Julia Reischel
Articles
Nov. 2, 2012
Sullivan County posted its latest update on warming stations, power outages and road closures today at 1pm. Read the report in full below:
SULLIVAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGMENTHURRICANE SANDY RESOURCE UPDATE: November 2, 2012 | 1:00pm
• NYSEG Dry Ice... Read more
Nov. 2, 2012
Update: Sullivan County issued another update about warming stations and shelters at 1pm. See it by clicking here.
At 10am today, Sullivan County manager David Fanslau issued an update about conditions in Sullivan County, where power outages and road... Read more
Nov. 2, 2012
Woodland Valley is one of the few neighborhoods in Shandaken where the power is still out today, four days after the storm.
Carol Seitz, the president of the Woodland Community Association, has been blogging about the valley's experience of the storm at... Read more
Nov. 2, 2012
Update: Two more locations for dry ice have been added in Sullivan County (Claryville FD and Highland Town Hall). Source: 1pm update from Sullivan County.
Update: Two locations for dry ice have been added in Sullivan County. Source: Sullivan County's... Read more
Nov. 2, 2012
The latest road closures, according to the Ulster County Sandy update page, as of 8am this morning:
Town
Road Closure List
Cross Street 1
Cross Street 2
Problem
Jurisdiction
Denning
Yagerville Rd/Cty Rt 46
Phill Martin Rd
Mill Rd
Hanging Wires... Read more
Nov. 1, 2012
Here's the latest update from the town of Olive: There is "plenty" of dry ice available at the Olive Bridge Fire House until 6pm. Clerk to the Olive town supervisor Susan Horner emailed us about it this afternoon:
We just heard from the Shandaken Town... Read more
Nov. 1, 2012
Here's the latest on road closures and dry ice distribution points in Ulster County, as posted on the county's Sandy update page today.
We're adding these changes to our Catskills Crowdmap as fast as we can. To see the map, click here.
Road Closures... Read more
Oct. 31, 2012
Here's a list of dry ice locations in the Catskills today, compiled from Central Hudson's dry ice page, NYSEG's dry ice page, town websites, and our calls to several locations. Call if you can before you drive to make sure dry ice is there. We've... Read more
Oct. 31, 2012
This just in from the Town of Olive: The phones don't work at Town Hall, so the town is using the cell phone of Susan Horner, the secretary to town supervisor Berndt Leifeld, as its information line. You can call Horner at 845-657-9639.
Dry ice will be... Read more
Oct. 31, 2012
Power is still out in many Shandaken neighborhoods, according to Joyce Grant, Shandaken's town clerk, who just called us with an update. NYSEG crews are working to replace poles and the town hopes to see the electricity on again this afternoon, Grant... Read more
Oct. 31, 2012
Intrepid Daily Freeman reporter Tania Barricklo in Shokan filed this thorough report about how Shandaken fared during Sandy yesterday. Freeman editor Ivan Lajara posted it to the Freeman's live Sandy blog, and you can watch it above.
Barricklo... Read more
Oct. 30, 2012
Above: 95 Dwyer Ave. in Liberty, New York after the storm. Photo by Angela Page.
The storm that Hurricane Sandy became when it made landfall last night hit the village of Liberty especially hard.
High winds and heavy rains plunged Liberty into darkness, ... Read more
Oct. 30, 2012
Above: Dwyer Avenue in Liberty this morning. Photo by Angela Page.
We're getting reports that the town of Liberty, in Sullivan County, endured considerable damage during the storm last night. Here is one photo of a neighborhood in Liberty that has... Read more
Oct. 30, 2012
In Delaware County, thousands of homes are without power (mainly in Sidney and Roxbury) and there is a travel advisory issued for the roads. The county has lifted the state of emergency, however, and is not operating any shelters, has cut emergency... Read more
Oct. 29, 2012
Videographer Jessica Vechione has teamed up with Bob Cairns of the Walton Reporter to do a micro-news report on Hurricane Sandy preparedness in the town of Walton. Check it out above -- it has footage of Walton's emergency planning meeting today and an... Read more
Oct. 29, 2012
From the Delaware County Emergency Services Facebook page:
Delaware County Chairman, James E. Eisel, Sr., has declared a State of Emergency for Delaware County. All roads in the county will be closed from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. when conditions will be... Read more
Oct. 29, 2012
An hour ago, Ulster County Emergency Management director Arthur Snyder sent an update explaining that ten towns in Ulster County are under states of emergency, and that county workers will be working to clear downed trees until it gets dark tonight. ... Read more
Oct. 29, 2012
The Schoharie County Emergency Management Office just sent out an updated briefing that includes info on the levels of the dams on the Schoharie Creek that played such a large role in the flooding of the Schoharie Valley last year. The statement reports... Read more