There's a vast and blustery thundering mass on the Jersey coast

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tweeted by, Josh Marshall ‏@joshtpm

There's a vast and blustery thundering mass on the Jersey coast, blowing hurricane force winds. And that's just the governor. cc@GovChristie


on a serious note:

Governor Christie ‏@GovChristie 24m

You are going to be shocked when you see the images coming out of the Jersey Shore.


Andrew Kaczynski ‏@BuzzFeedAndrew
Awful. Frightening. RT @Occuweather: This was Atlantic City.


http://twitpic.com/b8lm7k

[Bucky]

1. How's the Situation?

And, my God, is Snooki okay?

[bigtree]

3. lol

hope so

[onehandle]

2. If he would just beach himself, the entire East Coast would be protected. nt

[Atman]

4. Did Christie break free from his mooring?

Seriously, though, we're getting pinged up here in Connecticut, and I'm 45 miles inland. I can only imagine what it's like on the Jersey Shore. Be safe, people. We're in for a loooong night!

[bluestate10]

5. Ohhhh. You bumped into Chris Christie at an ice cream shop. nt

[vi5]

6. Christie's an A-hole and a horrible governer most of the time....

But in all fairness he handled Irene well last year and he's handing this one as well as could be expected. And yes, I realize a lot of that is just being a figurehead but I've got no issues with how he's handling it. And that includes him praising the President and Fema and mentioning several times over the course of the day how much Obama has reached out to him, how much he's offered to help, and how much he has emphasized that if NJ needs anything that they will have it.

Again, 95% of the time the guy is a blustering blowhard and a jerk. But that other 5% of the time, namely during situations like this and also the one time where he used his powers of insult and shouting down people to do so to someone who said something disparaging against Muslims at a press conference, I can look past the partisan stuff and not hate him.