
Experts warn that Long Island homeowners should get flood
insurance now, not later
Atlantic Beach resident Morris Kramer was all of 4 years old
when the great hurricane of 1938 – a Category 3 monster dubbed
the Long Island Express – slammed into the Island, buffeting the
shoreline with 120-mph winds and sending a wall of water rushing
inland and toppling homes. Kramer remembers little of the
catastrophe. To this day, however, his older sister distinctly
recalls seeing benches from the Long Beach boardwalk floating in
nearby streets.
Kramer, a one-time Nassau Herald columnist who wrote on civic
affairs, said people must – must – consider purchasing flood
insurance for their homes or apartments. He said that any
residents living south of Sunrise Highway are potentially in
danger of having their homes flooded in a Category 3 hurricane –
d an assertion largely supported by .......
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