Sandy adds to criticism of Nassau flood map
Photo credit: Johnny Milano | Joe Margolin, right, and Carol Crupi stand on Gibson Boulevard, an area that FEMA designated the highest flood zone rating in its remapping in 2009. (Nov. 28 2012)
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Superstorm Sandy caused widespread flooding on Long Island, but residents of two South Shore Nassau neighborhoods who have argued that their homes should never have been designated by the federal government as being in a flood-prone area are saying, "I told you so."
The Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2009 revised its map of sections likely to flood in a major storm. The map included...