Storm Advisory September 22-24, 2023
Potential….access into Absecon may only be from the west and north as a result of tidal flooding Saturday.
The roads in Absecon will be flooding on Saturday afternoon for several hours. South Shore Rd., south of the White Horse Pike as early as 12 noon and lasting several hours past the point of high tide (3:15-3:30 pm) to 5 or 6 pm.
New Rd. North of Holy Spirit will also flood around the same time given the incoming tide ushered in by the strong east wind and exacerbated by heavy rainfall.
Due to the heavy rain coincident with the incoming tide, Mill Rd. approaching the dam may also have flooding.
As for the White Horse Pike, a combination of the heavy rains; incoming tide and winds from the east gusting up to 50 mph, one lane westbound may be impassable as white caps push debris onto the shoulder and one lane.
The time frame for the above early afternoon into mid/late afternoon Saturday.
High wind advisories/warnings are up for the area. Winds gusting in excess of 50 mph at times causing spotty power outages and perhaps small trees/wires down.
Rains will be wind blown and accumulating rapidly on the more vulnerable low spots.
I would anticipate some cars being stranded by the rains and also trying to drive through flood waters.
Below are web sites to check the local conditions:
- National Hurricane Center
https://link.edgepilot.com/s/323e0017/5Q2-SSqbtkabC0Ds-mJCdg?u=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
- National Weather Service, Mt. Holly, NJ
https://link.edgepilot.com/s/61a1270c/uTOG_-xph02eT5y2mmC02A?u=https://www.weather.gov/phi/
- USGS Weather Sites - scroll down to your location in Atlantic Coastal Basin section
- USGS Tide Sites - scroll down to find your location
- Zoom into your location and click
- Storm Prediction Center
https://link.edgepilot.com/s/029576e4/z8icKsjBxUaBnNs9IaK6WA?u=https://www.spc.noaa.gov/
- Excessive Rainfall site
- Satellite section - click on our location
- Click on tide location for height - read thresholds minor-moderate-major
Notice of Roadway Closings - Creekfest Event
Dear Absecon Resident,
The City of Absecon would like to make you aware of our hometown music and food truck festival, Creekfest, that will be held at Faunce Landing on Sunday, September 17th from 2:00 PM - 9:00 PM. For the safety of attendees and everyone in the area, the following changes will be made to normal traffic patterns for the day of the event:
- Faunce Landing Road will be marked for "No Parking" on both sides of the roadway from Shore Road to the event location. Lisbon Ave will be closed at Julianna Drive with traffic only be allowed to exit the event area. Two-Way traffic will resume on Lisbon Ave at Julianna Drive.
- Entrances to the event will be at Faunce Landing Road and Lisbon Avenue. Another entrance will be on 4th Avenue midway between the Boat Ramp and Lazy Lane. Traffic WILL NOT be permitted past these points during the event.
- The Boat Ramp will be closed for 24 hours beginning at 12:00 AM on Sunday morning until 12:00 AM Monday morning.
Off-site parking will be available with Jitney service to the event. Uber/Lyft drop off lanes and bicycle parking areas will be available and encouraged. We anticipate this to be a beautiful afternoon and evening for the citizens of Absecon and hope you are able to attend. Please contact our committee with any questions.
Sincerely
City of Absecon
Thank you to our CREEKFEST Sponsors
CREEKFEST EVENT INFORMATION AND PARKING
CREEKFEST Parking – we strongly encourage Creekfest attendees to park at our off-site parking area located at the parking lot directly next to the Absecon City Public Works building at 939 Pitney Road. Jitney service will be provided on a continual basis throughout the event to shuttle attendees to and from the Faunce Landing Event Location.
Absecon’s 9/11 Ceremony Event
Dear Absecon Residents,
I’m writing to invite you to attend Absecon’s annual Absecon 9/11 Ceremonies. They will both be held at the 9/11 Memorial on Mill Road in Absecon on September 11th.
This year there will be two ceremonies, one for our Attales School Students at 9:30 in the morning. This ceremony will be a unique opportunity to educate our students about the history of 9/11. These students were not born then, but the lessons learned on that day are so important for everyone no matter what their age. The information garnered will drive home many lessons two being that “Freedom is not Free” and “We Must Never Forget”.
The second ceremony will be held at 6:30 for the Absecon Community and those interested in commemorating that horrific day. Although there are a few benches, people are encouraged to bring their own chair. The anticipated length of the program is less than an hour.
The 9/11 monument is near and dear to me, as I was a teacher at the Marsh School on that day and served as a member of the “Founders Committee” along with my mother and many others in our Absecon Community. The Founder’s Committee headed by Jim Smith, Ed Vincent, and Butch Stewart and many other community members worked tirelessly to create something respectful and thought provoking from that twisted steel secured from the South Tower. We were all impacted on 9/11 and wanted to make a monument that would remind us of the event and how the world came together in our country’s time of need.
It’s been more than two decades since 9/11 and I still remember it as if it were yesterday. As a community we need to honor and commemorate the sacrifices made that day by always remembering the heroes, first responders, armed forces, and countless others’ acts of service to defend our nation’s freedom.
Make sure your mark your calendars and attend our ceremony.
Mayor Kim Horton