Stranded in the darkness

The dogs are wondering why we're sitting in the dark, no television, no music, nothing but the flicker of the candles.

We'd made it through the weekend without too many problems — aside from trying to get from Kendall Park to Sayreville for a not-so-surprise 40th party for my brother.

Then, at about 10:50 p.m., as we were getting ready to go to bed, the lights went out. The TV went dark. And now we're sitting in the near dark, with candles and flashlights and no idea when we'll have everything back up and running.

It is kind of eerie, no sound aside from the plane passing overhead and the beep of our phones, our connection to the outside world.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

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  1. I live on Route 1 in South Brunswick in a mobile home. I went to work Saturday around 8a.m. Got a phone call from home, the power went out around 9:30am. It came back on a short while later. Went off again around 2:30 p.m. We waited for it to come back on. Boiling water on the gas stove for heat, closing off the unsed rooms, using candles, and eating Dusal's Pizza. By Sunday afternoon we got an update that the power would be off until Tuesday, maybe Thursday. With no power the food in the refrigerator would not last long. So we packed up my 5 month old baby boy, my wife and nephew and as many clothes, supplies, and as much food as we could carry and went to my Father-in-Law's in Woodbridge. Lots of visible damage along the way, but we made it safe. There will be a mess to clean up when we go home, but thanks to the hard working crew at the Monmouth Mobile Home Park,the PSE&G Crews & the South Brunswick PD & Emergency Response crews working overtime, South Brunswick will still be there when we get home.

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