cone of uncertainty"--a diagram, shaped like a cone, that shows the probable track of a storm--no forecast has shown the storm coming near the Shore or making landfall in New Jersey.
"Keep in mind that this forecast is just that, a forecast" and subject to change, Neptune OEM said in a statement on its Facebook page. Residents should "prepare for anything" by going online to Ready.Gov and by attending the township's "Prepareathon" on Wednesday, Sept. 20.
The event, hosted by Neptune OEM, is part of a nationwide, community-based campaign to increase local preparedness for disaster. It will start at 5 p.m. on the South Concourse, behind the Headliner nightclub on Route 35 South, and feature advice on preparing for emergencies, emergency services demonstrations, and a prize raffle.
Although the Jersey Shore is in what the National Hurricane Center calls the "cone of uncertainty"--a diagram, shaped like a cone, that shows the probable track of a storm--no forecast has shown the storm coming near the Shore or making landfall in New Jersey.
"Keep in mind that this forecast is just that, a forecast" and subject to change, Neptune OEM said in a statement on its Facebook page. Residents should "prepare for anything" by going online to Ready.Gov and by attending the township's "Prepareathon" on Wednesday, Sept. 20.
The event, hosted by Neptune OEM, is part of a nationwide, community-based campaign to increase local preparedness for disaster. It will start at 5 p.m. on the South Concourse, behind the Headliner nightclub on Route 35 South, and feature advice on preparing for emergencies, emergency services demonstrations, and a prize raffle.
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