From Ken:
I will send something later with more specifics, but this a very short
fused cooperation put together in conjunction with our monthly Civic
Association meeting. Allen Cheek, Tom Maghee, and others were VERY
instrumental and proactive in requesting the City to attend. They
responded quite well with representation from the various departments
integral to the issues, such as Engineering, Operations, Real Estate
Assessment, Emergency Planning/ FEMA liaison, 2nd Precinct Staff
Lieutenant (T. Fox), etc. Many issues were discussed to include
plugged [local] drainage and supporting mitigation technologies, Cape
Henry ditch cut through to Long Creek, the FEMA tour immediately after
the main storm, immediate issues to take back for review/
consideration, how to alleviate rouge site-seers creating pressure
waves from speeding vehicles, etc.
I will continue to provide any correspondence to Ocean Park on these
issues as they develop. I did take the liberty of stating anything
that applies to LCCL also applies to Ocean Park.
FEMA and City determined Nor-easter 2009 exceeded Isabel (7.6”) at 8.4”-8.6” and possibly up to 8.9” AMLW flood stage. As reference, Ash Wednesday of 1962 was at 9” AMLW.
More to come, Ken