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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 1, 2011 - 10:49 am
Correspondent Marty Rosen was on the ground in Schoharie County yesterday morning and early afternoon, and sent us these photos of Middleburgh, where -- to add insult to Irene's already devastating injury -- a barn fire broke out around 11am yesterday.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 1, 2011 - 8:51 am
Above: A resident stranded on Oliverea Road, and video of the ravine in Rte. 47/Oliverea Road carved by floodwaters.
Yesterday, emergency responders from Ulster County, the town of Shandaken, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 - 10:37 pm
This afternoon, WIOX ran a segment with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, FEMA officials, and various other state and county officials and first responders. Listen to it here.
Call for volunteers! If anyone can transcribe this, please email us at editor@watershedpost.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 - 8:03 pm
We did a special hour-long news segment today on WIOX in Roxbury, which has been broadcasting via livestream while their transmitter has been down. The segment has also been picked up by several other local radio stations, including WGXC in Catskill and... 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 - 3:40 am
3:30am Wednesday, 8/31/11:
Above: The Associated Press's report on Margaretville. Margaretville firefighters rescued 42 people from floodwaters this week, and caught the attention of the national media. Heartbreaking interview with "exhausted hero" Allan... Read more
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
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 - 8:38 pm
Updated 10/3/11:
On Saturday, August 27, 2011, the aftermath of Hurricane Irene brought devastating flooding to the Catskills. The Watershed Post is keeping track of relief resources and information on this page and in Google Document spreadsheets, which... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 - 3:47 pm
3:45pm Tuesday, 8/30/11: Updates from Lexington are sparse, but here's what we know. Greene County administrator Shaun Groden called us this afternoon around 1:30pm. He said that the Bush Road Bridge in Lexington is washed out. He said that the Lexington... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 - 7:19 pm
7:10pm: Finally, news, pictures and info from Windham, Maplecrest, Hensonville, and CD Lane Park. Things are extremely bad there. Many photos of devastation from Rick Jacobs via Facebook:
Entrance to Windham-Ashland-Jewett School:
Windham Garden Center... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 - 6:35 pm
6:30pm: New photos from Gilboa, up by Nickerson campground, via Beth Anne on Facebook.
The Zambrano Clans site in the campground:
House perched on eroded ledge (Beaver's edge?):
Stryker Road:
12:15pm, Monday, 8/29/11: The latest from the NYC DEP: The... Read more
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