I had to evacuate my apartment last night and drive up to my parent's house because of the major coastal storm that is hammering the Atlantic coast. I live on the barrier island of Wildwood, NJ and we experienced ridiculous flooding. I live on the western part near the back bay (where the worst flooding ocurred). I didn't realize it was going to be so severe. We had some bad flooding last month when three nor'easters came through, but nothing like this. I stayed too long. I had my car parked on the highest spot I could find and the water at high tide still came half-way up the tires. I knew if I didn't move it before the next high tide (at 4 AM) that I was going to lose my car. I was freaking out; I didn't know if the water would recede far enough for me to get my car out of there.

I finally packed my bags, put my sneakers and socks in a plastic bag with a towel, rolled my pants up past my knees, and waded out to my car. I had to drive on the sidewalk where the shallower water was because the street was too deep; water would've gotten inside and possibly into the engine. I called the police to find out about the conditions of the roads and bridges (there was one way off the island, the others were flooded out). I got out of there and said a very grateful prayer.

I do sort of wish I had been able to stay just to see how bad the flooding got (my apartment is raised up so there's very little danger of the water getting in). The 4AM high tide was going to be the nastiest one, combined with lots of rain and 40-50 knot NE winds (yay!). I'm glad I got out of there when I did.
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