To the Editor:

Hurricane Sandy showed us the devastating effect flooding can have on the Jersey Shore. The storm made us band together as a community to confront the challenge of future extreme weather events. After all, floodwaters don’t respect property boundaries.

Yet Long Beach Township and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection recently allowed the bulkhead in front of my neighbor’s oceanfront lot to be demolished to make way for construction of a massive new house.

June 24, 2015