Urgent! Protect Fire Island and Long Island -- Rebuild our sand dunes!
- Posted to Fire Island Hurricane Sa… by Lauren Eckstein Forman
To: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senator Charles Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congressman Tim Bishop, Congressman Steve Israel, County Exec. Steve Bellone, Islip Supervisor Tom Croci, Suffolk Cty. Legislator Thomas F. Barraga, Superintendent Chris Soller
As residents and supporters of Fire Island, we are asking for your immediate support in rebuilding our dunes that were decimated by Hurricane Sandy. As you well know, the dune line protects both communities on the barrier island as well as life and property on Long Island's South Shore.
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In Hurricane Sandy's aftermath, most of Fire Island's dunescape was flattened, leaving Villages once shielded by imposing walls of sand and vegetation naked to the elements.
The dunes on Fire Island are to its residential dwellings what Fire Island is to the South Shore of Long Island —protection from the sea. Our dunes protect structures and lives on Fire Island from violent ocean swells; Fire Island protects homes, lives, and essential infrastructure on Long Island in essentially the same way. There is little doubt that without Fire Island, the densely populated South Shore of Long Island would have been devastated by Sandy.
In the wake of hurricane Sandy, we were promised assistance without "red-tape". Yet, when as simple and vital an activity to our survival as replenishing lost dune is broached, "red-tape" is unfortunately all we see. For example, to prepare for the November 7 nor'easter it was recommended that we "backscrape" our dune line: a slow and ineffective process of moving sand displaced by the hurricane in the residential district back onto the dune. The more conventional, and far more effective, method of scraping sand directly from the beach onto the dune was prohibited.
But, in today's reality both traditional beach scraping and backscraping are woefully inadequate, as we need much more sand than either method could possibly yield. There is more than enough sand to go around, but Fire Island cannot be forgotten!!
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Update #3
Posted by Lauren Eckstein Forman (Campaign Leader) on Dec 20, 2012WE DID IT! Thanks to you, we met our goal and have over 25,000 signatures in support of rebuilding Fire Island's dunes and protecting Long Island's future. Now is when the work really begins. We are in the process of hand delivering petitions to our elected officials as they begin fighting for and debating our cause. We encourage each of you to tweet and post our petition on elected officials pages as well.
Below is a sample of what you can post:
@ChuckSchumer Protect Long Island and pass...
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Update #2
Posted by Lauren Eckstein Forman (Campaign Leader) on Dec 7, 20123 weeks ago we started this petition to help protect Fire Island and Long Island and rebuild our sand dunes. 3 weeks later we are over 23,000 strong. Help us reach our goal of 25,000. We're so close! Please post this petition to your Facebook wall today, invite a few new friends and give us one last push! As sand and money starts to get allocated on Long Island, Fire Island cannot be forgotten!! This petition is critical to our efforts. On behalf of everyone involved in this cause, thank you everyone for coming together!
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Update #1
Posted by Lauren Eckstein Forman (Campaign Leader) on Nov 22, 2012We have so much to be thankful for as we gather today with our friends, family and neighbors to celebrate Thanksgiving. We are thankful for the collective optimism that we will rebuild Fire Island and our damaged communities and come back stronger. We are thankful that we have reached over 10,000 petition signatures and still going strong in our mission to rebuild our dunes ASAP and protect Long Island's future. We are thankful for everyone that has supported our campaign for the Ocean...
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