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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 - 2:18 pm
The National Weather Serivce offices in Binghamton and Albany have issued warnings that winds could reach gusts of up to 50 miles per hour tonight across the Catskills, as well as much of New York and New England. Drivers should watch out for sudden gusts... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 - 9:40 am
If you were awake around 4am this morning, you probably heard a mighty roar of wind. Reports are trickling in of some serious storm activity across the Catskills last night. NY-Alert reports that there was hail and downed trees in Ulster County this... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010 - 9:53 am
The Woodland Valley View alerts us that there's a new webcam in Shandaken, thanks to a local with a Weather Underground page and a bit of hardware in his backyard.
News flash: It's drippy out there. Shandaken's newest data point joins webcams across the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 - 12:32 pm
Here in Andes, it snowed -- and stuck, in places -- for hours this morning. That picnic bench above is just outside the Watershed Post HQ, around 9am.
Carol Seitz of the Woodland Valley View reported flurries down in the Phoenicia area this morning, too... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 - 1:42 pm
Not to sound overly optimistic, but it looks like the threat of flooding has passed us by, for now. At present, the National Weather Service still has a wind advisory in effect for all of eastern and central New York until late Saturday, but the area is... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 4:21 pm
7pm update: Add Schoharie, Ulster, and Greene Counties to Friday's forecast. Also, add "localized amounts of up to 6 inches" of rain, and some snow at high altitudes. This is starting to look a little grim.
There's another flood watch on for much of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 - 10:43 pm
If there's a contest for which village got the worst of it in the October 1st floods, Catskill is probably winning. Sure, Phoenicia had some road damage, and their Main Street smelled like fuel oil for a couple of days. And we heard there were fish on the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 - 11:29 am
If so, be sure to fill out a FEMA damage-assessment form and give it to your town code enforcement officer. The Woodland Valley View points out the importance of documenting just how much damage was done in the October 1st floods:
If you own a business or... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 - 9:16 pm
Catskill residents, boil your water until further notice. The Daily Mail announced the alert at 1:30 this afternoon.
High levels of turbidity have occurred at the water filter plant due to the high volume of run off from the recent rain storms, according... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 - 9:22 am
Uh-oh.
The National Weather Service says rain in the region is expected to continue through mid-week, but total amounts of rainfall are expected to be light. Cross your fingers.
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