Sunday, May 19, 2013
PBS show about renovating and elevating Sandy-flooded homes
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Sunday, May 19
An eight-episode series of 'This Old House' focuses on several local homes rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy. The PBS' show will first air in October. PBS announced the show worked on an 1880s cottage in Bay Head, a 1950s Colonial in Point Pleasant, and a prefabricated new house in Manasquan. Side stories will also feature restoration projects in Mantoloking, Long Beach Island, and Ocean Grove and other local projects along the beach and the bay. Here is the complete announcement from the show producers: Months after Superstorm Sandy devastated shorelines on the East Coast, affected homeowners are still determining how to rebuild in a landscape of provisional FEMA regulations, delayed building permits and continued weather risks. During …
Friday, March 22, 2013
NJ Natural Gas offering higher rebates to Sandy-flooded residents
It was bad enough that Superstorm Sandy flooded Jim Reilly's Point Borough home, forcing him and his wife to live elsewhere. But then came FEMA's flood maps, putting his house in the flood zone with the toughest building restrictions, with pressure on the towns and the state to accept them. "It's blackmail," Reilly said, outside a FEMA meeting at Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School in Point Borough on Wednesday night. "I'm appalled that the town and the state adopted the flood maps and it's because they were being blackmailed by FEMA, because FEMA said, 'Adopt this or we won't give you money.' And you can quote me on that!" Reilly, who lives on Center Street in Sunshine Harbor, had been in an "A5 zone," but is now in a "V10 zone," …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Methods and equipment used in raising houses will be discussed
A free seminar on how homes are elevated and what types of equipment are used will be held at 1:30 Sat. at Point Beach High School's gymnasium. The educational program will be offered by Roderick "Rod" Scott from L & R Resources based in Mandeville, Louisiana. Scott is a Hazard Mitigation Specialist and a Historic Resource Specialist, according to a notice issued by Point Beach Business Administrator Christine Riehl. The topics to be discussed are as follows: 1. Explaining what hazard mitigation means, when and why it should be done: This section reviews the reality of climate change and the repercussions. 2. Brief history of hazard mitigation elevation 3. Review of equipment used today 4. Review process of elevating house 5. Review tips…
Kevin
7:26 pm on Sunday, May 19, 2013
Where are these houses I would love to drive by them more ›