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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a podcast from WOR Now more of the
WOR Saturday Morning Show and Larry Minty Welcome back.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
New Jersey. Firefighters are proud that only one structure was
destroyed in the historic Ocean County, New Jersey wildfires this week,
which is great news unless it happens to be your business.
Bob Nasty is the owner of Liberty Doors and Awnings
in Forked River, New Jersey. Bob, first of all, let
(00:30):
me just start off by saying, I'm so sorry that happened.
You must have been following along and wondering if your
business was going to be affected. Please walk us through
that what you were hearing about the fire and your
concern about your warehouse.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
So thanks for having me by the way. Yeah, I'd
like to take a shout out to all of the
first responders who have been you know, next to incredible
working with us and you know, supporting us the president
in the community as well. But as far as that,
you know, earlier in that day, I was on my
way up the Freehold and you know, you see out
(01:08):
in the distance down south there's a fire and you
don't think much of it. It wasn't until we were
on our way home after dinner and my phone started
to blow up. I understand that that the fire was
on the other side of the Garden State Parkway, and
I didn't think much of it, you know, but it
jumped the parkway and then just made a bee line
right towards my building. You know, I didn't find out
(01:31):
until seven o'clock that my building was engulfed.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
And have you seen the building since?
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Oh yeah, yep, it's gone. Everything in it gone, and
you know, some trucks that were close to the building
are gone. It's all gone. Everything's gone.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
So how does this affect your business?
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Now? You know, temporarily destroys my business because you know,
we don't have inventory, so and we don't have a
building to store inventory. So that's what we're working on today. Uh,
We've got a potential building that we could possibly move
into over the weekend or early next week where we
could at least start start receiving product. Uh. Fortunate that
(02:14):
we have a secondary building down in Summer's Point that
we were able to store some stuff in. So we've
got some work getting done. But until we receive you know,
the replacement product, we're kind of stuck here.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Now I assume you're insured for all of this. Have
you spoken to the insurance company? Do you know at
this point that you're going to be made whole on
all of this.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Work. That's a fluid situation right now where I'm actually
uh on my way over to the building now to
meet our first insurance adjuster, and then tomorrow I got
another one. And you know, listen, we were we were insured,
so I think we'll be all right. It's just you know,
the headache over the next you know, a couple of
months getting back on our feet. You know, we'll need
(02:59):
a store. You know, we're gonna look to move into
a temporary building and then find a forever home.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
And that's gonna take some time. I'm so sorry that
this happened to you. I can't imagine what it's done
to your business. And for everybody to be heralding that
it's a miracle, and then you're the one guy that
whose warehouse was destroyed. You've gone out to see it.
You just said that are there other buildings in the
area nearby?
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Right next so right next door there's a building that
you know, I I think he had some property damage,
some vehicle damage, but nothing to a structure. And the
same across the street. You know. The difference between their
buildings and mine is I had woods behind my building
(03:46):
and right to the side of my building, so we
were basically surrounded by woods. The fire trucks got there
before the fire hit my building, but by then it
was I think it was only two trucks, and that
was pretty wicked. I think by the time the rest
of the trucks rolled up, my building was already in
(04:06):
goulf But you know, I heard a rumor that there
was forty to eighty fire trucks there, which probably saved
the other two buildings.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
No, I you know, it's funny that we were playing
yesterday some of the radio audio and they were talking
specifically about your building and the other buildings in the area,
and if you were listening or if you heard it,
the firefighters said, look, these buildings here are going to
be engulfed in flames. Do you want us to make
a stand or should we pull out? And they said
(04:38):
back to them, this is your call. And it sounds
like they stayed. It sounds like they tried to set out.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
They did. Yeah, well, listen, they're incredible. This is, you know,
a catastrophic event. That was just that fire was uncontrollable
and the winds, you know, talk about unlucky, like right
now there's no wind, but it was blown pretty good.
You know, those guys put themselves in harm's way for sure,
(05:06):
and you know we're all grateful. I'm unlucky, that's all
it is.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
You're describing this as if you saw a lot of this.
Did you witness this?
Speaker 1 (05:15):
None of it. I wasn't there.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
No, I mean not videos and okay, okay, so you
didn't see any of it, not not just for your building,
but you weren't anywhere near the fire that you were
affected other than your building being burnt.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
They had shut down the Garden State Parkway and I
was in that mess, in that traffic, so it took
us a long time to get home. By the time
I got into town, I understand my building was engulfed.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
So, Bob, I know that there's a lot of people
listening right now who feel for you in all of this.
And it's odd to be the one man that had
to suffer while everybody else is saying, oh, this is great,
what a miracle would is And you're saying, yeah, but
except not for me. And I know a lot of
people would like to support you in somehow, so tell
me where your store is and maybe if somebody is
(06:11):
in the need of a door or awning, they can
reach out to you.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
We have a location right on Lacey Road in Lacy
Township that's still there. That's our office and showroom. That's
where we really conduct our business. The warehouse is not
something that you know customers would would go to. So
we're still open. We're still conducting business, just waiting on
(06:36):
inventory right now.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
And you can provide. Even though you had this warehouse
go down, you have the place in Summer's Point and
you can order. You can still provide all the materials
you need to install a door or an awning.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Yeah, so it'll take a little time, but what we
can for sure.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
It would be wonderful if people came out to support
you when you went through all of this. Thank you
so much.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
I tell you this community is something else. They've you know,
they've been supportive, like it's kind of overwhelming.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Well, it's just wonderful they're there for you. Thanks so
much for talking to us today. Bob Nasty is the
owner of Liberty Door and On and good luck to you, sir.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Thank you very much. This has been a podcast from
wor
This is a podcast from WOR Now more of the
WOR Saturday Morning Show and Larry Minty Welcome back.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
New Jersey. Firefighters are proud that only one structure was
destroyed in the historic Ocean County, New Jersey wildfires this week,
which is great news unless it happens to be your business.
Bob Nasty is the owner of Liberty Doors and Awnings
in Forked River, New Jersey. Bob, first of all, let
(00:30):
me just start off by saying, I'm so sorry that happened.
You must have been following along and wondering if your
business was going to be affected. Please walk us through
that what you were hearing about the fire and your
concern about your warehouse.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
So thanks for having me by the way. Yeah, I'd
like to take a shout out to all of the
first responders who have been you know, next to incredible
working with us and you know, supporting us the president
in the community as well. But as far as that,
you know, earlier in that day, I was on my
way up the Freehold and you know, you see out
(01:08):
in the distance down south there's a fire and you
don't think much of it. It wasn't until we were
on our way home after dinner and my phone started
to blow up. I understand that that the fire was
on the other side of the Garden State Parkway, and
I didn't think much of it, you know, but it
jumped the parkway and then just made a bee line
right towards my building. You know, I didn't find out
(01:31):
until seven o'clock that my building was engulfed.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
And have you seen the building since?
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Oh yeah, yep, it's gone. Everything in it gone, and
you know, some trucks that were close to the building
are gone. It's all gone. Everything's gone.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
So how does this affect your business?
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Now? You know, temporarily destroys my business because you know,
we don't have inventory, so and we don't have a
building to store inventory. So that's what we're working on today. Uh,
We've got a potential building that we could possibly move
into over the weekend or early next week where we
could at least start start receiving product. Uh. Fortunate that
(02:14):
we have a secondary building down in Summer's Point that
we were able to store some stuff in. So we've
got some work getting done. But until we receive you know,
the replacement product, we're kind of stuck here.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Now I assume you're insured for all of this. Have
you spoken to the insurance company? Do you know at
this point that you're going to be made whole on
all of this.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Work. That's a fluid situation right now where I'm actually
uh on my way over to the building now to
meet our first insurance adjuster, and then tomorrow I got
another one. And you know, listen, we were we were insured,
so I think we'll be all right. It's just you know,
the headache over the next you know, a couple of
months getting back on our feet. You know, we'll need
(02:59):
a store. You know, we're gonna look to move into
a temporary building and then find a forever home.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
And that's gonna take some time. I'm so sorry that
this happened to you. I can't imagine what it's done
to your business. And for everybody to be heralding that
it's a miracle, and then you're the one guy that
whose warehouse was destroyed. You've gone out to see it.
You just said that are there other buildings in the
area nearby?
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Right next so right next door there's a building that
you know, I I think he had some property damage,
some vehicle damage, but nothing to a structure. And the
same across the street. You know. The difference between their
buildings and mine is I had woods behind my building
(03:46):
and right to the side of my building, so we
were basically surrounded by woods. The fire trucks got there
before the fire hit my building, but by then it
was I think it was only two trucks, and that
was pretty wicked. I think by the time the rest
of the trucks rolled up, my building was already in
(04:06):
goulf But you know, I heard a rumor that there
was forty to eighty fire trucks there, which probably saved
the other two buildings.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
No, I you know, it's funny that we were playing
yesterday some of the radio audio and they were talking
specifically about your building and the other buildings in the area,
and if you were listening or if you heard it,
the firefighters said, look, these buildings here are going to
be engulfed in flames. Do you want us to make
a stand or should we pull out? And they said
(04:38):
back to them, this is your call. And it sounds
like they stayed. It sounds like they tried to set out.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
They did. Yeah, well, listen, they're incredible. This is, you know,
a catastrophic event. That was just that fire was uncontrollable
and the winds, you know, talk about unlucky, like right
now there's no wind, but it was blown pretty good.
You know, those guys put themselves in harm's way for sure,
(05:06):
and you know we're all grateful. I'm unlucky, that's all
it is.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
You're describing this as if you saw a lot of this.
Did you witness this?
Speaker 1 (05:15):
None of it. I wasn't there.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
No, I mean not videos and okay, okay, so you
didn't see any of it, not not just for your building,
but you weren't anywhere near the fire that you were
affected other than your building being burnt.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
They had shut down the Garden State Parkway and I
was in that mess, in that traffic, so it took
us a long time to get home. By the time
I got into town, I understand my building was engulfed.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
So, Bob, I know that there's a lot of people
listening right now who feel for you in all of this.
And it's odd to be the one man that had
to suffer while everybody else is saying, oh, this is great,
what a miracle would is And you're saying, yeah, but
except not for me. And I know a lot of
people would like to support you in somehow, so tell
me where your store is and maybe if somebody is
(06:11):
in the need of a door or awning, they can
reach out to you.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
We have a location right on Lacey Road in Lacy
Township that's still there. That's our office and showroom. That's
where we really conduct our business. The warehouse is not
something that you know customers would would go to. So
we're still open. We're still conducting business, just waiting on
(06:36):
inventory right now.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
And you can provide. Even though you had this warehouse
go down, you have the place in Summer's Point and
you can order. You can still provide all the materials
you need to install a door or an awning.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Yeah, so it'll take a little time, but what we
can for sure.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
It would be wonderful if people came out to support
you when you went through all of this. Thank you
so much.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
I tell you this community is something else. They've you know,
they've been supportive, like it's kind of overwhelming.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Well, it's just wonderful they're there for you. Thanks so
much for talking to us today. Bob Nasty is the
owner of Liberty Door and On and good luck to you, sir.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Thank you very much. This has been a podcast from
wor
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