Liberty
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 - 10:50 am
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
By Adam Bosch on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 5:30 pm
Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau is urging residents to stay off the roads as fallen trees and electric wires become more of a widespread problem.
“We don't have any road closures, but basically we're trying to get people off the roads,” Fanslau told... Read more
By Adam Bosch on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 9:12 am
Above: A screenshot from NYSEG's power outage map taken around 8:30am, showing outages in Sullivan County.
Some Catskills residents are already waking up to power outages, even before the storm hits in full force.
Central Hudson's outage map shows that... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 - 8:24 pm
Tonight, President Obama granted New York State's request for a federal emergency declaration. The declaration will release federal resources in advance of Hurricane Sandy's arrival in the Catskills on Monday, and allow the Federal Emergency Management... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 - 7:25 pm
In an email sent this afternoon, Ulster County Emergency Services Director Arthur Snyder wrote that Ulster County is now under a "high wind warning," partially because the storm winds will be coming from the east, an unusual direction. That will "stress... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 - 12:31 pm
Last night, the New York Office of Emergency Management, along with the National Weather Service offices in Albany and Binghamton, issued a high wind warning and a flood watch for the next 48 hours for all five counties in the Catskills region.
Arthur R.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 - 12:09 pm
Governor Andrew Cuomo just announced that he has mobilized 1,175 members of the National Guard to stand by at posts across the state to prepare for Hurricane Sandy. For the Catskills region, the deployment includes 200 soliders who will go on duty at... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 - 1:41 pm
Photo by Flickr user Dvortygirl. Published under Creative Commons license.
Rich Muellerleile, captain of the Shandaken Ambulance Service (and author of the Watershed Post's safety column, Stayin' Alive), has a message for Catskills residents: If you need... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 - 4:56 pm
Governor Andrew Cuomo just declared a state of emergency in New York as the region braces for the impact of Hurricane Sandy early next week. The move allows Cuomo to coordinate the emergency response effort.
In a long press release from Cuomo's office... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 - 2:35 pm
The forecast for Hurricane Sandy is still uncertain, but here at Watershed Post HQ we're preparing for the worst: A storm that dumps as much rain on us as Tropical Storm Irene did just over a year ago. Rainfall like that, coupled with the healthy levels... Read more
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