FROM BEACHCOMBER COLUMN...
The Affordability study that FEMA was supposed to conduct is now funded with a start date in January. It is expected to take 18 months to complete. “FEMA does not base its FIRMs on the results of a single storm, but works to combine historical storm occurrences with state-of-the-art modeling to determine the most representative flood hazards in an area.” That state of the art modeling did not include Sandy. That’s why oceanfront homes that were destroyed are still considered low-risk insurance zones. So, if they don’t consider Sandy in the calculations, why are houses that never flooded before sandy, now in high risk areas? What data are they using exactly? Beats us!
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