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Storage Post Journal Square Jersey City sits on a flood plain as identified by FEMA maps. They have flooded in the past and did so again on 9/1/21 thanks to Ida. They do not disclose to tenants that this is possible, has happened in the past and do little to disclose any facts about the building security and viability due to said damage. After Ida tore through the vague email received 24 hours after stated "water was seen outside your unit" No this was not a coffee spill this was a RIVER of water that ran throughout the building up to 3 inches permeating EVERY SINGLE UNIT on the ground floor, some more than others depending up location, such as point of entry, the size of the unit, the material inside the unit such as boxes which absorb more water. Many tenants are displaced are not able to access or return said unit which at that point the Management need permission to cut locks and take photos and inform tenants. The best they offered - Dumpsters. They have denied any culpability for said damage, are not honoring their bogus "elite tenant" insurance telling tenants to file claims against one's own home owner/rental policy. This is flood damage requiring a specific policy that oddly they should have given where their business is located and the history. They are also entitled to FEMA damage assistance which they can apply for once all damage has been assessed. They won't be doing that as that requires work and effort such as well preventative measures such as sandbagging, telling tenants about the problem and providing necessary help to raise items, sand bag within building or take precautions. NOPE they won't be doing that either as its hard! The reality is that the damage is excessive, the building and facility itself despite mediation is incomplete and potential health hazard. No information nor advice on how to protect oneself or one's belongings is provided, just denial and avoidance of responsibility. People lost their livelihoods as many have business related equipment, their history and their personal possessions they may have stored there while temporarily relocating during Covid. The reality is that they assume we are all transient deadbeats with inadequate resources to house our belongings or are some type of hoarders who could use a good clean up. What.ever