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By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Sep. 4, 2011 - 3:40 pm
Screenshot of river flooding forecasts for the next 48 hours, via the NWS Hydrological Prediction Services website. Only the Pepacton Reservoir is forecast to flood.
Worries that storms are heading our way tonight have been pinging around the Catskills,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 4:21 pm
We heard this morning from the Onteora Central School District that school will be opening as usual on Wednesday. Here's the press release that was sent out today:
As of 10:00 am this morning Phoenicia Elementary has power. All Onteora Schools will open... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 - 3:57 am
Above: Video of damage at the Frost Valley YMCA, created by stranded YMCA staffers up the blocked-off Oliverea Road.
Anyone with updates, please post them on our Hurricane Irene Catskills live blog.
4am, Wednesday, 8/31/11:
Frost Valley YMCA, the Full... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 - 2:01 am
Above, a YouTube video with lots of detailed coverage of Boiceville flooding.
A photo by Jan Ryan and Ann Davies of Boiceville on Sunday morning, looking west along Rte. 28:
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 - 9:37 am
Got an idea for how to help with Catskills flood relief? Post it in the comments section here or email us at editor@watershedpost.com. We need to begin organizing to help our communities across the Catskills recover.
1) Start organizing a Catskills... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 - 9:02 am
Just got this from Liz Higgins at the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program. She is looking for documentation of flood damage from area residents to submit on behalf of county emergency responders to FEMA.
Higgins says, "It's going to be really... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 - 5:03 pm
5pm: Olive correspondent Cindy Johansen has posted photos of flooding in West Shokan on Facebook. (Two of those photos are illustrating this post.) Here's her report:
"New Creek - many, many bridges with damages - including new bridge on 28A that replaced... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 - 5:43 pm
We're covering Hurricane Irene live all weekend long on the main Watershed Post site. To see the very latest hurricane updates, click here.
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 - 11:00 am
According to Michele Proper-Conley, the triumphant arrival of the Olive Boy Scouts in Central Park has been understandably cancelled thanks to Hurricane Irene. From Proper-Conley's Facebook page:
Our trip to NYC to welcome our boys into Central Park is... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 - 10:29 pm
In another sign that Hurricane Irene is making history, President Barack Obama has granted Governor Andrew Cuomo's request to declare a federal emergency for the state of New York. Obama announced the decision, which frees up federal disaster aid dollars... Read more
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