Can you believe this storm was moving along at 28 mph when it hit the coast? For something that big to be - not just spinning - but moving forward at that speed? Incredible. No wonder it pushed so much water out in front of it.

NYT reports rising water at the Oyster Ceek nuke plant.

The Asbury Park Press is reporting that at least 20 fires are raging in Ocean County.

AP: "Superstorm Sandy puts NJ's Oyster Creek nuclear power plant on alert; NY's Indian Point plant shut down"

WASHINGTON -- Part of a nuclear power plant was shut down late Monday while another plant -- the nation's oldest -- was put on alert after waters from superstorm Sandy rose 6 feet above sea level.

One of the units at Indian Point, a plant about 45 miles north of New York City, was shut down around 10:45 p.m. because of external electrical grid issues, said Entergy Corp., which operates the plant.

Con't at http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/10/superstorm_sandy_puts_njs_oyst.html

Then there's stuff like this out there, too -- it's just a "normal problem":

FORBES
ENERGY | 10/29/2012 @ 10:26PM
Don't Politicize Sandy - Hurricane Normal Problem for Nukes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/10/29/dont-politicize-sandy-hurricane-no-problem-for-nukes/

Three Mile Island and Peach Bottom prepared for Hurricane Sandy
By Sean Adkins, York Daily Record/Sunday News
Updated: 10/30/2012 12:22:57 AM EDT
http://www.ydr.com/business/ci_21883368/tmi-and-peach-bottom-prepared-hurricane-sandy

Sorry about your stomping grounds. Meanwhile in the southern part of this state we are having bizarrely beautiful weather. But I am not at all sure they are not two sides of an increasingly frightening coin.