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2012 is an important year for Valley Stream residents living in the high-risk flood zone. It’s the last year in which homeowners can renew their flood insurance for a reduced rate before annual premiums spike back up to four figures.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/11/12
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July 2008 - The Federal Emergency Management Agency releases redrawn flood plain maps for Nassau County, adding about 30,000 homes, including more than 3,000 in the Valley Stream area, to the high-risk flood zone. Most homes added to the flood zone are south of Sunrise Highway. The maps are to take effect in 14 months.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/11/12
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Valley Stream’s newest civic group held its first meeting last week, focusing on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps and their effect on property values.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/7/11
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In what could be a victory for thousands of Valley Stream homeowners, Sen. Charles Schumer wants the Federal Emergency Management Agency to throw out sections of Nassau County flood maps and create new ones.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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9/9/11
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I am a resident of the Gibson area in Valley Stream that the Federal Emergency Management Agency mandated flood insurance. I do believe that we have had that 100-year storm that FEMA officials contend would flood out our area of Valley Stream.
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9/8/11
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Hurricane Irene came and went, and while the storm took down trees and power lines, one thing it didn’t leave behind was widespread flooding in Valley Stream.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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9/7/11
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As I am certain you recall, numerous meeting, calls, symposiums and discussions were held between our federal and village officials with regard to the implemented FEMA flood maps and their impact on the Village of Valley Stream. Although it was only anecdotal, many residents made a strong case that in all their time in the village, they never had a flood — even in major storms.
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9/1/11
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Thankfully, Irene has passed through Valley Stream, hopefully without too much damage and devastation. One thing that did not happen is that there was no flooding in Gibson, where the new flood maps were effective in September 2009. Gibson Boulevard did not even have a puddle, much less a storm surge going to 11 feet, 4 inches.
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9/1/11
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For the last two years, the residents of Gibson have been told by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that their scientific conclusions based upon a study focusing on the east end of Long Island, and their historical information (which they have not disclosed) clearly indicated that a hurricane making landfall on Long Island would create a “surge” of historic proportions.
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9/1/11
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A bill passed last week by the House of Representatives could extend reduced insurance rates to thousands of Valley Stream homeowners in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s revised high-risk flood zone.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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7/13/11
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