New Jersey Governor: ‘Get The Hell Off The Beach’

August 26, 2011 10:00 PM

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TRENTON, NJ (CBS) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie urged everyone to get off of the barrier islands and away from the shore points. He’s telling people the earlier they leave, the better off they will be.

Hundreds of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate. Residents and tourists alike are fleeing the Jersey beach resorts up and down the coast. Many of the evacuees are vacation-goers, spending the last week of the season soaking up the summer rays.

“Get the hell off the beach … and get out,” Governor Christie said during a late Friday afternoon news conference. “Get in your cars and get out of those areas.”

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“We have the possibility of record flooding,” said Christie. “So just by awful luck, this thing is hitting New Jersey at a time when we’re at high tide, so the likelihood of flooding along the coast is overwhelming – and serious flooding along the coast – not just like you’re feet are getting wet.”

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The Governor is advising everyone in the Garden State to make sure they are prepared and their families are safe.

“The most important advice I can give … is think, don’t react,” said Christie.

NOTE: The Garden State Parkway will be closed to southbound traffic south of Exit 98 beginning at 8pm and traffic will be rerouted to I-195 west.

Routes 47 and 347 in Cape May will be closed to eastbound traffic. All routes will be directed westward beginning at 6 p.m. Friday.

All gaming in Atlantic City has been suspended as of noon Saturday and there is no eastbound flow into Atlantic City after 6 p.m. Friday.

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James hubbard

Just because our ‘president’ is a facist doesn’t mean that all the states can be as well.

John B

What does fascism have to do with temporary evacuation orders?! States have laws to evacuate or close off areas of the state in emergencies. More so if martial law is declared to ward off looters (who take advantage of the crisis). Courts turn judgment of such actions over to the executive branch officials in emergencies where loss of life may happen.

M.J.B.

LOVE this guy. Perfect for New Jersey. He could’ve been an actor on the Sopranos…but instead he’s leading the state. ANY day listen to him over melba-toast-comatose Bloomberg

gus

BINGO ! Reminds me of Tony”s brother – in – law BOBBY …..

John Steele

Big Difference between New Jersey and ” Chocolate City” — and I live in Arizona
John

Difference between a REAL leader and a simply a political leader.

Bloomberg goes and says in a measured tone: The city has decided that you all should evacuate the cities. etc.

Chirsty: GET THE HELL OFF THE BEACH.

haha love the guy.
Mike Alright

Get off being feminized. Never mind-there is NO hope for this formerly free nation.
http://phoebe53.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/gov-christie-get-the-hell-off-the-beach/ Gov Christie….Get the hell off the beach « Phoebe's Detention Room

[...] thousands of people were ordered to evacuate. Residents and tourists alike are fleeing the Jersey beach resorts up and down the coast. Many of the evacuees are vacation-goers, spending the last week of the [...]
David Conard

I hope he runs for president. He is exactly what we need right now. Someone who will tell it like it is and do what need to be done.

Vive LAmerican

Spare us, please. What we need is real leadership, not some blow-hard.
He’s a huge phony. I do mean huge.

Joe Petner

Yes where is Obama? GOLFING.. He is worse then bush.
John B

There’s nothing phony about what he said. It’s called straight talk. And your personal attack on his weight gets no traction – no one cares. I hope he becomes the next president and shuts down the flow of illegals with his crass “in your face” style.
VIVE LChristie!

Jerry

And where’s Obama? Oh yeah….golfing.
mabelee

And stop eating so many hamburgers!!!

mojo9

Id prefer him to your Dumb ass messiah Obama

JDoe

PLEASE bring on the fat guy jokes….I believe that’s one of the things that helped put him in the Governor’s seat, if I remember my political history correctly…So, please continue, mabelee
Paula Sacco

I would prefer my cat to Obama!Paula

ViveLAmerican

Spare us, please. What we need is real leadership, not some blow-hard.

He’s a huge phony. I do mean huge.
Jerry Irwin

I wish he would eat Big Macs for every breakfast, lunch and dinner and we would not have to worry about him in 2012.

BobSmith

It is smart of Christie to state the issue in no uncertain terms NOW, because there will be idiots who will say they weren’t warned.

WhoDatMan

This coming from a man who has no business being anywhere near a beach.

Bachmama

haha. very good. maybe there is some psychological defense mechanism going on here? pretty obvious.
whodat1

Sure he does. He has the Sea Shepard’s to protect him.
Jerry Irwin

I don’t know, Whales beach themselves all the time.

Theshamisover

We can stay on the beaches if we want!!! We are not scared of a little wind!!! Quit with your fear mongering!!! Why do you really want people out of that area? Staged earthquake, generated hurricane… What are you hiding from the people. We want to see. We are awake now.

Josie

Yeah numbskull, remember Katrina? The National weather service was breaking into the news for FIVE DAYS with their eyes bugging out of their heads saying GET OUT and what happened? People like you. But, of course, it was the government’s fault.

YouDude60

Have you forgotten? It was BUSH’s fault!

Jennifer

As Ron White says, “It’s not that the wind is a blown. It is WHAT the wind is a blown.” Have you ever been through a hurricane?

WhoDatMan

Yes. They’re fun.

Jerry

You are a fool. A little wind? A category 1 hurricane is not “a little wind.” 80mph will cause damage and beach erosion and storm surge. Not to mention 8-12 inches of rain. I hope you stupid left-wing freaks stay on the beach. Let mother nature wipe your stupidity from our civilization.

Ben

riiiight. anyone who remains on the beach is leftwing. Jerry, you are such a sophisticated individual. I totally agree with you. there is either republican or democrat. why should there be anything else? you are either with me, or against me. This is the kind of logic that will bring people together and promote dialogue. Thank you Jerry. I will make sure to educate my children with this dictum in mind. We are here to promote a black or white society. my way, or the highway.

Thank you for your wisdom. The world is now a better place because of your generosity and genius.

:)

readmylips

It’s always best to be safe than sorry. Even if the weather persons are wrong…this is a good drill in evacuation. There’s always some good to be derived. When we care about others, we want them to choose on the side of safety and prevent even one casualty. It’s difficult to understand postings like Theshamisover. Perhaps it is a way of being defiant.
BigBoa

The mighty Boa, who is also an ordained minister by the way, says you are right! Stay there! Just don’t be whining and crying for help like your moronic pals did after Katrina. THEY also refused to leave, insisting nothing “serious” was going to happen….

By the way, you must be one of the people who blames Katrina on George Bush and his hurricane machine right? He sent Rove and Cheney in a row boat to blow the levees too right? All because “George Bush hates black people”…..right?

AH HAHAHA!! Incredible….
Jennifer

Please explain, how exactly do you stage a earthquake or generate a hurricane?

TicTacToe

Why do they have to get off the beach 1.5 days before they need to? It might take them, hmmm… about 45 minutes to get home from there. It’s not a tsunami that’s coming, ya know.

Mojo9

Yeah real smart,acouple 100 thousand leaving at the last minute,are you from New Orleans

TicTacToe

But there aren’t a couple hundred thousand people hanging around the beach. And this place is nothing like New Orleans, which is already some 10 feet below sea level, protected by levies even at the best of times, at the mouth of a river that has collected water from upland rains over half the country for about 10 days straight. Geeze let’s be real here.

Angry Revolutionary

@ TicTacToe….put down the drugs
stan

As the time approaches roads, flood, traffic increases and emergency crews evacuate.
Charlemayne

Because normal intelligent people would be home and out and about getting their essential needs together when a catastrophe is imminent. That’s why….1 1/2 days ahead of time? Normal people would need more than that. You got your food, shelter hunkered down, pets inside, water supply, candles, batteries, first aid, generator, gasoline, cars tanked up, all that UNNECESSARY STUFF DONE? Took me 2 1/2 days to do it right and properly care for my family. Take care of loved ones? How about elderly parents and relatives alone? After an earthquake and now impending hurricane in areas that never get this stuff, what’s next, locusts? You people are insane!

Abby

Give up Christie, you can’t fix stupid.
gale

Re: Where you gonna poop? As every good hurricane survivor knows, you always fill up your bathtub before the storm and have a bucket nearby. After you flush the toilet the 1st time the tank will be empty. For all subsequent flushes, once you have finished your business, fill the bucket and dump it into the toilet bowl. This will flush the toilet.

JDoe

I did not know that !
See, I came here to praise Christie and I learned something ! Win-Win, as it always seems to be whenever Christie is evolved !
Thanks, Gale

JDoe

” involved ” lol

Bill

When it comes to this he is Churchill 1940. When it comes to the Port Authority this guy is a house of cards
Kate

People wish to be stupid, then they will pay the consequences. With that said, Christi sounds like a real class act. .

greenbean

I’m assuming this comment is laced with sarcasm???

Kristyn

Here come the looters!
http://www.conservativecommune.com/2011/08/mayor-to-300k-people-in-nyc-get-out/ Mayor to 300K People in NYC: Get Out! [UPDATED x3]

[...] UPDATE 3: Chris Christie: “Get the hell off the beach!” [...]
eanmdphd

There should be an announcement that there will be no 911 responses to evacuated areas to rescue people who have not evacuated … EMS personnel need not put their lives at risk.

Also, given your food, radios, batteries, etc, where are you going to poop if the plumbing goes out? Poop can only wait so long.

hahah

Go Poop In Your Neighbors Home. They Won’t Be There.

JB

Gotta love the man. He does tell it like it is. Get the hell off the beach, you have maximised your tan- perfect :)

Jerry Irwin

Ya. GET THE HELL OFF THE BEACH!!! So we can stake out Christie on the beach. He takes up most of it!!

Caustic_Commoner

Everyone EXCEPT the cast of Jersey Shore should leave the beach!
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Jersey Shore cast and crew should disregard weather warnings as they do all other rules they believe don’t apply to them and spend the weekend surfing.

Jerry Irwin

Your right and they should be buried up to their necks in the sand.

Texas Greg

Christie for president.

51Phantom

You can’t really be from Texas Greg. Christie only looks conservative to people stuck in a socialist paradise like NJ. To us, he looks like a RINO.

JDoe

@Texas Greg…pay no mind to51 Phantom, s/he is just a far left troll making a feeble attempt to drive a wedge between the differing opinions in the GOP, because the leftists fear no one more than Christie.
Conservatives DO support Christie…is he perfect? …no, but no one candidate is going to be perfect on every issue
Jerry Irwin

Christie a RINO? His horn isn’t big enough.

Jerry Irwin

President of the Sani-Can Cleaners Union.

nuisance207

It’ll be Bush’s fault. Bush hates Guidos.
Paul Begala

Notice the difference in responses between Christie, a real leader, and Nagin. Dopey liberal leftists don’t know how to lead, and Odumbo is a perfect example!

buckbamboo

Are you always so stupid,or is today a special occasion?
51Phantom

Hey, give Nagin a break. He had to respond back over his shoulder as he was running away.
Jerry Irwin

Paul i am a conservative and not a leftist but still can’t stand Christie.

http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/video-chris-christies-message-to-sun-bathers-in-asbury-park-get-the-hell-off-the-beach/ Video: Chris Christie’s Message To Sun-bathers In Asbury Park: “Get The Hell Off The Beach” « Nice Deb

[...] they leave, the better off they will be. Residents and tourists alike are fleeing the Jersey beach resorts up and down the coast. Many of the evacuees are vacation-goers spending the last week of the season [...]
lee

Sad that you see racism in comments that have nothing to do with that. Ray Nagin did not handle the impending threat of Hurricane Katrina well at all, and then tried to blame everyone else. As the commenter said: Christie is a leader and Nagin is not. Skin color has NOTHING to do with it!
Henry Thoreau

Don’t worry Angry Rev. This is the good part where idiots die. Just sit back and enjoy Darwinism finally allowed to work. Mother nature doesn’t care about their welfare checks or union membership.
firstpoppa

Off our meds again, huh?
Charles Austin Miller

There’s a BIG DIFFERENCE between a Cat 5 hurricane in the Gulf and a Cat 2 on the Eastern Seaboard. New Orleans was ALWAYS a disaster waiting to happen, and nanny state cried wolf so many times down there, nobody believed them. Use your common sense. A dying Cat 2 storm in cool Atlantic waters poses no real threat to 85 Million people, or 65 Million people, or whatever number the nanny state conjures up to frighten you. This Irene Hype is nothing more Manmade Global Warming sensationalism.
mojo9

moderate? you are a joke
pgfl

Not to mention the Chinese, OPEC, and NWO
JDoe

Yeah…. Howard Lee’s comment has a smack of “troll” to it to me….an old Alinsky trick….in these cases, it’s best not to take the bait. Joesph. (You know the old saying…”Please don’t feed the Trolls” ;-)
JDoe

Why is my comment “awaiting moderation” ?
your mother

Hi Regulas:

You do not see the problem with equating a current political ideology of a political party with the wholesale slaughtering of millions of people? Come on dude. You are out to lunch.
YOUR MOTHER

By the way, Regulas, I DO appreciate the fact that this Nazi comparison is your own original idea and not one that has been regurgitated through media consumption. I’ll give you points for that.
johnson

To clarify my point, you cannot make a comparison with Nazi’s without intrinsically noting their genocide. The words Nazi and genocide go hand and hand and it is precisely for that reason that the comparison is not ethical. It is, I guess, a subversive, underhanded method to nevertheless slander your opponent by saying, well you are not COMPLETELY this, but ALMOST. It is not a fair argument. Try again buddy And this time, come up with your OWN ideas. sheesh!
Dee Win

I knew all of this, but never had it laid out in one fell swoop. Good job.

Frightening that the left can’t see that which is right in front of them, with gaping jaws, all ready to swallow them whole.
Jerry Irwin

Regulas….You are absolutly right about the NAZI party. They were liberal progressives just like the liberals call themselves now. I am 72 and have seen a lot more over the years than most of these idiots that comment. Try telling a liberal that the NAZI party was liberal. They look at you like you are nuts. I love Winston Churchil. He saved England in WWll. My favorite saying of his is if you are not a liberal when you are young you don’t have a heart. If you are not a conservative when you are older you don’t have a brain.
GO WINSTON ! ! !
coast2co

So ignorant, the 2nd Amendment was created so our government would never become oppressive again. That people would not become slaves to the few the government. It has nothing to do with time and wild west. Stupid speaks. Intellilectually stutpid people Superior condensending people think they know better for all. ANd that there good people and communism which is the ultimate conbtrol mechanism in there way or vision isn’t like the dictators of the past. Yet man is corrupt and uncheckled power corrupts. So we have arms. Those that want to take away the right are nbothing but irgnant fools drinking the spiked kool aid of love and peace ( totally opposite of man nature and character) or covert neo communists
Southern

With all due respect, there was no “wild west” when the 2nd amendment was written. But then you knew that, right? Right? You DID attend school didn’t you? If not, and it would seem that you didn’t, then I apologize.Find somebody to read a history book to you……
jones

yeah ok. guns don’t kill people people kill people. fool.
@coast2co

Listen:

Regarding the 4th amendment, I was referring to the “right to bear arms” bit. Not anything else. Firearm possession had to do with protection. I was using the “wild west” as a metaphor for lack of regulation and law at the time. During revolutionary times and in the undiscovered west, law was in the hands of the individual, essentially. Now, that is not the case. We have a comprehensive law enforcement system.

The U.S. is #4 in the world in gun-related homicide rates. South Africa, Columbia, and Thailand are 1 to 3. Firearm possession is very loosely regulated in these countries. Countries in the lower part of the list, Japan, Australia, Denmark have highly regulated gun laws.

The data don’t lie. Do you want your children to have greater exposure to stray bullets or some crazy person who has yet to hit his/her gun shooting spree and explodes one day in a spray of gunfire?
@coast2co

Here is the link for firearm/homicide stats

Check it:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_wit_fir-crime-murders-with-firearms
your mom

So, @coast2co, put your weapon down, and use your friggin brain:

Jenkins the Marmut 1
coast2co 0
daddy

refer to the above
51Phantom

Beat me to it.
Roddy Piper

WEiner…. I hope your fat ass gets blown away by the storm. One less Liberal.
51Phantom

I’ve read a few of your comments. I suspect it’s because you’re a tool.
JDoe

@Phantom….Thanks for adding so much to the discussion…you liberals are always so “helpful”….throwing insults and name calling is always so productive, as witnessed by the current occupant in the WH.
It’s really helped with unemployment and the price of gas, etc.
Cheryl Marinko

I agree Karla!!
blupill

lol, awesome
and some excellent points
Dee Win

And, YOU are witty AND adorable.
Jeffrey A Douglass Sr.

I disagree with karla.
One he is governor not the beach patrol. As I wrote earlier but you missed; Christie is just being a tuff, a bully, the big man on the hill. You are probably receptive to male gusto at your maybe twenties? He is being authoritarian without responsibility and that would appeal to a female acting clueless, but not to one wanting her freedom from oppression.
Jeffrey A Douglass Sr.

Yeah it is always a lot of other people who don’t think right like us…. the stage is set bring on the party.