[Durham INC] Fw: Beach bungalow bailout

[scjdurham at aol.com]

Melissa,

I so agree with you on that.  One year after the disasters from 
Hurricane Katrina, FEMA in it's infinite wisdom changed the flood zone 
rating for the area around Ellerbe Creek near Club Boulevard in 
Northgate Park.  I have always been required to have flood insurance 
even though my house, built in 1942, has never flooded in 69 years.The 
flood insurance premium increased by 300%.

I am in the process of applying for an exception (LOMA) and hope it 
works because that 300% increase just doesn't fit the budget and is not 
realistic since Ellerbe Creek has had extensive restoration and other 
work provided by NCDOT (because of the widening).  Our zone designation 
should have gone in the other direction to less severe.

Cheryl, don't even have the 2 cents anymore, Shiflett

-----Original Message-----
From: Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com>
To: inc-list <inc-list at rtpnet.org>; durhamenviro 
<durhamenviro at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Feb 28, 2011 12:28 pm
Subject: [Durham INC] Fw: Beach bungalow bailout

  Please see below and take the literally 10 seconds to let your 
legislators know your opinion regarding facilitating buildings on the 
sea shore. Our house is just a few inches inside the 100 year flood 
plain (and that's just the first brick of the empty crawlspace), but 
FEMA requires me to purchase flood insurance and will not even consider 
an exemption. An insider tells me this is not so much to protect my 
home/investment, but to provide funding for those that are in areas 
more likely to be affected by flooding, like beach houses. It is unfair 
to require environmentally appreciative and responsible, middle class 
people like myself to fund repair costs for the beachside vacation 
homes of people wealthier and less environmentally responsible than 
myself.

Just my ten cents ;-)

Melissa Rooney

                                                                         
                                                             From:       
                                                  Brittany Iery, NC 
Conservation Network &lt;publicalerts at ncconservationnetwork.org&gt;;    

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                                                             Subject:    
                                                     Beach bungalow 
bailout
                                                             Sent:       
                                                  Mon, Feb 28, 2011 
3:52:53 PM

                                                                         
                                                                         

Hi Melissa,

If state legislators pass Senate Bill 110, it would undo a 25-year-old 
ban on hardened structures on our beaches. This critical protection has 
helped to make our barrier island beaches the envy of the nation.

This bill is scheduled to be up for debate in a key state Senate 
committee tomorrow and we need your help to tell your legislators to 
oppose SB 110 and any rollbacks to our state's beach protection laws.

While hardened structures, such as jetties and groins, may retain sand 
near the homes and property in their vicinity, the structures also have 
been found to increase erosion in areas further down the beach.

The Jersey shore is a prime example of the consequence of using these 
hardened structures. Its coast now shows the devastating effects on the 
shoreline (see photo).  

Not only is this bill bad for the health of our beaches, it also allows 
state funds for these hardened structures, which can cost as much as 
$10.8 million to build and $2.25 million to maintain each year. At a 
time when our legislators should be worrying about a $2.4 billion 
deficit, it is unbelievable that they want North Carolinians to fund a 
multi-million dollar beach bungalow bailout.

Tell your legislators to protect North Carolina’s beautiful and natural 
beaches by not allowing hardened structures on our coast.

Thanks,

Brittany Iery
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