drought
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 23, 2012 - 4:07 pm
Lately, visitors to a few of New York City's upstate reservoirs have been getting an especially good look at the bottom. On Saturday, Flickr user David got this beautiful shot of the Cannonsville, with plenty of mud on display along with the crystal-blue... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 23, 2012 - 10:10 am
Above: The Mill Pond at the Hanford Mills Museum looking pretty dry. Last week, the level of the water in the pond was about three feet lower than it normally is at this time of year.
This morning's thunderstorms must have been welcome at the Hanford... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Tuesday, Jul. 17, 2012 - 10:11 pm
Above: Earlier this evening at Kaaterskill Falls.
The usually mighty falls have been reduced to a trickle by a mild winter and a record-breaking hot summer with little rain. Evidence of Irene and Lee's late-summer fury is still evident on the tree limb-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 - 10:31 am
A giant pumpkin welcomes visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC last year. Photo by Neil Rosenau, via Flickr.
This year is proving to be a bonanza one for pumpkins. Newspapers and TV stations all over New York are reporting that the dry summer... Read more
