Bayshore Sandy Survivor News: Union Beach Struggling, New Flood Insurance Rates, Sandy Resource Fair

Eyewitness News: Union Beach, New Jersey still struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy | For all the hoopla about how the Jersey Shore was stronger than Superstorm Sandy, the hard truth is that parts of the shore have not yet recovered. http://7online.com/weather/union-beach-still-struggling-to-recover-from-superstorm-sandy/89953/

New Flood Insurance Rates will take effect in policies starting October 1, 2014 | The Federal Emergency Management Agency is sending new flood insurance premiums rate sheets to insurers, reflecting changes made by Congress in the program after complaints a 2012 law was leading to exorbitant increases. http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/05/fema_out_with_new_flood_insura.html

SANDY SURVIVOR RESOURCE FAIR – Tuesday, June 17th from 5:00–8:00 PM in Middletown
https://www.facebook.com/JerseyShoreGivesBack/photos/a.383335275074535.89656.382618458479550/647245992016794/?type=1&theater

Reason #89 why the BRSA industrial wind turbine would damage Union Beach 
Study: Industrial Wind Turbines, Infrasound and Vibro-Acoustic Disease (VAD) | These results irrefutably demonstrate that wind turbines in the proximity of residential areas produce acoustical environments that can lead to the development of VAD in nearby home-dwellers. https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/industrial-wind-turbines-infrasound-and-vibro-acoustic-disease-vad/

Bungalows could house Superstorm Sandy victims | The Eatontown-based Affordable Housing Alliance has announced two new initiatives to help ease the burden on Sandy victims across northern Monmouth County. http://mind.gmnews.com/news/2014-06-05/Front_Page/Bungalows_could_house_Sandy_victims.html

Complaints mount over Keyport, NJ's sluggish Sandy recovery | Borough residents and officials have called on the governing body to create an oversight committee that would steer recovery and mitigation projects they say have been lacking since superstorm Sandy. http://mind.gmnews.com/news/2014-06-05/Front_Page/Complaints_mount_over_sluggish_Sandy_recovery.html

TWITTER ACTION
1) Michael Symons (@MichaelSymons_)
Christie admin says it expects all eligible homeowners now on RREM wait list to receive funds. That includes $ from pending 3rd block grant.
2) Michael Symons (@MichaelSymons_)
FEMA obligated another $4.8M in Sandy public-assistance grants Wednesday, including $2.6M in Monmouth/Ocean counties pic.twitter.com/GvqARKYsT3 (Click on link to see the amounts awarded per town, including Union Beach)
NJ Shore Revival Forgets Towns Still Digging Out
Bloomberg TV (Video): http://www.bloomberg.com/video/n-j-shore-revival-forgets-towns-still-digging-out-GeVAVxAmRwiAOIn~RzfWsg.html  

Sandy Becomes Another Christie Albatross
George Kasimos (Stop FEMA Now), 48, of Toms River, said while the programs are federally funded, the responsibility for administering them lies in Trenton. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-06/sandy-becomes-another-christie-albatross.html  

FEMA: Ahead of the Game: New Jersey’s Hazard Mitigation Initiative Will Pay Off in Future Storms | New Jersey’s 21 counties are following the state’s lead in developing hazard mitigation plans that will ensure all of the state’s 565 municipalities will be eligible for federal funding for mitigation projects. http://www.fema.gov/news-release/2014/05/30/ahead-game-new-jerseys-hazard-mitigation-initiative-will-pay-future-storms

The List: 10 Indicators of the Progress of New Jersey’s Sandy Recovery http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/06/01/the-list-10-indicators-of-the-progress-of-new-jersey-s-sandy-recovery/

Next Wave of Nearly $1.5 Billion in Federal Recovery Aid Heading to NJ | As New Jersey residents and business owners up and down the coast continue to put their lives and livelihoods back together, more than a year and a half after Sandy, federal officials have signaled that more help is on its way. http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/06/02/next-wave-of-nearly-1-5-billion-in-federal-recovery-aid-heading-to-new-jersey/ 

HUD chief announces NJ Sandy 'Rebuild by Design' winners in Little Ferry | "We are going to build them," Donovan said at a press conference in Little Ferry yesterday. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/06/hud_chief_announces_nj_sandy_rebuild_by_design_winners_in_little_ferry.html

Youngest lobbyists ever to appear in Trenton" push salt water taffy toward being NJ's official state candy | New Jersey has a dozen official symbols, and nearly half were adopted the same way the taffy push got its start – as the idea of school students. http://www.app.com/story/news/politics/new-jersey/2014/06/05/state-candy-salt-water-taffy/10021613/

$100K donated to Sandy charity sued by NJ redistributed for storm relief efforts | The state last year filed a lawsuit against the Hurricane Sandy Relief Foundation, charging the Sparta couple who founded the group. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/06/100k_donated_to_sandy_charity_sued_by_nj.html

Nearly 50 homes purchased through NJ Sandy buyout program to be demolished in coming weeks | More than 190 homeowners in Sayreville and South River have so far accepted buyout offers from the state Department of Environmental Protection, with closings completed on 116 of those properties. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/06/nearly_50_sayerville_targeted_in_sandy_buyouts_to_be_demolished_in_coming_weeks.html

Farmers Insurance volunteers help rebuild Sea Bright's Sandy-damaged homes | Leslie Johnson dreams of the day she’ll get her 94-year-old grandmother back on the deck of their home in Sea Bright, yards from the Shrewsbury River, to hear her say once more, "Isn’t it wonderful to live here?" http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2014/06/farmers_insurance_volunteers_help_rebuild_sea_brights_sandy-damaged_homes.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Video: New Energy Source For Everyday Homes? | LPP Fusion is housed in a little garage on Lincoln Boulevard in Middlesex, New Jersey and this company has a lot to offer. Inside the facility is an experiment in progress that, if successful, could light over 3,000 homes in New Jersey and end the insane push for unreliable and expensive wind power forever...one can only hope :-) http://www.my9nj.com/story/25702525/new-energy-source-for-everyday-homes#.U5C5Gm_4tCc.twitter