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Video: Jet Skier Cruises Around Flooded NJ Town
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Christopher Robbins
Published Oct 29, 2012
Modified Oct 29, 2012
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This video appears to show a resident of Manasquan, New Jersey, using a Jet Ski to navigate the flooded streets of the coastal town that has been subject to mandatory evacuations for Hurricane Sandy.
At 11:15 this morning Manasquan warned of "severe coastal flooding" and called Sandy an "extremely dangerous, life-threatening storm…if you are an evacuation area [sic], do not try and ride this one out…emergency services will be cut off from evacuation zones later today." New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who declared a state of emergency on Saturday, called holdouts to evacuation "both stupid and selfish," which is likely kinder than his words for someone who fired up their personal watercraft to take a tour of a neighborhood underwater.
We've reached out to the user who posted the video and will update if we receive any more information.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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