Hurricane Sandy was special –– in a wicked sort of way. Like no other storm since the Long Island Express of 1938 . . .
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10/22/15
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There is good news from the National Weather Service, Hurricane Joaquin will track well off the east coast of the U.S.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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10/1/15
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Rolling River Day Camp sits on five acres along Mill River, which snakes through East Rockaway and Bay Park on the way to East Rockaway Channel. The river can be a friend. It forms an idyllic backdrop for a camp replete with swimming pools, playgrounds and ball fields. It can also be a foe. During a nor’easter in 2010, Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the river inundated much of the camp, wreaking havoc.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/28/15
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After a meeting on March 11 with U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, and Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, of New Jersey, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced that the agency had agreed to reopen and review every flood insurance claim — approximately 144,000 — filed in New York and New Jersey by victims of Hurricane Sandy, and not limit corrective action to just the 2,200 claims that are now in litigation.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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3/18/15
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Kate Hughes says that her 90-year-old mother, “Muzzy” — as she’s known to her neighbors and friends — has been victimized twice: once by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, and again, for the …
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By Mary Malloy
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3/12/15
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Q. We’re having a flooding problem. The neighbors behind us rebuilt their home and also raised their yard, sloping into ours.
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2/26/15
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LIRR Service Update
There are system-wide scattered delays of up to 30 minutes because of weather-related problems, as well as up to 90 min delays on the Montauk Branch due to an earlier disabled …
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8/13/14
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Q. What is a flood vent, and why do I need to put them in?
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4/10/14
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Many South Shore homeowners are breathing easier thanks to Governor Cuomo’s decision last week to use money from the N.Y. State Housing Recovery Program to compensate those whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Sandy, but whose flood insurance claims were rejected by FEMA because the damage had been caused by “earth movement” rather than directly by floodwaters.
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10/10/13
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In an apocalyptic vision portending worldwide coastal flooding presented by National Geographic in its September issue, Long Island disappears under the Atlantic Ocean.
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9/19/13
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