Hurricane Irene
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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