FEMA Region II Coastal Outreach Video

http://youtu.be/LJfKunR3AmI

Tracey James

THIS IS BIG !!! OH THIS IS HUGE OG PEEPS..............Take note of this video ON THE FEMA REGION II COASTAL WEBSITE !!! How DARE they use US for their documentary purposes and yet DENY US the FUNDS TO RESTORE OUR BOARDWALK which they feature in the video !!! Oh yea, Ocean Grove IS featured at 1 minute / 1:18 / 1:41 / 4:16 / 4:35 / 4:50 / 4:56 and 5:31 !!! Pass this along to whomever you can to get this to the people who need to get explanations !!!
(Thanks to 'SUE' who ever you are for bringing this to Blogfingers attention and to Paul for blasting it out !!!) WE should be MAD AS HELL over this !!! http://www.region2coastal.com/

We as your southern neighbors and will always support Ocean Grove as it could be us next.  
 But for our readers here is what FEMA had to say.

Welcome

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Under its Risk MAP Program, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is providing quality flood hazard information to help communities plan for and reduce the risk from flooding. As part of that effort, FEMA Region II has initiated a coastal flood study to update the information shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for 14 coastal New Jersey counties and New York City. The FIRM shows each community's flood hazards and is a requirement for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).  The FIRM is used to determine who must buy flood insurance and where floodplain development regulations apply.

 

This website, which is updated as progress on the coastal flood study continues, will include links to the online preliminary FIRM panels (once completed), and details on public meetings to review those preliminary results. We encourage you to explore this website to learn more - be sure to check back regularly for updates, or sign up for our Twitter feed.  In the meantime, there are steps that you can take now to keep your communities and families safe from flood risk:

Know your risk – Understand the risk of flooding in your area. View the most current flood hazard data available through the View Best Available Flood Hazard Data page.

Know your role – Understand the role you play when disaster strikes and how you can reduce the impact flooding has on you and your loved ones, your property, and your community. Visit Ready.gov (or Ready New York for New York residents) to learn about ways to get prepared and FloodSmart.gov for more information on flood risk and flood insurance.

Take action – Visit Ready.gov (or Ready New York for New York residents) to learn how to get prepared, and FEMA's Hurricane Sandy homepage for the latest information on available assistance and recovery initiatives.  Use the information available through the View Best Available Flood Hazard Data page to make the most informed decisions for rebuilding and recovery.

More the a national TV Host jane has a green thumb.

More the a national TV Host jane has a green thumb

This is before Ms Jane and her green thumb.

Jane was quoted in the Coaster by Ed SALVAS my old radio friend from the good old days at WJLK in Asbury Park Ms DeNoble says she’s still unpacking in her new home but once she expressed an interest in becoming involved in the beautification effort, her realtor, Brenda Connolly, suggested she call the Chamber of Commerce and that call to Executive Director Shirley Ayers opened the door to her new community. Connolly also happens to be president of the chamber and Ms DeNoble attended her first meeting of the chamber’s Main Street Beautification Committee and was immediately welcomed.

DeNoble said she was looking for a home along the shore and wasn’t too familiar with Bradley Beach but immediately liked what the town had to offer.

“I can walk to anything,” she says and can ride a bicycle to Main Street or to the beach, “And it’s not on a barrier island.”

As for her work with the Beautification Committee just walk down main street and you can tell where she and her small group have been. If you like to help just stop her or call the Bradley Beach Chamber at 732-869-1020

Special thanks to our friends at the coaster.net and Ed SALVAS.

Now her is some of her work on the 500 block of Main Street.

 

Childhood obesity is a societal epidemic! Whats for diner tonight?

Dear Editor:

       Childhood obesity is a societal epidemic, of which, in most cases, it will be prevented by better eating habits, exercising, and parental control. Collectively, we must consider this to be a crisis and make it a priority to educate those in control of how children are taught to care for their bodies, which are the parents.
       Statistically, children are affected far more than most would know. “With approximately one out of three children in America considered overweight or obese, it is clear that childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions” (“Bariatric physicians do not support state intervention for childhood obesity,” 2011, para. 2). Furthermore, if programed to eat unhealthy as a child, they will carry that through to adulthood.
       Additionally, the economic burden placed on healthcare systems is alarming. More and more doctor’s visits to pediatricians are leading to health concern conversations that are attributed to their patients being overweight. The healthcare systems are afflicted with greater use than ever before because of illnesses that could be avoided if obesity was not their topic of concern (Trasande & Elbel, 2013).
Offering to partner with other local groups, to host a "Get Fit" rally which could help to inform and educate both the parents and the children of our community on how to live a healthier lifestyle.

Kindly, Sheri  Frasinetti
Student at Kaplan University.

The widespread discrimination, harassment and violence that my transgender brothers and sisters face every day in the United States,

Hello I am Wendy Ella May a transgender woman and advocate and today this letter to the editor will be speaking on the widespread discrimination, harassment and violence that my transgender brothers and sisters face every day in the United States, Trans genders have ample reason to fear hate attacks that could lead to serious injury, if not death. A recent report by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs found that 50 percent of LGBT murders in 2009 and 44 percent of LGBT murders in 2010 were of transgender women. Staff (2012)  The Trans Murder Monitoring project reports that from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2011, there have been 816 reports of people who died from anti-transgender violence in 55 countries. It should be noted that this number is probably much lower than the actual figure, as it only represents known cases due to issues of language used in reporting the murders (different countries have different terms for being transgender or gender non-conforming) and due to the fact that not all transgender people who are murdered are identified as trans. Staff (2012)  This year, does not seem to be a safer year for transgender people either: We need your support to stop the crimes, call police and get involved in your community.

Wendy May

References

Staff (2012) National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs

http://www.avp.org/about-avp/coalitions-a-collaborations/82-national-coalition-of-anti-violence-programs

Staff (2012)Transgender Europe’s Trans Murder Monitoring project reveals more than 800 reported murders of trans people in the last 4 years.

www.transrespect-transphobia.org/...project/.../march-2012