An Englishman in America - reports on the severe weather in New Jersey.

This is being written in a lull before a second storm system descends into New Jersey in a matter of hours.

Monday saw parts of southern New Jersey deluged by up to 15 inches of rain in one day. It was not a hurricane, but the effects of a severe storm system that moved and reversed in circulation in this area. Link to story from the Philadelphia Inquirer

I recall Hurricane Allison in June 2001, dumping ten inches of rain one Saturday evening in my home neighborhood and with it lives were lost. I had never before seen flooding like it, while my commute home on Monday night was a splash through deep puddles; I was not close to the areas that really suffered.

So now we sit waiting a second storm front not 48 hours from the deluge of the last. My concern is that the ground is so sodden, the high winds expected could with trees in full leaf, topple many from the ground.

With family members on vacation on the Jersey Shore, a major route linking them to us has lost a bridge that will take millions of dollars to repair. Given that summer season is fully upon us and that the road takes between 17,000 to 22,000 vehicles each day. Plans to erect a temporary bridge 2-lane bridge in time for this weekend are planned but further weather delays will add to the misery of the holidaymakers change over.

As of now, we are all on a tornado watch, not that tornado’s are expected, but the storm system heading towards us and those in southern New Jersey are favorable for hail, excessive lighting and tornados.

An Englishman in America will always make a point of discussing the weather.

The promised posting from an Englishman in America celebrating his 4th anniversary will follow by July 20.