Mission NJ: Good News!

After Ohio we were in West Virginia for all of 15 minutes; a little spike on the map before entering Pennsylvania. It was here I received a very positive call from my work colleague and fellow Jersey City resident Matt. He had picked up a rental car (since his own washed away) and was outside my apartment. Although there was no way of being 100% sure, he reckoned the flood water hadn't reached my street really; certainly there was no visible storm damage to the apartment. The basement apartment may have been affected which may mean the gas connection would be shut off, but it supposedly looked minimal damage if anything.

We have avoided all the areas with the worst reported snow coverage, with only a period of snowy hills and trees in Pennsylvania thus far. The roads have been clear and spirits pretty high, considering the 4 of us have been cooped up together for 2 days. There was ones wrong turn on the way to lunch but eating cheered everyone up within 5 minutes.

We will now wait until we reach New Jersey in a couple of hours before finding a place to stay for the night. Tomorrow AM we will head to the apartment through the reported clear streets, unload the truck, and see about getting me working from home. There's another day for the local authorities to restore power and such to the area; they've been reported as doing a fantastic recovery job thus far so fingers crossed!