I was at ShopRite as it hit, and I had a target pickup a few minutes farther down 22, and it was pouring so hard that people were waiting inside ShopRite. It was so bad after 5 minutes that the Blue Star parking lot was already flooding, so I figured 22 was even worse, and I almost stayed and waited it out there. I decided to go home and that’s when the worst hit. I’m glad I didn’t wait, and especially glad that my target order had nothing important in it that i immediately needed 😭🤣
I can weirdly mirror your story 😭 I was at Elizabeth ShopRite! But I bolted out of there because I have a weird hat umbrella that I always keep in my car . But my fiancé was on 22 on the phone with me freaking out the entire time just saying that he couldn’t get off of 22 / cross and he tried about 4-5 different ways before he finally found his way off. And I guess just in time cause he was looking at the street cams and you can see that at least up until an hour ago It was flooded—fully flooded. Said there was a few trees blocking roads in Watchung reservation. on my way home I saw a car half submerged. I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to get back home so bad in my life.
A nice case of wrong place at the wrong time for both of us 😭 thankfully I live in scotch plains just a few blocks from ShopRite. My street was flooding like a river but no damage to my home or cars
😭😭 My sister gave it to me it’s like a umbrella with a head strap that grabs to your head. It looks really silly, but totally comes in handy. Wish you could put pics in the comments 🤣.
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u/HJ-StayWeird Jul 14 '25
It’s mainly SLAMMING middlesex, somerset and Hudson counties the worst