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By wateradmin on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 10:33 pm
Above: M.F. Whitney Hose Company in Phoenicia. Photo by GreeneFireApparatus.net.
It's not our roads - though in most cases they're not getting any younger. And it's not our bridges either. For unwanted reasons, most of them are slated for emergency... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 2:38 pm
Yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo visited flood-ravaged Margaretville, for the third time since flooding began. A week ago, Cuomo and his aides were snapping cell phone pictures from his SUV while it forged through several feet of water in downtown... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 1:25 pm
Above: Damage in Prattsville, N.Y. following the floods following the rains of Hurricane Irene. Photo by the New York National Guard, via Flickr.
As of Sunday afternoon, the barricade on SR-23 from Grand Gorge to Prattsville was still up, but was open to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 10:09 am
Just received from FEMA:
Water, Meals Available at 5 Points of Distribution in Schoharie County; 1 Shelter Open for Local Victims
SCHOHARIE COUNTY – Disaster survivors can now pick up water and ready-to-eat meals at five Point of Distribution (POD)... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 6:38 am
Through Tuesday morning. Other Eastern New York counties included in flood watch. From NY-Alert:
A Slow Moving Cold Front Will Approach The Region From The Northwest Today And Tonight...As A Series Of Low Pressure Systems Travel Along The Frontal Boundary... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Sep. 4, 2011 - 7:51 pm
From the Daily Freeman: As of 4pm, most of Central Hudson's customers had power, but over 4,000 outages remained, mostly in Ulster County.
Central Hudson’s outage total at 3:59 p.m. was 3,607. Of those, 3,293 were in Ulster County and 267 were in Greene... Read more
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 - 10:20 pm
Above: Judy Sugar's steps have been found! Photo by Judy Sugar.
Things have been looking up in Fleischmanns since the worst of last week's flooding, according to Paula DeSimone, who sent us an update about the village on Thursday:
Fleischmanns is moving... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 8:36 pm
This just in from Diane Galusha, public information officer for the town of Middletown (which contains the villages/hamlets of Margaretville, Arkville, Fleischmanns, New Kingston and Halcottsville): Governor Andrew Cuomo is coming to town. Again.
Galusha... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 7:31 pm
Muddy, but defiant, in post-Irene downtown Middleburgh. Photo by Flickr user Janice Dean; posted by permission. She's got more photos of Middleburgh on Flickr, some of lists of items needed posted around town.
We're collecting stories of Catskills... Read more
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