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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (12855)	8/31/2011 2:43:43 PM
From: Stan	Respond to of 26025

Jeff, NJ had near record rainfall prior to Irene's arrival, so the ground was too saturated to handle her. The local Cohansey river had only a week and a half ago rose to a swollen state. This preexisting saturation caused most of the flooding problem in the other counties further up in Southern New Jersey. I can't speak for the northern counties though. Down here in Cape May county, August rain was moderate. We did get up to 9.8 inches out of Irene with an average of 55 mph winds; but our narrow, peninsular county has a ready runoff into the nearby bay and ocean - a factor that made a huge positive difference for us. Around here, the early opinion of media hype was downright cynical, but now that things are still unfolding, the perspective has moderated. We count ourselves blessed the way it turned out, that's for sure.