Calm After The Storm

The sky above Hoboken was still grey and rain kept falling on Monday, but the worst of the storm had passed. 

Except for some severe flooding, Hoboken came out of the storm fairly unscathed.

Director of Environmental Services Jennifer Wenson Maier said she had not received many calls regarding property damage. 

"Today we're just assessing what the aftermath is," said Maier in a phone interview on Monday morning. 

Especially the area by ShopRite at 900 Madison was heavily flooded. 

"That was probably the worst of what I saw," Maier said. There was also heavy flooding at Paterson Avenue and Jackson Street, Maier said.

Monday during the day, environmental services workers were out to assess damage and clean up. 

Hoboken didn't experience any power outages or fallen trees, said City spokesman Paul Drexel. 

Maier said she drove around Hoboken during the height of the storm on Saturday night, mostly to put up barricades, preventing people from driving into flooded areas.

Both Maier and Mayor Dawn Zimmer said that people removed the barricades on Saturday, only adding to the flooding problem.

Zimmer also said she wants to make it possible for Hoboken residents to report flooding on the City's website. This will also help when applying for grant money, Zimmer said. 

NJ Transit suspended its service on Saturday night when the train tracks at Hoboken Terminal flooded. On Sunday, service resumed, according to Dan Stessel, an NJ Transit spokesman. 

There was "no significant damage, just a lot of clean up," Stessel said. "Hoboken terminal has seen this kind of thing before."

Although it's a common problem for Hoboken, this was Maier's first flood experience since she was hired in early February. Next time, she said, she wants to put up  more barricades right away. Otherwise, everything went well, she said. 

"I was very impressed with my guys," she said. "We're out there in the midlde night in the middle of the storm, working together with other departments."

Noah Cohen added reporting.