{"id":13512,"date":"2018-10-04T16:27:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T20:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=13512"},"modified":"2018-10-04T17:17:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T21:17:08","slug":"a-flood-of-love-helps-first-greenbriar-victim-back-into-her-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2018\/10\/a-flood-of-love-helps-first-greenbriar-victim-back-into-her-home\/","title":{"rendered":"A Flood of Love Helps First Greenbriar Victim Back Into Her Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"v-wHMWT4bv-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1000' height='562' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/wHMWT4bv?hd=1&cover=1&loop=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=1&muted=0&controls=1&playsinline=0&useAverageColor=0&preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>When more than three feet of floodwater drained from Renate Kupat\u2019s home on Markham Drive in Brick, she thought her only option would be to walk away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen this first happens, you\u2019re in such shock and you go through the motions,\u201d she said, reflecting on the Aug. 13 flooding that decimated about 100 homes in the Greenbriar development where she lives. Of those, 57 were totally destroyed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13513\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13513\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Renate Kupat receives a painting from the volunteers who helped her move back into her house in Brick's Greenbriar development, Oct. 4, 2018. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2-238x178.jpg 238w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2-681x511.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renate Kupat receives a painting from the volunteers who helped her move back into her house in Brick\u2019s Greenbriar development, Oct. 4, 2018. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kupat on Thursday became the first resident to return to her home. She was joined by U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur, Mayor John Ducey and other officials, but also a team of recovery volunteers from St. Paul\u2019s United Methodist Church and Jersey Shore United, which helped fully restore her ranch-style home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI keep saying the same thing over and over again \u2013 it\u2019s miraculous,\u201d Kupat said. \u201cIf I didn\u2019t have the help I think I would\u2019ve had to walk away from the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The volunteers with Jersey Shore United worked to do the physical labor required to rebuild, tearing down and putting up walls, setting down floors and turning a heavily-damaged house back into a home. MacArthur said he asked his family\u2019s charitable foundation to donate to the rebuilding process after meeting with residents and Jersey Shore United.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first came after the storm, I had been in insurance for 30 years and I never saw anything like this \u2013 a storm that left almost the whole neighborhood intact except for 100 homes damaged so badly,\u201d said MacArthur. \u201cIt hit me that it was going to be difficult to get FEMA to pay any attention to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While MacArthur said he has now personally spoken to the national FEMA administrator about the Greenbriar situation, there was a recognition that local nonprofit groups would play a major role in getting people back into their homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are angels to the people in this neighborhood, and I know the mayor and I feel the same way,\u201d MacArthur told the volunteers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13260\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-3.37.48-PM.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13260\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-3.37.48-PM-1024x577.png\" alt=\"Flooding in Greenbriar I, Aug. 13, 2018, captured by a Brick police drone. (Credit: Brick Twp. Police)\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-3.37.48-PM-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-3.37.48-PM-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-3.37.48-PM-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-3.37.48-PM-746x420.png 746w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-3.37.48-PM-640x361.png 640w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-3.37.48-PM-681x384.png 681w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-3.37.48-PM.png 1232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flooding in Greenbriar I, Aug. 13, 2018, captured by a Brick police drone. (Credit: Brick Twp. Police)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ducey said Kupat\u2019s neighbors also moved back into their home today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen this happened I said, \u2018we don\u2019t have to worry about red tape, we have to worry about getting people back in their homes,\u2019\u201d said Ducey. \u201cWhat today does \u2026 it gives hope to the other [people] who are waiting to get back in their homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kupat said she was blessed by the \u201cmiracle\u201d of so many people willing to help get her back home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d have nothing without all these wonderful people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2018\/10\/a-flood-of-love-helps-first-greenbriar-victim-back-into-her-home\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When more than three feet of floodwater drained from Renate Kupat\u2019s home on Markham Drive in Brick, she thought her only option would be to walk away. \u201cWhen this first happens, you\u2019re in such shock and you go through the motions,\u201d she said, reflecting on the Aug. 13 flooding that decimated about 100 homes in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[24,3459],"class_list":["post-13512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-in-brick","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-greenbriar-flood"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_1188-2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-3vW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}