Seaside Heights, New Jersey, made famous by the hit MTV Show Jersey Shore, is under a complete state of lockdown with residents who evacuated before the storm being denied reentry to the island.

When the police chief was asked about citizens who had ignored the evacuation orders and were still in their homes as well as those who wanted to get back onto the island to check the damage to their homes, he had this to say:

“We know people are there, we’re keeping an eye on them, and they need to stay on their property.

If they come off their property to come off the island, then they don’t get back on.

It’ll be a while before anybody gets back on the island until we make it safe,” Toms River Police Chief Mike Mastronardy said.