There is no lack of stories of economic hardships that have come and will come from the COVID-19 pandemic. But many people in our area are still suffering from the long-drawn-out effects of Superstorm Sandy.

Jody Stewart and her husband had 42 inches of water in their Mystic Island home when the infamous hurricane made landfall in 2012. After years of navigating loans and grants to rebuild and raise their 1,000-square-foot house, Stewart got a call in 2015 telling her she and her husband would…