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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2011 - 2:55 pm
According to Ulster County Emergency Communications./Emergency Management Directory Arthur Snyder, there will be rain moving through the Catskills tonight, and nobody really know how much. From his email earlier today:
Special attention to all those... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2011 - 2:07 pm
From the Middletown Flood Recovery website:
Margaretville Central WILL NOT OPEN for students on Wednesday September 7th as previously scheduled. (Updated):
MCS will delay the opening of school to students until Tuesday September 13th.
Faculty is to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2011 - 1:59 pm
This just in from Greene County this morning:
GREENE COUNTY PRESS RELEASE 9/6/11 AT 10:00 A.M.
By order of the County of Greene, all Greene County school districts are hereby directed to cancel classes for the week of September 6, 2011 through September 9... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2011 - 10:48 am
Chuck Schumer was in Shandaken yesterday to see the damage caused by the floodwaters of Hurricane Irene, according to the Daily Freeman:
The visit was conducted with Federal Emergency Management Agency Regional Administrator Lynn Canton, with Shandaken... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 10:33 pm
Above: M.F. Whitney Hose Company in Phoenicia. Photo by GreeneFireApparatus.net.
It's not our roads - though in most cases they're not getting any younger. And it's not our bridges either. For unwanted reasons, most of them are slated for emergency... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 2:38 pm
Yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo visited flood-ravaged Margaretville, for the third time since flooding began. A week ago, Cuomo and his aides were snapping cell phone pictures from his SUV while it forged through several feet of water in downtown... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 1:25 pm
Above: Damage in Prattsville, N.Y. following the floods following the rains of Hurricane Irene. Photo by the New York National Guard, via Flickr.
As of Sunday afternoon, the barricade on SR-23 from Grand Gorge to Prattsville was still up, but was open to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 10:09 am
Just received from FEMA:
Water, Meals Available at 5 Points of Distribution in Schoharie County; 1 Shelter Open for Local Victims
SCHOHARIE COUNTY – Disaster survivors can now pick up water and ready-to-eat meals at five Point of Distribution (POD)... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 6:38 am
Through Tuesday morning. Other Eastern New York counties included in flood watch. From NY-Alert:
A Slow Moving Cold Front Will Approach The Region From The Northwest Today And Tonight...As A Series Of Low Pressure Systems Travel Along The Frontal Boundary... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 5, 2011 - 6:20 am
20-year-old Brett Barnett of Stamford was struck by a car and killed early yesterday morning, while lying in the road on Route 10 in the town of Harpersfield. From the Press & Sun Bulletin:
Brett A. Barnett, 20, of Stamford, was lying on Route 10 in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Sep. 4, 2011 - 11:19 pm
Forgive us for the lateness of this week's cartoon, and for missing last week's cartoon entirely. Please blame Hurricane Irene. We're tipping our hats to the ever-reliable Gary Mayer, who doesn't let flooding and hurricanes stop him from turning in his... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Sep. 4, 2011 - 7:51 pm
From the Daily Freeman: As of 4pm, most of Central Hudson's customers had power, but over 4,000 outages remained, mostly in Ulster County.
Central Hudson’s outage total at 3:59 p.m. was 3,607. Of those, 3,293 were in Ulster County and 267 were in Greene... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Sep. 4, 2011 - 3:48 pm
Lissa Harris was in Margaretville this morning and stopped in at the Catskill Mountain Christian Center in time to catch their first Sunday service post-Irene. The pews were packed with flood relief volunteers, and the spirit to rebuild and carry through... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Sep. 4, 2011 - 3:40 pm
Screenshot of river flooding forecasts for the next 48 hours, via the NWS Hydrological Prediction Services website. Only the Pepacton Reservoir is forecast to flood.
Worries that storms are heading our way tonight have been pinging around the Catskills,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 10:20 pm
Above: Judy Sugar's steps have been found! Photo by Judy Sugar.
Things have been looking up in Fleischmanns since the worst of last week's flooding, according to Paula DeSimone, who sent us an update about the village on Thursday:
Fleischmanns is moving... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 8:36 pm
This just in from Diane Galusha, public information officer for the town of Middletown (which contains the villages/hamlets of Margaretville, Arkville, Fleischmanns, New Kingston and Halcottsville): Governor Andrew Cuomo is coming to town. Again.
Galusha... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 7:31 pm
Muddy, but defiant, in post-Irene downtown Middleburgh. Photo by Flickr user Janice Dean; posted by permission. She's got more photos of Middleburgh on Flickr, some of lists of items needed posted around town.
We're collecting stories of Catskills... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 5:52 pm
FEMA has opened a mobile disaster recovery center in nigh-flattened Prattsville. Above: A FEMA photo of people lining up for help at the mobile DRC on August 31, 2011.
The Prattsville DRC is one of three opened in New York State to cope with the aftermath... Read more
By wateradmin on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 4:57 pm
Yesterday, the first of many Disaster Recovery Centers slated to open in New York State as a result of Hurricane Irene’s fury began operating at Belleyre Ski Center in Highmount, Ulster County. Today, a second Disaster Recovery Center opened in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 4:21 pm
We heard this morning from the Onteora Central School District that school will be opening as usual on Wednesday. Here's the press release that was sent out today:
As of 10:00 am this morning Phoenicia Elementary has power. All Onteora Schools will open... Read more
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