First it is a horrible thing that's happened along the eastern seaboard. That said, I believe the government officials need to take some responsibility for the devastation.
In my experience, while in college, the Pacific Northwest had a super storm. One of the most unusual incidences that has occurred since the famed Van Port Flood of 1949. The sea wall at down town Portland, Oregon is 26 feet above the river. I was enlisted to build a sand bag wall at the seawall. It was 5 feet high. The flood topped the wall we had built and flooded most of down town.
I'm hearing in the news that the "record flood" in New Jersey was 11-1/2 feet but the water rose to 13. Does anyone else think this was poor planning on the part of the city, county and state officials along the Atlantic Coast? We don't get hurricanes here on the West Coast. But we do get 13 foot flood surge quite often.
As I see it, the Building Officials, Planners and other government officials killed 39 people due to bad choices, inaction and lack of foresight.
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