Sunday, April 21, 2013
The grassroots organization has its sites set on national attention.
From its humble beginnings - a few concerned residents sitting around a table in a small sub shop in Toms River - Stop FEMA Now, the grassroots organization opposed to the federal agency’s flood maps, has grown and continues to attract crowds at meetings throughout the state. Now it’s time for the second phase. Prior to a meeting in Atlantic City to discuss flood maps with residents of yet another county, Stop FEMA Now founder George Kasimos said the causes continues to grow. More and more residents continue to discover that their homes are now listed in FEMA’s flood zones, he said, and now they’re looking for answers. And ultimately, they’re looking for a way to fight back. The group’s Facebook page has grown from just a few hundred likes…
Friday, March 29, 2013
During a Friday conference call discussing the National Flood Insurance Program, talk shifted to FEMA's flood maps and the potential for change in New Jersey.
The impetus behind releasing its advisory flood maps soon after Hurricane Sandy was simply to aid in the state's disaster recovery, a Federal Emergency Management Agency risk analyst said Friday, noting that they still remain subject to change prior to their official adoption into the National Flood Insurance Program. Discussion about the NFIP as well as the Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps was made during a FEMA conference call late Friday morning and seemed to conflict with Gov. Chris Christie's hurried effort to see the maps adopted as New Jersey's new standard. Doug Bellomo, director of FEMA's Risk Analysis Division, said the agency used the best available scientific data to develop the maps, and while he's confident that they're …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Delays in insurance payouts and possible changes to FEMA's flood maps are cause for concern in the Point Boro community
When his neighbor called to tell him the storm was worsening, Rick Daw went downstairs armed with a flashlight to investigate. In front of his sliding glass doors he watched as the surging water lapped against his concrete patio, getting closer all the time. In minutes, the salt water had breached his home. As his carpet began to darken, the water spreading fast on the ground floor, he and his wife left their home in search of higher ground. Sunshine Harbor, a low-lying neighborhood east of Beaver Dam Road and south of Riviera Parkway, was one of many coastal communities struck particularly hard by Hurricane Sandy. Some homes in the development are still empty and many, like Daw's, are in the midst of reconstruction. Standing in his family…
Saturday, March 9, 2013
NJ Department of Environmental Protection holds public hearing in Long Branch
A huge crowd came to Long Branch City Hall for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) public hearing to protest the potential adoption of FEMA's advisory base flood elevation (ABFE) maps as the new elevation standard for the the state. The crowd on Thursday night was mostly comprised of many unhappy homeowners from around the state impacted by Hurricane Sandy. "The thought of increasing flood insurance premiums into the tens of thousands of dollars is daunting," Toms River resident Margaret Quinn said. Quinn, who lives in the Silverton section of Toms River, said her house was more than 50 percent damaged. She, like so many others, has been displaced by the hurricane and is now faced with rebuilding questions and …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Borough officials say the move is necessary to get residents back into their homes.
Point Pleasant Borough's council is adamant about its position. The advisory flood maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the same maps that are likely to become the official flood maps of the National Flood Insurance Program, are simply wrong in the way many of the V flood zones are delineated, they say. And though their resolve to continue to fight against the flood zone maps remains strong, council adopted FEMA's advisory blood maps Tuesday night anyway. The move is a temporary compromise, officials said Tuesday night, and was made to help residents get back into their homes and to secure available funding to elevate their properties and avoid the potentially high insurance costs associated with the new flood …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
At a press conference in Seaside Heights, Gov. Chris Christie said the new flood maps will help the Jersey Shore rebuild better and stronger.
New Jersey will adopt the Federal Emergency Management's (FEMA) Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps, clearing the way for residents and business owners along the Jersey Shore to rebuild better and stronger, Gov. Chris Christie announced during a press conference in Seaside Heights Thursday afternoon. The move comes as residents along the shore wait to find out not if they'll have to raise their homes following Hurricane Sandy, but just how high. "If we wait, all we're doing is delaying New Jersey's recovery," Christie said, adding: "I think this is what we need to do to build a 21st century Jersey Shore." The advisory maps, or ABFE's, were released in December and recommend that residents in flood zones in 10 counties and 194 communities …
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