Hurricane Irene
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 - 3:16 am
Top: Governor Cuomo's car drives through Main Street Margaretville this morning. Below, Cuomo inspects flood damage in Margaretville. Above: Video of flooding in Margaretville by Fred Margulies.
3am Wednesday, 8/31/11: Lots to report.
Cleanup begins at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 - 2:35 am
2:30am Wednesday, 8/31/11: Watershed Post correspondent Jessica Vecchione interviewed flood victims and responders in Fleischmanns on Monday, and filed the above report.
At the press conference in Margaretville on Tuesday, Susan McIntyre, Delaware County... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 - 2:09 am
A raft rescue on Rte. 212 in Mount Tremper on Sunday morning, August 28, 2011. Photo taken by Jan Ryan and Ann Davies:
Mount Tremper Arts posted on its Facebook page on Tuesday that everyone at its organization is safe.
Below, a YouTube video with lots... 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 Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 - 1:26 am
Shannon Hayes, an author and grass-fed beef farmer in the town of Fulton, New York in Schoharie County, reports on her blog that her family farm is still cut off from the outside world three days after Hurricane Irene. They are running their generator for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 - 1:00 am
Watershed correspondent and veteran disaster reporter Marty Rosen visited Preston Hollow, New York, today. Preston Hollow is a town of about 250 in a westward corner of Albany County, just on the border of Schoharie and Greene counties on Route 145. The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 - 11:18 pm
1:25pm: YNN just did another Schoharie report. (Good on them for following this story!) They say that there have been no deaths in Schoharie, but that the damage is extreme:
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. -- From mountain side to mountainside, the Schoharie Creek... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 - 11:17 pm
11pm Tuesday, 8/30/11:
From Antidote News/Mountaintop Meteor reporter Paul Smart, who visited Prattsville - or tried to -- this afternoon:
In Windham, a town police officer notes that he's heard that Prattsville is toast ... Route 23 is closed between... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 - 10:41 pm
A photo of Central Bridge in Schoharie County, by Tammy Bullis-Kiser via Facebook:
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 - 9:38 pm
9:40pm Tuesday, 8/30/11: Above: Intrepid North Blenheim residents Sue Dailey and Steve Gross sent us this video earlier today of devastating flooding in town. Rte. 30 throughout North Blenheim has been wiped out.
A still from the video of Rte. 30 at the... Read more
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