Hurricane Sandy
Freeholders Urge FEMA To Move ASAP To Amend Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps
Homeowners and business owners in limbo until the federal agency releases final numbers, officials say
Ocean County residents and business owners cannot wait months for FEMA to release amendments to the agency's controversial advisory base flood elevation maps, Freeholder Director John P. Kelly said. Kelly, county and municipal officials went to Trenton on Wednesday to meet with state and FEMA representatives to try and get some answers. Other than assurances there would be amendments to the maps, they got few answers, only that possible amendments would be released in "...June, July, August..." Ocean County Administrator Carl W. Block said at a board caucus meeting today. "In the meantime, real estate will die," Freeholder John C. Bartlett Jr. said. The high cost of elevating homes or facing skyrocketing flood insurance costs will leave …
Karen M
10:23 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
@foggyworld, I didn't say I believed what he was selling. I research everything before I take anyone at their word. So far, like so many others, I've been told what they think people want to hear. I for one, don't think that I will be entitled to a dime because my home is a second home. Quite frankly, my husband and I are tired of the BS. I had a Fema rep call me last week and he told me that I … more ›