Books about Long Beach Island By John Bailey Lloyd

Books about Long Beach Island by John Bailey-Lloyd

Last Updated on September 17, 2023 by Christopher G Mendla

Discover the captivating tales of Long Beach Island with books by John Bailey Lloyd. Dive into the rich history & culture of LBI. Explore now!

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Water Main Break – North Beach Haven, Jan 7 2018

Water Main Break - Winter 2018

Last Updated on March 3, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla

A neighbor sent some video and photos of a water main break on 17th Street in North Beach Haven.

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Unusual event at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant Jan 7 2018. All is normal now

Last Updated on January 12, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla

The Oyster Creek plant is back to normal after reducing power due to an ‘unusual event’. This was due to unusually low tides. Apparently unusually low tides caused concern about the availability of coolant water. Power was reduced as a precaution

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North Beach Haven – Walking on the frozen bay in the 1990s

Frozen bay - 1990's - North Beach Haven

Last Updated on March 2, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla

This picture is at the end of 17th Street in North Beach Haven. I took it but I don’t remember the exact year. Judging from the houses in the background it was probably in the 1990’s.

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Little Egg Harbor – Bay frozen – Jan 1 2018

Frozen Bay Jan 2018 North Beach Haven

Last Updated on March 2, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla

This is something that you don’t see very often, a frozen bay.  The cold temperatures of December 2017 and January 2018 led to the bay freezing. Back in the 1970’s the bay froze enough so that some people were actually driving on the ice…. until they found the spots that weren’t frozen as hard as they thought.

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NWS Snowfall amounts for Ocean, Atlantic, Cape May and Monmouth Counties for Jan 4 2018

Last Updated on November 29, 2019 by Christopher G Mendla

According to the NWS report,  here are the snowfall amounts from our last wonderful storm for Ocean County.

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Snowstorm, North Beach Haven, LBI January 4 2018

Snowstorm LBI Jan 2018

Last Updated on March 2, 2020 by Christopher G Mendla

A neighbor sent a few photos of my Mom’s house in North Beach Haven. He said the snow was really drifting. The Boulevard was clear in some spots and  you would come to a 5′ drift. The snowstorm was followed by some extremely cold temperatures. 

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