Everyone is starting to scare me now….
I live in central NJ.
i thought it was just going to be heavy rain and heavy wind and the damage would be just trees knocked down, power outages and lawn ornaments/patio furniture that people didn’t put away flying around.
Is it really going to be alot worse than this in NJ?
People are making it sound like my house is going to be torn apart into pieces.
Please give me a realistic explanation of how bad it is going to affect NJ. Thank you.
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