sayreville is at the intersection there and has been flooded over and over. nbc chief correspondent anne thompson has more on some residents who have had enough. webber avenue, they do a strange thing. taking away debris, but not the heartache of a neighborhood in ruins orange stickers declare 230 homes uninhabitable. including this one. >> it is like a death, a dead body, i have to look at it like we swam for our life. >> reporter: for the third time in three years, she and her neighbors deal with flood damage, the 2010 nor'easter, hurricane irene and then sandy. >> we didn't buy these houses saying oh, you know, it is a flood zone, who cares? i researched the house, they didn't flood in 13 years, the research at the time showed the flood insurance affordable. >> reporter: they rebuilt two times. >> we came back in to rebuild. because it was our home. >> reporter: this time the numbers don't add up. >> it doesn't make economic sense to put more money into the loan and build our home when there is still no protection. >> reporter: they have talked about prote

. >> reporter: today, new jersey governor chris christie met with residents in sayreville.y he spoke to were in tears. >> i've got nothing left, our memories and everything else, everything's ruined, ruined. >> i know that. it's going to be okay. >> i'm devastated over this, i'm devastated. >> i wanted to come see sayreville today before i see the president this afternoon. i want him to understand that it's not just the jersey shore that's been devastated, but other parts of our state as well that were damaged by the storm surge. he can't be everywhere obviously across the state today. >> woodruff: a short time later, governor chrise greeted president obama and federal emergency management agency head craig fugate in atlantic city. the trio toured the storm damage along the coast. >> we're going to have a lot of work to do. i don't want anybody to feel that somehow this is all going to get cleaned up overnight. we want to make sure that people have realistic expectations. but what i can promise you is that the federal government will be working as closely as possible with t

this is one of the many homes that were hard hit in sayreville.he water came on to the first floor. they lost everything they own. the dressers,ed kids' room. they barely got out. because water had never risen more than a foot in the basement, they never expected it to come into the house. jennifer, you are just working to recover. we have seen basically everything you own has been destroyed here. what is your hope from the government? i know i called out to people for help. who should help and how quickly would you like to see it happen? >> it has to be a combination of state and federal government. this is 230 homes that flooded three times in 32 months. we can't just keep rebuilding. it's the definition of insanity. we'll just keep on flooding. water came up our street just from the nor'easter. though our houses were already flooded. we just want to be able to leave and start our lives someplace else. i would say here if they would keep my property taxes. i just can't live here and neither can my neighbors. >> reporter: you talked about the unc