NoTeaPartyPleez
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What a total asshole this guy is. He's never been anything but a suck-up to George Bush and a wannabe POTUS. He's been a terrible governor here in NJ.
In coastal New Jersey, a flood of criticism for Christie follows storm
In coastal New Jersey, a flood of criticism for Christie follows storm
Residents of New Jersey's southern shorefront towns on Monday cleaned up homes and businesses flooded by a storm surge during the weekend's massive blizzard and rued what they described as Governor Chris Christie's dismissive treatment of the damage.
The storm that walloped Washington and New York with about 2 feet (60 cm) of snow hit coastal Cape May County in New Jersey with tides higher than those measured during 2012's Superstorm Sandy, sending salt water into properties and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate.
Jim Hand voiced exasperation as he surveyed the damage at Fred's Tavern in Stone Harbor, a bar and liquor store about 35 miles (56 km) down the coast from Atlantic City. Hand, a member of the third generation of his family to own the shop, said that the property's kitchen, electrical wiring and floors would all need to be replaced.
"We're doing the same thing today we did after Sandy," said Hand, 61.
He was one of a handful of local business owners to criticize comments by Christie, a Republican White House contender who told CNN on Sunday that he had "no concerns" about flooding as a result of the storm.
"Keep this in perspective," Christie told CNN during a one-day return to the state from the campaign trail in New Hampshire. "Cape May County area was the least flooded area during Hurricane Sandy and had almost no damage in that area."
No immediate estimate of the financial toll of the flooding damage was available but reinsurance broker Aon Benfield said that total insured losses along the East Coast will run into the billions of dollars.
Hand had no patience for Christie's words, saying, "It shows you how out of touch he is with what's going on in his state."
Here's a crazy idea. STOP RE-BUILDING IN A FLOOD ZONE!!!
Idiots.
Not going to happen. Jersey shore towns' economies rely on summer visitors. Before Hurricane Sandy there was never much of a problem, but to get into that we'd have to discuss climate change and rising sea levels.
Also, many of the larger, million-dollar homes are owned by very wealthy people in Manhattan who will simply rebuild and repair, it's chump change to them.