December 1st flood
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010 - 1:34 pm
The Times Herald-Record has a pitch-perfect news story about a women who was evacuated from her home next to the fast-rising Neversink River during Wednesday's flood. Turns out, Donna Dunnett thinks the whole fuss was unnecessary:
Still, Dunnett insisted... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 - 10:58 pm
Last time the Esopus jumped its banks, on October 1, local photographer and videographer Franz Edlinger created an epic video of the flooding set to Beethoven's Fifth.
For the floods this week, Edlinger's picked something a little more Catskillian -- the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010 - 7:40 am
After the soggy events of yesterday, people across the Catskills are waking up and assessing the damage. Here's the latest:
Roads
Rte. 28 in Mt. Tremper has been open since about 6:30pm last night, according to commenters on our Facebook page.
511.org is... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 9:07 pm
Mud on Main Street in Phoenicia. Photo by Aaron Bennett.
What are you seeing out there? Email us reports and photos at editor@watershedpost.com, comment on this post below, weigh in on our Facebook page, tweet us on Twitter, or post a photo to our Flickr... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 9:03 pm
And snow. From the Binghamton National Weather Service office:
...ICY CONDITIONS LIKELY ON UNTREATED SURFACES... TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 29 AND 32 DEGREES BETWEEN 6 PM AND 8 PM. THIS WILL CAUSE ICING TO OCCUR ON UNTREATED SURFACES. BE ESPECIALLY... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 8:30 pm
Water in the Schoharie Creek hit 14.8 feet this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service's hydrograph. Main St. and Rte. 23 flood when the river hits 14 feet, according to NWS records. The National Weather Service issued an alert:
THE FLOOD... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 7:58 pm
Above: Main Street, Phoenicia around 6pm, December 1. Photo by Aaron Bennett.
11:15pm update: Menla Mountain's John Lundin took some great photos this afternoon of flooding at the retreat center. Below: A normally-placid dam spillway rages. (Posted with... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 7:39 pm
A trained weather spotter reporting to the National Weather Service and the good folks at WGXC saw some high water covering Rte. 145 in Cairo this afternoon, at its intersection wtih Rte. 23.
From the weather spotter at 3:06pm, via NWS's Storm Summary... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 6:24 pm
The usual flooding suspects are at it again today as four inches of rain has pummeled the Catskills. Phoenicia is flooded and the town of Shandaken has declared a state of emergency, and the West Branch of the Delaware is expected to flood tonight in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 - 6:10 pm
*Update, 11pm: We hear from Jeremy Blaber, of all people, that as of 8pm, 28 was opened to one lane of traffic in alternating directions.
We noted this fact in the big flood post we've been updating all day, but we thought it might be getting buried under... Read more
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