Lindy Blogger Feels FI Breach & Increased Flooding Must Be Related

Lindenhurst native and Patch blogger Richard Harty recently posted about what he feels is a correlation between the breach caused by Hurricane Sandy in October at Old Inlet on Fire Island and the increased flooding Lindenhurst and other South Shore communites have experienced since that time.

"Am I the only one who finds it strange that the same voices that are proclaiming the Great South Bay must have the vital flushing and cleaning action the new breach provides are the same ones that say the breach has no effect on Bay-front water levels?," asked Harty, who originally posted this on Lindenhurst Patch's Facebook page here.

"How can they have it both ways? If the breach at Old Inlet is large enough to clean and change salinity levels in the whole Bay, then it must be letting a significant amount of water in and out," he continued.

Harty said the residents on the South Shore who've had "unprecedented flooding since Sandy" have "a right to feel skeptical when told there is no correlation between the breach and the extreme tides."

He also said that these residents, many of them Sandy victims, aren't being heard at the recent meetings of pro-breach groups, as they've been busy trying to recover almost six months after the superstorm and therefore haven't been able to attend said meetings.

To read Harty's full blog post, click here.

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