All Lined Up

Members of the United States Army participate in the Veteran's Day Parade on Fifth Avenue in New York City on Sunday, November 11, 2012.

I was hoping to get this up yesterday but just didn't have time. I covered the first hour of the Veteran's Day Parade for the Journal yesterday morning. I was only there for about 45 minutes before having to get back to the office to start my art director shift so I didn't get a whole lot and ended up getting beat out by the wires. That said, it was still an honor to photograph many of the United States military's finest as they put it all on the line for us day in and day out. Thanks for everything you guys do!

Champs!

The Severna Park cross country team gives head coach Josh Alcombright the gator aid shower after winning the state championship at Hereford High School in Parkton, Maryland on Saturday, November 10, 2012.

Severna Park has been pretty much rolling over the competition all year long. Today was no exception as the team raced to a state title. Congratulations guys! You Rock! 

Athena Moves In

A truck makes the turn onto New Road as snow and wind from Winter Storm Athena arrive in Parsippany, New Jersey on Wednesday, November 8, 2012.

We got our first snow of the year today from Winter Storm Athena. Forecasters are calling for 3 to 6 inches by the time the nor'easter is finished with us. There are still over 400,000 people without power from Super Storm Sandy so the last thing this area needs right now is another storm. Temperatures are expected to rise some after the storm moves through though.

Policing The Pumps

A Parsippany police officer directs traffic to the pumps at WaWa in Parsippany, New Jersey as residents wait in line for gas for generators on Friday, November 12, 2012.

The lines for gas continued again today as few are open and over a million people in New Jersey remain without power. Residents braved cooler temperatures today and waited for as long as two to three hours to get gas.

Bearing It

A mama black bear and her cubs make their way toward Route 280 in Parsippany, New Jersey on Thursday, November 1, 2012.

While covering the gas blitz I also noticed a bunch of people snapping eye phone photos of something across the Interstate. It turned out to be a mama black bear and her cubs. I was cursing myself for only bringing my 10-22 lens. I decided to haul A#$ back home and grab my 70-200 and 1.4 extender. When I got there a police officer was cool enough to let me into a restricted area to get some shots. I wish I had a 400 mm! Oh well. It was still a pretty cool experience. First time I've ever seen bears outside the zoo!

Gas Rush

Residents make their way toward WaWa on Edwards Road in Parsippany, New Jersey for gas on Thursday, November 1, 2012. 

The line of cars also extended down New Road in Parsippany for about a half mile. 

Along with filling up gas tanks in their cars a ton of people were filling up portable gas tanks to fuel their generators as the power remains out in a good deal of the state.

I took a walk down to WaWa this afternoon to try and get some pictures of the blitz for gasoline. There are not many gas stations open right now because of power issues so the ones that are are gridlocked with people trying to fill up. One person in the line of cars said he'd been waiting for four hours. Madness.

After The storm

Super Storm Sandy knocked down a few trees on the Dow Jones campus in South Brunswick, New Jersey. Here's one of them on Tuesday, October 30, 2012. 

Sandy also took down some trees around our apartments in Parsippany, New Jersey. 

What's left of a large tree in front of a home on Edwards Road in Parsippany, New Jersey on Thursday, November 1, 2012.

Fortunately for us, Sandy did not cause our area to flood. We were a lot luckier than most people on the East Coast that's for sure. I spent a few crazy days at the WSJ's South Brunswick, New Jersey office riding out the storm and helping put out the paper while Taren stayed with our friends Dory and Jeff in Mattawan, NJ. My heart goes out to all the families throughout the region who lost their homes.