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September

9/5/2008:

If what forecasters are saying comes true, then Hoboken has a fairly decent chance to become flooded on Saturday.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for the entire area:

“HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROPICAL STORM WILL SPREAD WELL AHEAD OF THE MAIN LOW LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT… WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. TROPICAL STORM HANNA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN WITH SOME POSSIBLE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THESE RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS HIGHLY URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS.”

Dinner and a Massage

If Hoboken does end up under water, send your photos, video clips, or anything related to the flooding and Tropical Storm Hanna, and I’ll post on 411.

I’ll pick my favorite submission, and the winner will receive a free massage at Spa H, and a gift certificate for Helmers’ Restaurant.

Rules:

You should be a registered Hoboken411 reader (please supply username when entering)
You can Photoshop or edit the photo, but the picture must be of any actual flooding that happens on Saturday

PS, if Hoboken does NOT flood, then well, I look like an idiot for hyping it up…

Hoboken, Flooding, Tropical Storm Hanna, Photo Contest

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34 Responses to ** Flooding photo contest **

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Yea…so a hot chick won because she posed in a picture (and those aren’t skivvies by the way). Talk about not rewarding effort or creativity.

Jeez… I can’t make everyone happy.

- Never said it was going to be judged on creativity, photography skills, or any specific criteria
- I tried the use voting thing in the past, but people abused it
- I had a panel of judges (for the dogs), but it was a gigantic pain in the ass

The winner was the only one willing to be in the picture, and that was what tipped the scales.

Hey, I said all the entries were nice.

Plus, next contest will have bigger prizes.

I’m sorry, was this a photo contest or a wet t-shirt contest?

Swamp thing makes my heart sing! H411 knows a swamp hottie when he sees one!

Colonblow wrote:

Yea…so a hot chick won because she posed in a picture (and those aren’t skivvies by the way). Talk about not rewarding effort or creativity.

Not rewarding effort?! It takes a lot of effort to look hot. You worked on your photography skills while she was running from here to Edgewater and back every day. Creativity? While she was over there, she picked out clothes to show off her effort. You wanna prize? I got some green grapes in the fridge for ya, you sourpuss.

i don’t know…the picture is a little fuzzy but it seems to me that she maybe needs to do a bit more running no? and the jury is also out of the hotness. focus, camera, focus.

MF wrote:

i don’t know…the picture is a little fuzzy but it seems to me that she maybe needs to do a bit more running no? and the jury is also out of the hotness. focus, camera, focus.

She’s got more balls than the rest of us - putting her pic on here for public consumption and ridicule. I say “Go Swamp Girl!”

MF wrote:

i don’t know…the picture is a little fuzzy but it seems to me that she maybe needs to do a bit more running no? and the jury is also out of the hotness. focus, camera, focus.

You must be such a hit with the ladies.

I think the “swamp girl” is cute. For the record I grew up on “The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge,” so I may be biased.

Out by Madison or farther over? I know those trails, paths and boardwalks like the back of my hand.

my grandparents lived on Southern Blvd in Chatham and their property backed up to the Great Swamp! Spent a ton of time exploring there.

In the Long Hill Township section. I spent my summers and winters in the woods exploring and doing a little fishing and the occassional hunt (when permitted by the refuge). My first job was with the Youth Conservation Corps (sounds so Maoist, no?) fixing the blinds and the boardwalks while maintaining the trails. We made $3.25 an hour. Minimum wage in 1988. It was a nice place to grow up.

Where are these pics?

Could be anywhere…at any time…who knows

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21. Colonblow | September 7th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Yea…so a hot chick won because she posed in a picture (and those aren’t skivvies by the way). Talk about not rewarding effort or creativity.
22. hoboken411 | September 7th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Jeez… I can’t make everyone happy.

- Never said it was going to be judged on creativity, photography skills, or any specific criteria
- I tried the use voting thing in the past, but people abused it
- I had a panel of judges (for the dogs), but it was a gigantic pain in the ass

The winner was the only one willing to be in the picture, and that was what tipped the scales.

Hey, I said all the entries were nice.

Plus, next contest will have bigger prizes.
23. weeping_willow | September 7th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
I’m sorry, was this a photo contest or a wet t-shirt contest?
24. Reformerus_Gianticus | September 7th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Swamp thing makes my heart sing! H411 knows a swamp hottie when he sees one!
25. elainetyger | September 8th, 2008 at 10:06 am

Colonblow wrote:

Yea…so a hot chick won because she posed in a picture (and those aren’t skivvies by the way). Talk about not rewarding effort or creativity.

Not rewarding effort?! It takes a lot of effort to look hot. You worked on your photography skills while she was running from here to Edgewater and back every day. Creativity? While she was over there, she picked out clothes to show off her effort. You wanna prize? I got some green grapes in the fridge for ya, you sourpuss.
26. MF | September 8th, 2008 at 11:29 am
i don’t know…the picture is a little fuzzy but it seems to me that she maybe needs to do a bit more running no? and the jury is also out of the hotness. focus, camera, focus.
27. Katie_Scarlett | September 8th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

MF wrote:

i don’t know…the picture is a little fuzzy but it seems to me that she maybe needs to do a bit more running no? and the jury is also out of the hotness. focus, camera, focus.

She’s got more balls than the rest of us - putting her pic on here for public consumption and ridicule. I say “Go Swamp Girl!”
28. beamrider9 | September 8th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

MF wrote:

i don’t know…the picture is a little fuzzy but it seems to me that she maybe needs to do a bit more running no? and the jury is also out of the hotness. focus, camera, focus.

You must be such a hit with the ladies.
29. jscirish27 | September 8th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
I think the “swamp girl” is cute. For the record I grew up on “The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge,” so I may be biased.
30. emarche | September 8th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Out by Madison or farther over? I know those trails, paths and boardwalks like the back of my hand.
31. eam144 | September 8th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
my grandparents lived on Southern Blvd in Chatham and their property backed up to the Great Swamp! Spent a ton of time exploring there.
32. jscirish27 | September 8th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
In the Long Hill Township section. I spent my summers and winters in the woods exploring and doing a little fishing and the occassional hunt (when permitted by the refuge). My first job was with the Youth Conservation Corps (sounds so Maoist, no?) fixing the blinds and the boardwalks while maintaining the trails. We made $3.25 an hour. Minimum wage in 1988. It was a nice place to grow up.
33. TPain | September 8th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Where are these pics?
34. Colonblow | September 8th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Could be anywhere…at any time…who knows