October 1st flood
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 9:10 pm
Beth Adams of Hobart caught an entire field of pumpkins making a break for it in Davenport this morning. (Just in time. The Halloween hordes are about to descend, carving knives in hand.)
Go free, pumpkins!
As of 4pm, Davenport was still under a state of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 5:16 pm
This properly belongs in our Shandaken flooding roundup, but it's so awesome we gave it its own post. Our hats are off, to you, O pseudonymous videographer goCatskills, for this epic footage of flooding all around Phoenicia. Set to Beethoven's Fifth, no... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 4:26 pm
10/2, 10am update: The state of emergency was lifted in all towns, as of 6:30 this morning.
10/1, 10:30pm update: The Delaware county Sheriff's Office announced tonight that Delhi, Hamden, Walton and Davenport remain under a state of emergency, and all... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 3:45 pm
A 62-year-old who decided to drive on washed-out Cauterskill Rd. in the town of Catskill was rescued by the Greene County Sheriff's Office this morning, according to the Daily Freeman:
Deputies said Natale Scaramuzzino of Leeds was hanging onto his... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 3:22 pm
Kirkside Park in Roxbury, photographed by Chris O'Shaughnessy. Below, O'Shaughnessy's dog in her flooded backyard:
Click on people's faces in the photo to tag them.
Rte. 30, the road leading to Roxbury from Margaretville, was reportedly... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 3:06 pm
Above: Big Tree Field at the Frost Valley YMCA in Claryville this morning. Photo by Frost Valley YMCA. Below: Photo of Claryville Fire Dept. by Jennifer Grimes.
County Bridge 364 is washed out, says the Catskill Chronicle.
"The County will send a bridge... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 2:16 pm
Reader Larry Reilly snapped a few photos of the swollen Schoharie Creek this morning while driving along Route 23A:
Ya think?
Don't go there.
Apparently that used to be a yard.
Update: We're losing our minds from all this flood news. I accidentally... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 2:07 pm
Reader Lynne Resch snapped these photos of the Little Delaware from Main Street this morning while coming back from Russell's Store (amazingly, it's open):
Click here for our main story on flooding throughout the Catskills region. We will be posting... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 12:27 pm
Above: The Delaware River north of Delhi. Photo by Cynthia Dunne. Below: Photo collage of the West Branch from Bridge Street this morning, by Fred Harris.
The Red Cross has set up an emergency shelter at the United Ministry Church in Delhi, and some... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 11:50 am
Catskill Flies in Roscoe is blogging and tweeting about conditions in Roscoe all day today. Here's their latest report, from 8:40am:
UPDATE at 8:40-Walt & Chris are out checking conditions as I am on the computer-here is the latest-Russell Brook looks... Read more
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