GLOBAL WARMING YET THIS COUNTRY IS SO BLIND TO SEE AND ACCEPT IT THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT IS COMING TO AN END HERE VERY SOON YOU'LL SEE THEN YOU WONT KNOW THE FIRST THING TO DO JUST TO SURVIVE OUR COUNTRY IS SO GD SELFISH MATERIALISTIC LIKE AND FULL OF HATE GOD IS SAYING YOURE ALL FOOLS.

We have always been like that though! Only matters if it affects you personally when it comes to it.

are we sure its not 29.5 Billion......got to love how the storm damage stopped just before $30 Billion.....

i think that number is grossly understated, on the "barrier island"(point to seaside) alone how many $mill+ houses were lost/inhabitable? i would guess at least 500. that half a billion right there. add the "water, gas, electric and even phone/internet infrastructure" the "commercial property" and add up other areas of the state(inland people who have storm related damage) that haven't received any media coverage.
with the estimated "$29.4billion" i thought anything over a 100 million automatically gets rounded up to the nearest million, so our trusted elected officials get to "keep the change"?

New jersey will receive billions in fema individual assistance. Our small business on the delaware coast will receive zero because our town incorporates protective wetlands instead of overbuilding greedily at great harm to the environment like new york and new jersey. We can expect further strain on taxpayers as long as we reward behavior that multiplies damage and penalize financially those that plan well. We need help for our town and the relief agencies won't share. Please help www.gofundme.com/woodlandbeachrecovery. Thank you from the forgotten victims

Why is rebuilding the governments responsibility. Let insurance pay for it or take a loss. Why should tax payer money be used to build all cash business for people who do not pay the fair share they need to or use tax money to rebuild some hedge fund managers second home which he paid too much for.

Norcross and his trade union zombies are going to pocket some major $$....LOL

Wms826 we plan on paying our fair share of taxes and are not an all cash business. We have no flood or storm insurance and could not buy any until title to the property is transferred. woodland beach has one commercial property used by a hoarder for decades to stash his treasure while a once vibrant economy fell to ruin. We close in august of 2013 and he us responsible for storm damage but refuses to pay, in the hopes we walk away and he pockets thousands as he has done several times. People in the town must drive eight miles for food and drinking water. Many in the county have not worked for over two years. In order to recover, create dozens of jobs that will take families off entitlements and provide food and clean water for 250 residents when the road floods we need help. Half the cost of restoring one resort vacation home will revitalize a county and pay back several times over into the economy next year alone. Because of our conservation efforts, there is less likely to be future damage than there is in new york or new jersey. Unfortunately we have been denied help after more than 600 requests. I keep going in the hope some intelligent person sees the logic in helping our town recover from sandy

Perhaps you should have considered the Jersey Shore. Which is why we pay the highest taxes in the country and, as you know, Delaware does not have a state income tax nor tax peoples pensions. And, therefore, that is why you have to pay. We are paying everyday to in state tax, income tax, sales tax and real estate tax. Therefore, my dear, we have a sense of entitlement, because we have ALREADY PAID FOR IT. However, I am sorry for your lose, but, frankly it is what you bargained for by living in Delaware.

Secondly, it appears rather ludicrous for you to be soliciting money in NJ while it might be more advantageous to address your mainland residents in you own state.

Also we put our savings into this business to renovate one section. Commercial properties are valued according to income. We were told by lenders to rehab one section and open for business, which we did in eight weeks. We opened our store on oct 27 and many of the repairs must be redone after parts of the roof blew off and water poured in. we are not being greedy. I have numerous back problems and have surgery this week. My husband has a broken back and eight inch plate in his leg and works ten to twelve hour days. Getting this place going was a huge effort. Yet with the storm forecast to hit us directly we spent our last cash on supplies to help our neighbors and sheltered in place to help them in the aftermath. Because we could not board up adequately right afterward someone broke in and stole most of our grocery stock that remained. It was survival items and they weren't greedy, so we are not mad. We know it was most likely a desperate parent who needed to feed children with nowhere else to turn, since nobody will help us in delaware

Angel I have addressed my home state which has already sent substantial donations to yours. I have contacted over 600 sources. The media consistently ignores both maryland and delaware saying they were not harmed by the storm which is untrue. I find that new york and new jersey want to keep every penny of relief funds for themselves. Not a single politician, celebrity, media outlet or relief organization gas bothered to say thank you to two states who put your needs above our own or ask people to consider donating to the forgotten states. Even obama doesn't realize other places were affected. As long as the media refuses to acknowledge forgotten states, and new york and new jersey refuse to share or thank others I will be calling attention to our plight

Also angel I considered nj but don't want to live in an overbuilt polluted state. I'd rather see bald eagles than snooki look alikes. And fema is federal funds. You are asking not only for all the funds from your state but all 49 others as well, which seems greedy to me

So tell me again why nj which apparently has the fullest coffers around is also entitled to all the federal aid and all the global private aid. And if you bother looking at other newspapers you will see many many people angry at your greed and ingratitude

I also hope people outside of your state who are evaluating additional donations at the one month mark may consider helping those who so far have received nothing. If you took time to read our fundraising site you would see a generous plan to share outside our town and state once our most pressing immediate needs are met. We are asking for the bare minimum, unlike new jersey and new york

John if you read my post you would see we suffered wind and rain damage only, similar to what I had after hurricane hugo in charlotte, nc which is hardly on the beach. Because we live in harmony with the environment we didn't suffer the storm surge damage absorbed by the marsh. People will want to visit the sand and fish. As a taxpayer is ut better to invest a small amount which will be returned many times over in increased income taxes and reduced entitlements, or to rebuild a footprint that will suffer similar damage in future storms? And technically we are still riverfront as the bay begins a mile south

Also angel as for your notion that you are more entitled to federal aid than me because you pay such high new jersey taxes, I argue the opposite is true. If we made the same salary you would have a higher deduction for property taxes and I would pay more federal income tax. This should entitle me to an equal, if not larger, share id the federal pie

Fedup that's the point. New jersey will take take take but cares nothing about other victims. Yet you folks seem proud of that

Woodland beach at one point was the premier beach destination on the east coast with the first overwater amusement park in the country. Tourism is the third largest employer in delaware and we are taxed on the billions it generates. I agree that you should receive some reimbursement but not to the exclusion of other victims. I obviously know much more about your state than you folks know about ours. I think it is stupid to rebuild your shore without building in wetlands to minimize future damage. It is a waste of taxpayer money. We are asking for a lousy eight grand to replace inventory and the worst of the damage while you are getting billions and want full reimbursement for much lower payback rates. It us a drop in the bucket yet you begrudge a small amount that would help put an entire county back to work and lower your federal debt. As you said it is what is, greed and unconcern in the original overbuilding, your expected reimbursement rate and your utter lack of compassion for victims in other states. But hey, you guys are proud to have snooki represent you

I don't understand what you mean by Deleware has already paid a substantial amount to NJ...please elaborate.

Also, you realize that all flood insurance is subsidized from the federal government..aka FEMA..for the first 250K. So for the majority of people in this area who say they expect to receive money its because we have been paying a large amount of money each year towards this. I for one have been paying flood insurance since the early 90's.

Wow Joyce... many of us In the Jersey Shore area are not receiving any help! Many of us who paid for insurance are using just that to help rebuild. So please understand you are not the only victim from Super Storm Sandy. Moving to the shore from NY I never understood the statement "Jersey Strong" until now. So I hope one day Delaware residents/business owners can become Delaware strong. Good luck.

@Joyce....I do feel sorry for the damage you have...I had roof and other damage here that will not be covered as well. But to come on a NJ site and try to solicit money for your personal issue is misguided. Your site shows that you hope to raise $8,000....and I hope you do. But you must realize the level of destruction that occurred here. A roof that blew off and water damage cannot remotely compare to entire sections of homes floating away into the Atlantic. To badmouth NJ residents is unfair...we do not make the decisions. I have no say in where the disaster money goes. How about using your words to write to your local or state politicians....it seems to me that would be a better use of your time than to try to promote a fundme wesbite while bashing the people you are asking for donations from. And I've got to tell you....I'm not sure how much money you will raise from people who live here who are donating our time and money to families who got rescued off of their rooftops with nothing but the clothing on their back while their homes were swallowed up by the ocean.

There is no media coverage outside of your area so I have to put pleas where the coverage is. I am asking for eight thousand out of over two hundred thousand in damages. I have been through the johnstown flood, two other hurricanes and lost everything I owned in a fire. Never before have I asked for any help and if this affected only our family I would not ask for it now. This small amount has the ability to keep us going in a place where our neighbors have to steal food to stay alive due to lack of relief. Believe me I am addressing legislative issues which reward environmentally damaging building plans and penalize those working with sea rise. If you don't want other people pointing out that an all or nothing distribution is unfair, speak up. I am not bashing new jersey but there is a great deal of anger building against you. If you look at gofundme you will see many of your citizens with sites, so why is mine wrong? Within your state many inland residents are being ignored due to your greed. If you don't want to be called greedy then share and say thanks. The other victims are getting zero federal aid. It's not wrong to call public attention to a site asking for help to be distributed to multiple towns and states who will appreciate it, especially when personally we are only asking for help with about three percent of our losses and that small amount will create several dozen jobs

I also think it's hilarious you refer to yourself as jersey strong without acknowledging the vast majority of help came from other places.

You have a point...I would like to know "Where" all this money is going and "Who" is actually getting the money. Concerts and Benefits to save the shore? I can bet you the money is not going to who really needs it.

Delaware and maryland both had significant damages on a lesser scale than new york or new jersey. Look at pictures of the ocean city maryland boardwalk and lewes/rehoboth beach areas for some examples. My husband works in flood damages and for two weeks was too busy helping other victims to attend to our property. I know of at least a dozen volunteer crews that went to new jersey to help. Last week an entire truckload of supplies was shipped from wilmington and this is one of many. Thousands of dollars have been sent in monetary donations. My husbands employer continues to send mold remediation crews to help. Yet the commenters here don't recognize that we as a state put your needs above our own for humanitarian reasons. As I explained earlier we personally do not have and could not obtain flood insurance. However at least 1100 delaware claims were filed. We are ineligible to file any claims for individual fema assistance in delaware as obama only approved funds for state and local government to reimburse them and repair infrastructure. This is because fema policy is prejudiced against smaller and less densely populated states. we all pay taxes and should be entitled to aid but are not. Yet romney was attacked for wanting to correct this ongoing injustice

And tom carper and chris coons from delaware were among the lawmakers asking foe more funds this budget year for you. What have your politicians done on return for us? Sorry about typos having trouble typing

Sorry...for all the damages and losses in both of the states of Delaware and Maryland. I was not aware of them being the media was all about NJ&NY. I happen to agree with you on your points. Individuals here are all about themselves.

Also we had much more damages than a roof but are not asking for help with those only enough to keep operating. Our building is a masonry boat built around four other buildings and the area of concern is about 1/15 of the area. We lost sections of a crows nest which we want to use as a base to watch boats in trouble. The entire ceiling above a diner big enough to seat seventy is collapsing. Two commercial furnaces were destroyed and a wraparound deck is about to fall off. Several sections of second story walls and both interior and external doors were lost. We will have about 100k of mold damage due to my husband helping others first. We have about three thirty yard dumpster full if damaged contents to remove, a carport, leanto and three sheds to replace. So I don't think 8000 of help is unreasonable

Joyce, you've completely hijacked this thread with complaints about NJ and FEMA's lack of assistance to DE. Instead of whining at NJ citizens go tell your Congressmen and Senators. The simple fact is that NJ and NY got hit harder so FEMA is going to focus on us.

My job is directly connected to state police emergency response, army corps of engineers and FEMA, and I can tell you first hand we've sent over a million tons of debris to solid waste facilities (not including organic vegetation) and we're not even a tenth complete.

I wish you well, but allow NJ to receive the assistance Gov Christie is requesting.

As I've stated earlier your state is greedy and will feel sorry for other people as long as you keep every penny of aid for yourself. How many of you have asked your lawmakers to stand up for delaware like carper and coons stood up to yoy? How many have asked your media to run a story in other affected areas? How many unaffected residents visited their damaged neighbors to the south to volunteer? I think it us grossly unfair for your governor to request this aid when he has yet to even offer acknowledgment or condolences to other states. So no, while you are little kids hogging the entire jar of cookies I will continue to speak up

Joyce...As you can see by some of these post. A lot of NJ people are ignorant, greedy selfish individuals. It is all about them. Especially all the beach shore towns. Most of the beach towns and their residents have become snobs and all they care is about themselves. Our governor is known for being a bully, he is an embarrassment and a lot NJ residents love him. So that should tell you something. I personally don't feel like I should pay for all these beach towns and I am from NJ. I feel there is a lot more NJ residents that feel the same way. They are sick of paying for them every time there is a storm. It is the jersey shore beach resort towns that expects entitlement and everyone else should pay for them just so they can get a glimpse of the sand. Our governor is worrying about all the missed revenue so that is the main reason he is all over and on top of it. He is fighting for all the federal aid he can get. The politicians don't care about the people, they care about where their money is coming from first.

Ann Richardson, that objective non-agenda reporter for the Ocean City Gazette, wrote that climate change was a liberal hoax. Since that article, her beloved barrier island has had the snot knocked out of it so many times, this last one with indoor swimming pools for anyone with a ground floor home.
And now all of these Romney Republicans have their hands out for the federal government to save them from their own life choices that didn't quite turn out right.
If another major storm should hit here in the next year or two, who will want to live here?

I don't understand calling NJ residents greedy for getting federal aid....it is not up to the residents to determine where money goes. As powerless as you feel in not having received help, we are powerless in those decisions as well, even if aid has been.given where we live. Greed is not involved here....people are simply trying to get help. Instead of calling victims greedy, why don't you call the government out on unfairly distributing relief funds and call it a day.

Being the one in need changes one's world view, doesn't it? Not so much of this I built that! Or God created the universe because he had a plan for MY life!

Back in the day, my parents had a small house in Brick and wanted to move to a larger home, they whittled the many choices down to two, One was on a lagoon and the other was a few blocks away, both were $22,500. My mom wanted a cellar, she was adamant about it, so the lagoon house was ruled out and the other bought. Over the years I had wished they had bought the other house, I thought they had made a bad decision, especially when the lagoon house before the housing bubble broke was worth almost a million while the house we settled on only increased to $450,00. One of my best friends lives two doors down from the lagoon house we almost bought and is on the same lagoon. After the hurricane and the flood waters went down, I walked over to the lagoon house to see the damage and my buddy was outside throwing out his entire house furnishings, he invited me into his home to show me what had happened. The floodwaters had reached up to his fireplace mantle. All the first floor electrical system had to be replaced, walls, floors, in short, the whole first floor has to be redone. After seeing the damage, I was glad for the first time, that my parents had made the choice they did. I have lost any desire to live on a lagoon or by any water for that matter, if someone left a house on the water to me, I'd put it up for sale asap. I have no clue why people who's houses have been demolished by the waters, would even consider rebuilding and living there.

This storm has got to be Bush's fault!

Who's he? The guy who turned Iraq into a Western style democracy? That was easy. Let's invade other countrys. Iran, watch yourself!

They will pay the debt down and Fox News will give you another boogeyman to be fearful of. All of my conservative friends are such patriots and christians. But not one of them wants to pay taxes, or serve in the military, or even go to church on Sunday, for that matter.

What kind of friends do you have?

I don't have friends. Its cumbersome. My Christmas list is very short.

There was a debt under Bush number 2, Bush number 1 and also Ronald Reagan, the political Jesus of our time. Somehow it wasn't an issue. The only President who did not run a debt was Bill Clinton, during the go go 90's when the dow jones went up 200%. But he did a bad thing with a bad girl so they impeached him.
You have to stand for something.

Don't listen to OC Raiders. Read some of these twitter comments by the young people who think their parents are dinosaurs. Which they are. Superstitous,racists, science denying old farts on the way out. But leave some money behind for the kids to pay for the Verizon bill, party at the Revel!

I find it absolutely hilarious that we are being called greedy because we have submitted claims to subsidiaries which we have help fund since its existence.

Why were you not on your soap box the last 20 plus years when I have been paying over 1600 a year in flood insurance but never the need for a claim

You can't say we have not helped other states, because that's a lie. As a wife of a first responder who helped here in our home town and then had deployments to Staten Island NY I also saw written requestesfor Delaware Maryland and a few other states in his emails.

Your being ridiculous thinking we are not greatful for the help that has come from all over. But we are not just helping ourselves just because the news media has not said we said "Thank You" doesn't mean we haven't or haven't helped others because I can say first hand we have. We always help others because we are Jersey Strong it's who we are and it's part of truly living here and if you did you would understand the real meaning of it.

As far as save the shore and other fundraisers where the money goes is up to those who run it. You must have some celebrity born from your state not all singers and celebritys are born in NJ or NY we are just lucky we have a few that were and are still loyal to their hometown roots and help shine light or raise money when we need it most.

We do what we need to do for ourselves and others because its part of beig a New Jersey native. We're not gready or selfish we are doing what we can when we can. And I'm sure if your community really needed the help your Gov and mayors etc will get you it should it warrant aid from the government, and if they wanted to talk on the TV the media would certainly air it. . If they don't you should use your vote to put someone else in office that will better handle your problems should this or something worse happen again. But don't come and judge us based on media and news because your wrong. It happens everywhere and all states suffer from natural dissater events almost everyday. But just because your not on the news doesn't mean your not being helped or forgotten their plenty of places in NJ and NY not on the news who also need help so please get over yourself!

i will never understand why people not from our area are on our patch site! The purpose here is to get information to locals. I see people who bash us and make comments on how horrible we are! why r u on our site? i have no desire or time to be on sites that have nothing to do with my area! So kindly leave tr patch so we can enjoy or own resources and speak to our own neighbors! Thank u

Actually my governor has made several calls on mt behalf already. And the problem is that you do not look outside your corner of the world and are unaware of others suffering as long as it does not affect you directly. These articles show up on the web and are read by people arouns the world who query on sandy relief. I am appalled that new jersey citizens are in approval of federal policy that effectively institutes a class system, where citizens if rural areas are less entitled to federal aid, and eight grand us better spent replacing one granite countertop than putting a community back to work. Again have any one of yoy done a single thing to deflect media attentions now that your immediate needs are handled? If the answer is no don't complain

Again for those of you who are unable to read a map I am physically closer to nj than any town in delaware. It's obvious you consider the delaware river the equivalent if railroad tracks. And I do not object to aid, I object to getting zero aid under federal policy while you get thirty billion

OMG ,give me a break people out of state, shut the front door .WHAT MONEY, my hustand and I worked several jobs to buy oue home down the shore like many of our fellow shore neighbors did and will do again to rebuild. What help! Many of us had no flood insurance. What money, many od us do not qualify for fema and do not want there help. Again, we will work hard, second jobs to put our home's back because we are JERSEY STRONG, we do not wait for things to happen we make things happen and if we get help we are thankful and give it back two fold. So go out today and make something happen for you and your states. And leave us alone we have work to do today

We need $$ here,we need $$$ for this.etc,Island Beach State Park also suffered.Lets remember to give a large % of this money over there.And lets do it sooner then later.....Summer is rite around the corner !!!!!

Who fault is that? Wanted to buy a house at the shore but did not want to pay for flood insurance. That is all people ask, Is to pay for yourselves.

Debie you obviously did not read the entire thread. My husband and I did work hard for years. Flood insurance doesn't cover if you aren't flooded. We have asked for three percent of our business losses to keep the momentum going ti create several dozen jobs in a depressed area. However you folks want every single penny for yourselves. As for giving back twofold that is an outright lie when your state has receiven millions in private aid and have refused to help neighboring states. Its not jersey strong its jersey selfish

Hey Ralphie boy not complaining i have the money to fix up do not have to rely on others or the state my choice not to have flood insurance Not asking for help Ralphie

Joyce get up get dressed and go out and do what many of us are doing today pulling out floors walls and ect ,call your state on monday and bitch and cry to them. PLEASE.......

Unless I missed something here, I don't understand why (joyce) you are "angry" at us here in Jersey? We live here, we work here, we have family here...just to name a few points of why we LOVE this state and want to see it survive. Yes, I am sorry for your loss, but New Jersey is and should be OUR priority.

I was through new york and new jersey twice last week and believe me we are doing the same thing on the forgotten states as far as pulling down walls, etc. unfortunately obama treats us as second class citizens and the media is concentrating on your area to the exclusion of ours. You people are too self centered to let obama know all states affected need individual help. Your politicians will not speak out against injustice in a storm that was a thousand miles wide. you will not forward even one percent of aid that people donated to sandy aid, being lied to by the media about other states. You insist that you are recovering on your own and refuse to acknowledge help from other areas. We are at the one month mark and it would not hurt for you to show a fraction if the compassion and humanity poured oyt to you and adk people to also remember forgotten losers. But what else is to be expected from the mecca if greedy obnoxious reality stars who think if nothing but indulging their own vices? The saddest part us you are proud of your lack of concern for others who ate suffering.

Joyce you sound like an absolute fool. If you did not obtain the proper insurance then you need to look in the mirror before you point the finger this way and degrade the people of this state. Don't give me that nonsense on how you could not obtain the proper insurance....you don't fool me...you were unprepared or flat out did not want to spend the money. I have not received any federal aid but I sure as hell expect to get money from my flood insurance which is subsidized from the federal government. If you prefer to call me selfish because of that then go right ahead...I've funded over 50,000 towards that subsidiary.

Since you are spending so much of your time on the internet these days I think you should do your homework because FEMA only provided low interest loans to businesses no matter what state, town, or area you are in.

Call me Jersey Selfish all you want...because you are coming off as Delaware Dumb

If you have not learned empathy, compassion and the difference between right and wrong at your age you never will, and will wonder why the many people angry at you take their tourism dollars elsewhere

Joyce , did you drink the cool aide today!

Nope. And I personally am not angry, just sorry for people who are so hungry for money that it leaves them empty inside and blind to the suffering of others. And at this point I have to go alone, needing three back surgeries and one scheduled this week, to pick up debris one dustpan at a time while my husband works to pay for damages with no aid in sight. But that doesn't matter because we aren't in greedy new jersey who thinks they are entitled to all volunteer help, private aid and public aid. Go get drunk sleep around and beat each other up like they do on your namesake tv show and yell how entitled you are

Joyce I have a hard time feeling so sorry for you based on the reasons I have already stated.

You are pinning the blame on everyone else but yourself. NJ residents, our governor, our president, etc. You could have purchased the proper insurance but instead come on here and lie as if wasn't possible in an attempt to receive donations.

As I stated previously, FEMA will provide any business impacted by the storm with low interest loans. This goes for anywhere including NJ or Delaware. No NJ business is going to receiving money from FEMA without the need for it to be re-payed with interest.

Changetr you need to familiarize yourself with fema policy. The great obama who jumped on romney about wanting to decentralize disaster relief has dispensed aid according to a class structure. Fema loans will be available to you to rebuild because obama approved individual assistance to your state. He only approved public assistance for delaware. This means local and state governments receive some funds for storm expenses such as shelter reimbursement qnd infrastructure repairs. No individual or business in delaware will receive any fema or sba loans because our president refuses to make them available to us. I cannot apply for the same loans as you yet I pay my share of taxes. The media consistently indicates other states weren't harmed which is a lie. Fewer areas were harmed but damage was severe. This has resulted in an outpouring of private donations to your state and arrogant attacks ny your citizens

Oh boy -- Joyce, I'm sorry you are going through a hard time - we all are. However, I'm not sure what you are asking for? Sounds like you want NJ to give you their financial aid either personally, (or to the state of Delaware)? Our governor asked for help for his state - our state - NJ. Delaware governor should ask for help for your state. If you have insurance, place a claim. If you don't, then that's on you, just like it's on each person in any state who doesn't have insurance. The vice president of this country is from Delaware, reach out to him directly with your frustrations - perhaps he will be sympathetic. Delaware did not suffer the greatest loss - nor did NJ - it was NY that got hit the hardest. But that doesn't mean NY should give us their financial aid. It's state by state. Why are you so angry at NJ and not your own state of Delaware?
We are all sorry for everyone's loss Joyce - including yours. But accusing us of being greedy because we are not sending you - personally - a check is wrong.
Who's being the greedy one here?
You are having, what equates to, a 3 year old's temper fit. I'm glad, however, that you are alive and well enough to have that fit of anger - you survived - it's more than many others were lucky enough to do.
Read Change_TR post above - FEMA will help you if you accept it. If a loan isn't enough, and you want handouts, then you are going to have problems - especially from NJ and all of us horrible people :-)

When I try to raise donations for those who have gotten zero public or private help. So before you tell me about loans you assume ate there, learn about the dual class fema system that penalizes smaller less populated states

Joyce:UnF$%#ing believable , you bash NJ & then ask for help ! I used to enjoy your State and beaches via the Cape May -Lewis Ferry....Never again will I step foot in THAT State !!!! No man IS an Island , but YOU and your State now are to me !!!! Your I love me who do you love attitude stinks to holy Heck.....Restore the JERSEY Shore !!!! " Jersey Strong"

If you look at my site you will see funds will be split between maryland and delaware. Many people believed media lies we are unharmed and donated to sandy relief. So if you believe it is the right thing to do to refuse to share any of these donations or even ask other areas to share with us, knowing the federal government will help you and not us, then I will continue to pity a state where people have so hardened their hearts

I don' t think I am having a three year old fit to ask for help to replace store stock stolen by desperate people who got no help in the aftermath of sandy. I do think it is childish to refuse to help others. And yes we did a lot to help others more severely damaged first. Guess we were stupid to help you out

Obama is spending your money right now.

And markell did ask for help. obama has refused it

Its obvious your state refuses to share any of the contributions from around the world. I just don't understand why you can't express gratitude and reflect some of the spotlight to other suffering areas. But it's obviously beating a dead horse as you care only about yourselves

Once more before I sign off. Entitlements existed way before Barack Obama took office. If there were no social safety net such as welfare, food stamps and medicaid, the streets that you live on would be unsafe and the rule of law would be in decline.

That Barack Obama is giving freebies to lazy Americans, and to this I must agree, because you could hold a gun to an Americans head and say work! and they would say nope.
Barack Obama didn't make Americans lazy. They were already like that. He's just trying to keep them from crawling in your bedroom window in the middle of the night.

Please stop this fighting. All of us here in NJ are under a lot of stress trying to figure things out, clean up and deal with the losses. Please...Joyce...stop . All this is not doing any of us any good.

Joyce u sound like a real joy, i do feel sorry for u , u see life through rose colored glasses Goodbye Joyce

Hi Joyce, I have a hundred dollar bill in my wallet. I could donate it to you, or I could stimulate my local economy buy buying beer, wings and pizza before I go spend another $300 at the Giants game tonight. What do you think I am going to do?

That's up to you ... Helping those who haven't been able to work for two years although they want to, or on a bunch if folks for whom everything isn't enough. Or you could spend it on a tank of gas and ask folks what it's like to have over a hundred applications in without a single interview, or a line around the block for a cashier job

I'm sorry you are under stress. Now imagine if this happened and there were no volunteers, government or private help and the communities you could see from your front door laughed at your suffering

how much you wanna bet that $100 fed up has came from a welfare check?

And so the Agenda 21 land grabs begin...

http://www.tomsrivernjonline.com/2012/11/18/seaside-heights-gives-victims-15-day-notice-on-demolitions-fine-threats/9529/

To OC Raiders - You are correct, entitlements existed way before Obama took office. His reelection just confirms that the majority of the American Voters want freebies.

To Joyce - I wish you and the rest of Delaware well. I read your complaints about NJ and the Federal system. I am assuming you vote. With that, I submit to you that you and the majority of Delaware voters are as guilty of apathy and greed as NJ. I notice Delaware not only reelected their incumbents (so I guess they do a great job), as do ours here. So I have to believe Delaware likes the current way of doing business. Also, you in Delaware voted to reelect President Obama too. You need to look in the mirror and Delaware before slamming us in NJ for getting Federal aid. One other point I would like to add, there are those in NJ that are selfish and greedy. But many of us are helping ourselves and others. We have stepped up for others in need too, from victims in Louisiana to our soldiers in the Middle East. I am sure you in Delaware can make the same claims.
Please do not put NJ down for what it is getting, as I believe you in Delaware want our Federal government to run the way it is.

Old soldier

hand out? speak for yourself
to assume makes you an ass
as for Dems and repukes
guess what old soldier
republicons live in fantasy land
there is a reason that educated states vote dem and uneducated states vote repuke
welfare states also vote republicon and that is a fact
now go back and use your vaginal probe up your arse

@Timothy ! You are a Godsend ! Thank you, thank you, thank you ! I KNEW I had heard Gov.Christie say that....now to find out how to find what Asbury Park Press it was in. You know there's so much to do, think about, document,photograph for insurance haul out to the curb, the flood smell, the muck...sometimes you cant even think straight. I thought I had heard him say it but then I wondered was it real or did I hear someone else say it. Now I know I'm not going nuts. Thank you do much.

Actually mormon mainstream does not allow polygamy barney. It was allowed for a short time only during a time of religious persecution when many men were killed leaving women to fend for themselves. The church allowed polygamy as a way to make sure all women and children were provided for and forbidden once the neef no longer existed. The magic underwear you refer to is a holy garment. Many religions have holy garments, hair locks or prayer rugs. Do you ridicule them also? Are you aware of the lds practice if fast sundays where they help people in need? What us so wrong with romney wanting to change a system that denies aid to a storm victim based on which side of the river they live on? You folks continue to show a lack of compassion and an ignorance of matters outside of your own block. And disability payments should go first to adults who have worked for decades at multiple jobs and now can barely walk or sit at a desk, than teenagers on ritalin. And I wouldn't move to new jersey based on the treatment from folks here. I am happy in delaware but do not like being treated as a second class state, with policies that will put us on uneven economic footing for decades

Joyce,
What are you saying? Not everyone is treated equally? Life is sometimes unfair? I'm shocked.
You should be complaining to politicians who represent you and the media that covers your area.

Of course you folks will point us anywhere else but forget abour sharing a penny of donations with any group outside your borders. And I will add my comments to any media article focusing on the greedy shore that does not mention other victims. As for niw I'm with people who are not only hard hearted but too stupid to learn anything about anything else going on. Going to go get ready for surgery workups then work on storm damage till its time to get surgery

OMG -- this whining has gone on ALL - DAY - LONG. you are beating a dead horse. You have bitched and moaned and bashed NJ all day - what are you hoping to gain? Go talk to someone who CAN help you -- the state of Delaware, the Vice President, your insurance company - How about your neighbors in Delaware? Give it a rest.
I have to find out how to shut down notifications -- my inbox has been FLOODED all day! Sheesh ...you are exhausting!
I'm glad you're having surgery - -it will keep you offline for a day or two (maybe more if we are lucky) ....
btw Joyce - I didn't GET any donations to share with you - many of us did not. If you are looking for handouts (and obviously you are) then move on to another devastated area - maybe California has had an earthquake or something? You could ask THEM for their money ... good luck in your pursuit.

FEMA is just another inefficent federal govment program like the postal service. It doesn't matter how much they hand out, its all borrowed from China anyway because we have a BUDGET DEFICIT thanks to $2.2 Trillion a year in entitlement spending!!! look it up.

PS - how come no one cared when FEMA rebuilt New Orleans, a city that is BELOW sea level. Smart use of borrowed money NOT

As long as I remember nonresidents of these shore towns were called " bennies" and mocked and shunned.Driving home on Labor Day there were big hand made signs insulting other NJ residents who were not locals.But now they want us to pay to repair their personal paradise.They need our money now.I hope in the future my fellow NJ shore residents will think twice before acting like spoiled brats.

Joe - FEMA is loaded up with mitigation rules (intended to reduce likelihood and severity of damage to property it funds for reconstruction, FEMA also does emergency planning, emergency response, and emergency recovery. This cannot be done more efficiently in the private sector or solely at the state or local level because interstate coordination is usually vital.
As to your China debt comment - I know I am whistling into the wind trying to introduce reality into your imagination, but here goes: When you break down our debt by nation creditors - China holds about 7% and the goood ole USA holds nearly the entire balance....

Oh Ok reality! FEMA may be the only agency assigned but doesn't make them qualified or efficient. Clearly their track record tells us all otherwise.

Let me fill you in, we spend $1 trillion plus a year more than we take it or looked at another way we spend 11 for every 7 we take in. For every $110 million FEMA spends, it borrows $40 million.

It was then candidate Obama in 08 who claimed we took out a credit card from Bank of China to support our spending addiction. Perhaps you should let him know of your China comment. He needs to know because he keeps doing it over and over and over or was he just a liar.........see I just like repeating what he says since everyone believes it.

Are you somehow justifying our obscene spending deficit and debt because we own it? Do you even know the difference between deficits and debt?

We owe China $1.2 T and Japan about the same. So, we pay China and Japan interest on $2.4 T a year. Smoooooooooooooth!

Joe Taxpayer,
This is the problem. Those that had a problem with other government entitlements. Now does NOT have a problem because they are the ones who are in need this time. The same who complained about other government programs now has their hand out and it is ok.

Joe - You take a way too simplistic approach. And at the risk of oversimplifying how so I'll get right to the heart of it: Government revenue and appropriations do not comprise a simple equation. There are multiple variables, exponants, etc. For example - the equation is invalid if you factor in just the actual cost of a program. You must factor in related variables including the expected cost of not doing the program, cutting it back, or enlarging it. So, again for example and using one of yours and assuming it is accurate - we cannot create a funding zeroed out (balanced) equation for annual medicare simply by eliminating the 600 million shortfall unless we factor in the costs of cutting that funding out and deciding that those costs are worth it. It could very well cost society more than 600 million if we eliminate those costs (treatment, meds, and countless other goods and servises - direct and indirect (indirect - providers, salespeople, manufacturing), that is.

Similarly - in an earlier post you make the blanket statement that "rebuilding" New Orleans was bad budgetting/spending, etc....but you likely gave no consideration to the costs (real, present day, future, and opportunity) of not rebuilding it....I look forward to a reasonable response.

Everyone wants their entitlements and what is most important to them. It is always different when the shoe is on the other foot. Who decides who gets what and how much? Then What? Then the heck with everyone else.

Joe - Fair enough...your defense spending comment demonstrates that we are at least in the same chapter. Perhaps we agree too that neither of us knows what the solution is. What keeps us off the same page may be that i believe, that given the reality of our debt and the lingering significant effects of the last recession, short-term deficit spending it necessary to fully strenghen the economy. Once there we can work down the debt effectively and responsibly. This is not to say that we should delay cost saving efficiencies in current programs.

The commentary has sprung slightly off topic... For someone who is at 'ground zero' if u will, providing portable sanitation and hygiene solutions for displacement sites, the Red Cross and FEMA, the damage and suffering is unmeasurable. Please assist by donating whatever it is u can afford... even if it's $10.. follow this link http://www.mesawasteservices.com/ and click the Red Cross logo to donate to a shelter of your choosing... whether it's a displacement site for New Jerseyans, or your local Red Cross organization.
Thank You...

ANYONE FROM SSH
SEASIDE RESIDENTS
LETS GET TOGETHER
AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE

With a large group, we can invite the media. Start making the town the way it should be before many good people abandon the town due to the neglect of its laws and lack of respect for its people.
Close the bars early
Enforce the ordinances for noice and health
The time is now
Contact me
LETS MARCH TO CITY HALL AND DEMAND A CHANGE AFTER THE NEW YEAR

Scout?
Docyou think anyone that has a position in town cares about anything being sId on these boards
I don't think so
I am just completely fed up with the COMPLETE lack o respect for us residents. This town has "0" direction. No vision and they are killing my property value. Tired of the 20 somethings controlling the streets while the police look the other way unless a fight breaks out. The noise is horrendous until 5am weekends
I've complained for years
Nothing gets done
NOW W SSH ON THE RADAR
LETS TURN THE TIDE
Matchup city hall and let them know that the town wants a chNge all while the media is coverin it otherwise they just continue to do it the way that they want with their small group of insiders that they continually reelect to hold the fort
I know hundreds of people alone. They are waiting md ready
All frustrated SSH residents, let's be heard. You hVe Ll seen the disregard for us residents as seen by the years of complaints while attending the POA meetings. It's a wear down process for us to complain to another inside group thAt eventuLly does nothing to push the
mayor n council. They address questions and then do "0".
Let's make a change

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