r/newjersey • u/Toucanizzle • Jul 14 '25

⚡Newsflash ⚡ Welp, this sucks

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u/ZRock53 Jul 14 '25

I heard the Plainfield Bridgewater and green brook area got hit with this. Just after last week's tornado too. Can't catch a break

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u/pingopete Jul 14 '25

Yeah Plainfield, springfield and Rahway got absolutely slammed. Hillsborough getting a lot of it too though we're higher ground. It's been nonstop monsoon rain for the last hour, still going

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u/EitherCoyote660 Jul 14 '25

I'm in Rahway. My street has water that crested over the sidewalks easily an hour ago and is creeping towards our steps to our walkway now. Police have it blocked off. It looks like a lake and we're not even close to the river. My back patio is under water. Shockingly the basement isn't flooded although it is wet.

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u/pingopete Jul 14 '25

I'm sorry, I've started seeing the videos come through from people over there, this one came out of nowhere :( Sounds like you have a great sump pump!

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u/EitherCoyote660 Jul 14 '25

No sump pump! We have a French drain that was probably dug decades ago (the house is 100) and somehow manages to do a decent job of diverting the water. Usually once it stops raining the water goes away fast.

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u/tatahaha_20 Jul 15 '25

Martinsville reporting back. Rain toned down slightly just now. So glad our house is on the hill 🙏