Thu, 03/04/2010 - 10:06am - Posted by: 2 grouchy old men DO NOT run lower township

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Villas_King – your insults are very predictable. Everyone is either an idiot, or show-off, in your book. Major inferiority complex, maybe??

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 6:15pm - Posted by: 2 grouchy old men DO NOT run lower township

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Villas_King - keeping it classy, per usual.

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 12:03pm - Posted by: 2 grouchy old men DO NOT run lower township

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If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?

If a water table fills up, and there are no houses built within that flood zone, is there a flood?

Just saying, there wouldn’t be a flooded yard, flooded road, or a road at all, if builders weren’t allowed to build within flood zones, and water sheds. Problem solved.

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 2:42am - Posted by: Chuck Barefoot

I think you people are all idiots!!! Only in S. Jersey is it a municipalities fault that you chose to build your homes at or near sea level. This is what happens when we have the snowiest winter and an extremely rainy summer and fall. Quit griping and either mover or deal with your problems. America has turned in to a bitchy "blame game" country and people need to learn to keep their mouths shut and opinions to themselves. We've all got problems in life, and we all do our best to see through them.

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 10:39pm - Posted by: BB2005

It's not the townships fault we had 2 foot of snow...I'd say the water is your problem not ours!!!! We all have water standing in our yards and street exactly what do you expect after all that snow melted!!!

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 5:13pm - Posted by: marmoracat

What do you want them to do? Wave a magic wand and wish the water gone?
They even said in the article that they could pump the water-but there's no where to put it with out causing flooding somewhere else(which is caused because Lower is built in a flood prone area, and over-development.)
The only possible "solution" I see is to let it dry out naturally, or have the fire companies practice their water shuttle skills and pump the water out into the bay or something...but I'm sure some environmentalist would have a huge issue with that...

Typically when you have to buy flood insurance, there's a reason for it. If you don't want to deal with flooding, don't buy a house in a flood prone area. If you don't want to deal with snow, move to Florida.

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 3:34pm - Posted by: capemaycountymom

2 grouchy old men... I agree with you to a point. Property owners should take responsibility for their own properties. However, this flooding looks to be in the street itself, which is township property. So while the township shouldn't be shoveling your sidewalk, they should be plowing your street.

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 2:03pm - Posted by: 2 grouchy old men DO NOT run lower township

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You can build a perfectly pretty house in a flood zone, but, when it rains and the water table fills up, it’s still a flood zone.

Sorry to say, but half the township is built in a flood plain, flood zone, etc. You know this when you buy a house, and the mortgager requires a FEMA survey, and requires you to carry flood insurance. If you take on this risk as a homeowner, then I don't see how you can demand that the town spend its limited resources fixing your yard, or street, when it floods out. Provided general sewers and drains are in, you can't expect the town to pay for personal property issues when mother nature comes calling. Should I call the town to come cut down my branches after a storm? Should I ask them to shovel my sidewalk after it snows? I don't think so. Let's not set another bad precedent with water issues. It’s the homeowners responsibility to deal with flooding if they live in a flood zone. What the township CAN DO is to stop reckless building permits…that way they’ll have fewer disgruntled customers (aka citizens) to deal with in the future.