Sullivan County
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 Lissa Harris on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 - 12:15 pm
Barbara Gref, who owns the hydroelectric dam on Lake Jefferson that provides power to WJFF Radio, informs us that the water level in the lake will be lowered today, at the request of the town of Callicoon:
In advance of the storm, the Town of Callicoon in... 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 Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 - 8:44 pm
In anticipation of the coming storm, Sullivan County Community College has cancelled all classes for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The college will also be closing its residence halls from Sunday noon to Wednesday noon, and has told all residential... 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
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