The following excerpt is from an Newsday article by Jonathan LaMantia published October 2nd, 2024. You can read the entire piece here.
…Long Islanders need to start thinking differently about flood risk, which no longer applies only to waterfront South Shore areas, said Richard Murdocco, an adjunct professor at Stony Brook University who teaches courses in environmental policy and planning.
Murdocco said he recently bought flood insurance for his Smithtown home for $670 a year even though he’s not required to be insured and doesn’t live near a river or bay.
“I did it because the topography poses risk and we just can’t handle 14 inches of rain,” Murdocco said. “It’s inland risk now and it’s not from storm surge, which is still a risk and concern, or erosion. Add to that now inundation from extreme rainfall events.”
You can read the rest of the piece by LaMantia here.
