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Eric Holthaus (@WSJweather) tweeted at 10:16 AM on Tue, Nov 06, 2012:
We're doing this again: Mandatory evacuation orders issued for Fire Island, NY and Brick Township, NJ in advance of #noreaster.
(https://twitter.com/WSJweather/statu...35153488769024)
Did they even come back from the first evacuation?
I was wondering the same thing. So many homes were lost or severely damaged there and people were told to stay away. Of course some people never evacuated for Sandy, so maybe they are evacuating now.
it was extremely stupid to build residential structures on a barrier island
By that logic, all of Pt Lookout, Lido Beach, Long Beach and Atlantic Beach should be permanently evacuated too... That is a lot of ppl that would have to look for alternate housing. LI is crowded enough.
it was extremely stupid to build residential structures on a barrier island
AMEN - someone with common sense.
It's difficult NOT to have your heart break for the people who have suffered personal losses of the magnitude we have witnessed over the past week - but at the same time - it's difficult to understand the lack of intelligence in building and buying homes in areas just a few feet above sea level.
If people want to live in low-lying or oceanfront areas - then let them assume ALL OF THE RISK and don't spend a dime of OUR TAX DOLLARS subsidizing their poor judgement.
By that logic, all of Pt Lookout, Lido Beach, Long Beach and Atlantic Beach should be permanently evacuated too... That is a lot of ppl that would have to look for alternate housing. LI is crowded enough.
They should have never built on the barrier islands to begin with, I regret what happened to those people in this storm and the last but at this point LI really need to do some serious thinking about Fire Island,Long Beach, Breezy Point not to mention the Bay areas. Rebuilding in these areas makes no sense, time for a phased approach with compensation to move these homes elsewhere.
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