Hurricane Sandy: Getting New Jersey Back on the Grid

Posted by Content Coordinator on Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

Lakehurst, NJ: Providing power after Hurricane Sandy from Fort Bragg, N.C. on Vimeo.

Company B, 249th Engineer Battalion Soldiers receive generators in Lakehurst, N.J. The generators are part of the Hurricane Sandy relief effort. Soundbites from Capt. Michael Wiehagan and Sgt. 1st Class Barry Newman.

 

Summit, NJ: Power Is On!! Hurricane Sandy Restoration in New Jersey on YouTube.

Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey hard, and you can see the devastation it caused by checking out this video here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuU6YRinfhI – This is my street.

There were millions of people without power on the East Coast and a lot of people were going stir crazy due to the fact that they had no power. I have noticed a large increase in homes with generators as well.

Once these super nice linemen from Michigan showed up on our street, we were all so happy! Sure, we wish it were sooner, but this isn’t the fault of the linesmen. I recorded the final moments of the restoration here.

These guys work very hard for days and weeks on end to get everyone back online. These guys were definitely the celebrities of the moment.

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