# Seaside Park (Jersey Shore) Is Burning **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708 "2013-09-12T21:42:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/1 "2013-09-12T21:42:48Z")
A couple of hours ago, the story was “there’s a fire at Kohr’s Ice Cream” – and I thought “Man, I hope the Sawmill (a pretty damn awesome bar/restaurant next to Kohr’s) stays safe”. Now, it’s become "Man, I hope the whole damn boardwalk doesn’t burn to the ground. This place was absolutely trashed by Sandy (this is where the “roller coaster in the ocean” was located), and they did a fantastic job in rebuilding. Whoosh – all of it is going up. They’re bulldozing sections of newly laid boardwalk in an attempt to create firebreaks in order to try and stop this from spreading to the north end. The wind today is what’s really causing trouble – huge cinders are traveling all along the boardwalk and spreading this faster and faster. Crap. ([Video link one](http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/9299750-web-extra-chopper-3-over-multi-alarm-fire-on-seaside-park-boardwalk/)) ([Video link two](http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Fire-Along-Boardwalk-in-Seaside-Park--223511611.html)) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/2 "2013-09-12T21:50:24Z")
“Apparently I wasn’t clear the first time.” _– God_ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/3 "2013-09-12T22:22:56Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “Apparently I wasn’t clear the first time.” > > _– God_ All we had to do was sacrifice Snooki. Is that too much to ask? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/4 "2013-09-12T22:26:48Z")
Are they having difficulty finding a water source to fight the fire? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/5 "2013-09-12T22:36:04Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Are they having difficulty finding a water source to fight the fire? A joke, I know, but yes, yes they are – they can’t get pumper trucks onto the beach. So rather than pull water from the ocean, they’re having to draw water from the bay, roughly a half-mile away. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/6 "2013-09-12T22:37:33Z")
That’s what Brian Williams just said… Bodega is it? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/7 "2013-09-12T22:42:11Z")
Not sure what you’re referring to (I’m watching the local news channel). [LiveCam pointing at the boardwalk](http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newjersey/seasidepark/) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/8 "2013-09-12T22:47:31Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > A joke, I know, but yes, yes they are – they can’t get pumper trucks onto the beach. So rather than pull water from the ocean, they’re having to draw water from the bay, roughly a half-mile away. A fireman I know on my Facebook feed: “Route 35 is closed because they have to run 5” hose from the bay to the Boardwalk. They have already drafted out all the hotel pools in the area." ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/9 "2013-09-12T22:52:20Z")
He mentioned the bay name which I thought sounded like Bodega or the like but I see nothing like that on a map app. I’ll rewind later to clarify that. Sorry, this well and truly sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/10 "2013-09-12T22:54:50Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > He mentioned the bay name which I thought sounded like Bodega or the like but I see nothing like that on a map app. I’ll rewind later to clarify that. > > Sorry, this well and truly sucks. Ohhh, I see. Barnegat Bay. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/11 "2013-09-12T23:39:04Z")
10 alarm fire. 30+ businesses destroyed. Still out of control. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/12 "2013-09-12T23:55:22Z")
Looks like a beer and dinner at the _Sawmill_ is unlikely. Sorry, ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/13 "2013-09-12T23:57:40Z")
Another first responder friend of mine:" The Beachcomber is gone and the Funtown Pier just collapsed a little while ago." ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/14 "2013-09-12T23:59:53Z")
This is brutal. They weren’t even recovered from Sandy and at least 4 blocks of the boardwalk is wiped out. They had to trench through part of the new boardwalk just to build a fire break. I saw the smoke from Rt 37 as I was driving home and I was miles away. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/15 "2013-09-13T00:02:20Z")
You can’t run a hose from the truck into the ocean, with a marine strainer attachment? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/16 "2013-09-13T00:07:59Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > You can’t run a hose from the truck into the ocean, with a marine strainer attachment? I understand that is very bad for the truck. Well at least the pumping equipment. Probably the reason. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/17 "2013-09-13T00:09:17Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Another first responder friend of mine:" The Beachcomber is gone and the Funtown Pier just collapsed a little while ago." The Funtown Pier collapsed long before this – it’s been gone since Sandy, and was never rebuilt. It was the Funtown Pier office building that collapsed today. Losing the Beachcomber definitely sucks. > [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > You can’t run a hose from the truck into the ocean, with a marine strainer attachment? All I can say on this is that if they could do it, I’m sure they would. I don’t profess to know exactly how this works, but if it’s a situation where you need to have a truck very close to the water source in order to pump it along the line, then I can see the issue. The bay has water access very close to the road, whereas to pump from the ocean, you need to pull a truck onto the beach (if my theory is correct). ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/18 "2013-09-13T00:10:30Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I understand that is very bad for the truck. Well at least the pumping equipment. Probably the reason. I had wondered about that too, but they’re pumping from the bay, which would be no different than the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/19 "2013-09-13T00:12:08Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “Apparently I wasn’t clear the first time.” > > _– God_ > [@Loach](#): > > All we had to do was sacrifice Snooki. Is that too much to ask? God prefers virgins. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708/20 "2013-09-13T00:14:29Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > I had wondered about that too, but they’re pumping from the bay, which would be no different than the ocean. Well the bay is brine and not salt I thought. Indeed, it is described as brackish. So that probably helps. When I was fire fighting it was on a ship and so we were plumbed to use sea water. So I am not sure. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seaside-park-jersey-shore-is-burning/668708.md?page=2)