You know you're in trouble when your tenant starts the conversation by saying

[PCIntern]

"The good news is we're alive and well."

I rent my seashore home year-round to this very nice older lady and her gentleman partner. Her job before she retired was to assess damage to apartments and contract with professionals to restore/repair/clean up before the next tenants. So she's a "pro".

They/I got two feet of seawater in the house and of course now the fun begins...thank God for Federal Flood Insurance which the Rethugs wanted to eliminate years ago, and when all is said and done, everything will work out but imagine if the RW had had its way and had eliminated the program so that only people like that fat turd Limbaugh could afford to recover from a total loss. Then again, the clever part of this would have been that banks would have taken over the homes AND THE LAND from the owners due to condemnation and ensuing forclosure and once again, we would have a Katrina-style land grab.

Bastards...

[kstewart33]

1. Best of luck to you in repairing your home.

You're absolutely right - hard to imagine what would have been the hundreds of thousands (millions?) without flood insurance that would never have been able to recover without federal aid.

We are in a new age climate wise. If we can't stop global warming, at least we can start taking preventive steps (sea walls, in this case).

[lunatica]

2. One of my neighbors said the entire front of her son's house was blown off.

Her son lives in New Jersey. We live in California. They're all happy to be OK though.

[Bonhomme Richard]

3. We can't get to the house yet.

Is yours up about four feet from the ground?

[PCIntern]

7. A little less than that...

every inch used to make a difference...now not so much.

[Bonhomme Richard]

12. It turns out we dodged a bullet.

Apparently no water in the house and the docks are still intact.

[Justice]

4. my brother and his family are trapped in Hoboken

[PCIntern]

5. that's horrifying...

given what happened in Queens, being trapped in a disaster zone is frightening...best of luck to him and his.

[msanthrope]

6. I don't know what's happened to my house down there, yet...nt

[ErikJ]

8. FFInsur totally funded by premiums? I dont want my taxes.....

going to people building or rebuilding anywhere near the coastline with climate change getting worse. The FFI premiums should increase the closer you are to risk. I think NC? tried to pass a law like that but the Cons blocked it?

[kracer20]

9. Question about insurance...

I heard/read somewhere that since it was classified as a hurricane that insurance won't cover flooding. Is that true? Seems odd to me. Hope those that did have insurance don't get shafted.

[PCIntern]

10. You almost HAVE to have Flood Insurance...

it is required by mortgage holders in flooding areas.

It is generally not part of a traditional home policy.

[nolabear]

11. Good luck and strength, PCI. Glad they're okay.