this was a storm that did not happen in 100yrs. When mother nature comes, there are no barriers. They are forcing some of us to raise our homes, that only need repairs, so the next storm will not devastate Fema's pocket and flood insurances. I understand the homes that have to be rebuilt to follow code, but the small homes, bunglows, that need repair, just repair them. Can you vision the Jersey Shore at the elevations mandated by Fema. Their main objective should be rebuilding the dunes on the beach, that saved many communities. Fema is making a mistake by the flood zones,if water don't flood you, the high winds will. People that do not have the means to raise their homes, especially homeowers with a high morgage, will just walk away, which now is an issue with our taxes and with the banks.
We are the people that contribute to every dollar that the government has, and we should have say in what we want to do with our homes, Fema should not mandate what we do, especially the people without flood insurance and did not get anything from Fema, we are on our own. Let us move foward and get our homes repaired so we can live in them and enjoy our beach homes.

Diane...ask this question...how come FEMA doesn't require houses be buried along tornado alley....these events aren't every100 or so years..they're EVERY year...

@diane amborsino, has it occurred to you that maybe the powers that be don't want small houses and bungalows? Perhaps what they have in mind is a high scale luxury waterfront full of luxury condominiums, high end hotels and convention centers. Didn't you see how well that worked out in Atlantic City?

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Just wait - Could you ever immagine what would happen if a Town had to file bankruptcey because of Sandy. heres a quick time line to take a look at...

Storm hits 11/12 - 100 - 200 homes lost. 500+ homes dammaged
1/13 - homes lost - insurence claims + FEMA begins
6/13 insureance still playing games, FEMA unable to help 1000 people in distress.
6/13 property taxes begin to increase for all residents
12/13 200 people who could not afford their homes, because failed FEMA programs, failed Insurence agreements, Failed Mortgage company - not working with the home owner - people begin to walk away to let their dammaged homes.. block by block of emptyness.
6/2014 another 500- 700++ people who could not afford their property tax increase = after endless run around games looking for help - trying to make ends meet - give up - also begin walked from their houses.. ..?
- Forclosures begin to happen all over town and sorunding towns who were also affected,
Attorneys get hit with people filling Bankruptcies
by 2015 - over 1000 - 2000 people - would have left their homes and walked away.. leaving towns to fall into Bankruptcey as well.
This is NJ, something like this can happen... now it's up to the locals to avoid something like this from ever happening.