Abandoned gas station down the block from me leaking oil due to Sandy flooding

[bklyncowgirl]

I was walking my dog during a break in the storm and saw an oil slick. A cop who was stationed nearby told me that oil from one of the leaky old tanks under an abandoned gas station was seeping through to the surface. We're pretty high and dry here in our part of Little Silver--other parts of the town have been evacuated and are underwater--and thank God we still have power but there are some things happening even on high ground that are pretty ugly.

[elleng]

1. Not good; glad you're high and dry. WHERE are you???

[k8conant]

3. Little Silver, New Jersey? nt

[bklyncowgirl]

5. Little Silver, NJ.

A couple of miles from the ocean and a couple of blocks from the Shrewsbury River. Riverfront and areas along the creeks have been flooded since this morning. Most of the Shore towns are flooded already. So far we have power but are expecting the worst.

[elleng]

7. Thanks. Nice spot, I guess, if NOT for hurricanes.

Daughter in Haddon Township, so she's in less jeopardy than you. Though she was told yesterday she was 'essential' to her health care facility job in Cherry Hill, they changed their mind so she didn't have to drive through it today.

[Ilsa]

2. The EPA hasn't required the bank that owns the

the property to fix that? LUSTs are an environmental hazard.

[bklyncowgirl]

6. Story I've heard is that owners have abandoned this property

There are two abandoned gas stations here across the street from each other. One was operating up until a year or so ago. I think this is the one that leaked. They did an abatement at the other last year after several years in court. It is an ugly blight on a very pretty, in parts very upscale town.

[KamaAina]

4. Yikes! Mom and Republican Stepdad have a place right on the beach in Long Branch.

They're riding it out back in Manhattan, and the place is on the seventh floor, but the lobby could still flood out. Also, Democratic Stepsis and Stepbro are down in Allenhurst and Loch Arbour, respectively -- and both have basements.