Hurricane Sandy

Flood Maps Could Change for Mainland Communities

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 …

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JMS

2:27 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013

@ Just wondering.. I am really at a loss for words.. I have not heard any such thing; we are a monmouth county agent and like I said I have a client in Toms River who is proceeding with his ICC claim, he was told no such thing; maybe you can bypass you're agent and contact the flood insurance company directly??? just a thought; I don't know who you have; maybe I would be of some assistance, lmk..   more ›

Hurricane Sandy

Point Boro Resident Among Those Protesting FEMA Flood Maps at DEP Hearing

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 …

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Hurricane Sandy

Friday Deadline for Point Beach Hazard Mitigation Grant Applications

Applications must go to town which submits to Ocean County

  Any Sandy-flooded residents in Point Beach who want to apply for a Hazard Mitigation Grant have to submit applications by Friday. The funding is to help residents afford the cost of elevating their homes to heights called for in the Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in December, said Lori Thompson, grants manager at T & M Associates, the town's engineering firm, at Tuesday night's Point Beach Council meeting. Friday is the deadline for residents and property owners in Point Beach to submit their applications to Thompson, who is accepting them for the town. The town then has a March 22 deadline to submit them to Ocean County. The county will submit applications to the state Office …

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Brick Councilman to Feds: Allow Early Flood Zone Appeals

Federal rule calls for appeals only after next round of maps are released

Brick Township Councilman John Ducey will introduce a resolution at the next township council meeting calling on the federal government to allow residents to oppose their designation on flood zone maps before the prescribed public comment period begins this summer. The Federal Emergency Management Agency released advisory flood zone maps shortly after Superstorm Sandy struck. The maps have greatly increased the number of Brick residents whose homes are in flood zones and, combined with a decision made last summer to de-subsidize the federal flood insurance program, will require those residents to either raise their homes or face five-figure annual flood insurance bills. Homes in flood zones with mortgages are required to carry the …

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For Brick Residents, A Post-Sandy Primer

Grim realities on flood insurance explained at 'Information Fair'

There was no mincing of words: recovering from Sandy will be difficult, and a decision on federal flood insurance made months before the storm struck will make things even harder. Brick residents got the low-down on the difficult decisions that loom in the future for many families following Sandy - brought on mainly by the impending flood insurance hurdle that could cripple already-strained finances for many - at a series of Sandy Information Fairs held at Brick Township High School Saturday morning. Brick is the first town in New Jersey to offer such information sessions, said Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis. The township's administration brought together local officials with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) …

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