Wild Weather Leaves Its Mark Down Shore

Joe Holden reports.

START TO MOVE OUT OF THESEVERE WEATHER THREAT THISEVENING.JESSICA, NOW BACK TO YOU.DOWN THE SHORE, WILDWEATHER DAMAGE, BOARDWALK ANDLOCAL LANDMARKS AND, LEFTPEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.RIGHT NOW ATLANTIC CITYELECTRIC IS REPORTING MORETHAN 23,000 HOMES ANDBUSINESSES WITHOUT POWER.PECO HAS JUST OVER 2,000PEOPLE IN THE DARK, PPL, 13,PSE&G 1600 AND, DEL MARVA 410.FOR AN UPDATE ON THE DAMAGELETS GO TO GENTLEMEN HOLDEN INWILDWOOD.PARTS OF THE CAPE MAY COUNTYTORTURED BY HIGH WIND.THERE WAS NO MERCY FOR THISSECTION OF THE WILDWOODBOARDWALK.ENTIRE PIECES OF THE STRUCTUREBUCKLED UNDER ATTACK FROM ANEASTER MONDAY STORM, NORTHWILDWOOD WELCOME SIGN PUSHDOWN, FACEBOOK VIDEO SHOWSWIRES ARCING, THOUSANDS WERELEFT IN THE DARK.THIS WIND DEVELOPED AND ITDEVELOP SLOWLY AND SLOWLY ANDTHEN AFTER FIVE OR 10 MINUTESIT JUST EXPLODED.REPORTER: KARL, RODE IT OUTIN HIS FIFTH FLOOR CONDO ONTHE WILDWOOD BEACH.IT WAS FRIGHTENING FOR ACOUPLE SECONDS WE WERE BOTHJUST, AGAIN, AWE STRUCK.REPORTER: EGG HARBORTOWNSHIP GAS STATION, CRUSH BYITS OVER HANG, NOBODYFORTUNATELY WAS REPORTED TO BEHURT.AS CAPE MAY HISTORIC CONGRESSHALL PORTIONS ON HAVE THE ROOFWERE DESTROYED, COLUMN WASDETACHED AND POWERFUL BLAST.TREES WERE BROUGHT DOWN ACROSSCAPE MAY COUNTY.RONALD SAYS THAT HE SEES ASTORM LIKE THIS MAYBE ONE ORTWO TIME A DECADE.I HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESSSINCE 1962, HURRICANE GLORIAWAS WORSE THEN THIS IS.THIS IS A TYPICAL NOR'EASTERTHAT WE GET IN THE SPRING.WE WILL GET ONE EVERY SEVEN OREIGHT YEARS.WE ARE LIVE RIGHT NOW PUTTINGSOME OF WHAT KATE BILO HASBEEN FORECASTING TO A ACTUALPICTURE FOR YOU.YOU CAN SEE THE SKIES ARECERTAINLY CLEARING, WE ARELOOKING WEST, AS THIS STORMSYSTEM, MOVES, THROUGH THECITY OF WILDWOOD RIGHT NOW.AS FOR DAMAGE CAUSED EARLIERCONGRESSMAN JEFF VAN DREW HASALREADY ASKED, GOVERNOR PHILMURPHY TO MAKE THIS, AREA ANDOTHER AREAS OF THE SHOREDISASTER ZONES, BECAUSE OF THEDAMAGE, BROUGHT FROM THATWIND.