Julia Reischel
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Sep. 7, 2011
6:35pm: According to the Middletown Flood Recovery website, most road in Margaretville are passable, and things seem to be returning to normal:
Road and Street Report — Sept. 7
Margaretville firefighters are once again pumping basements in the Swart... Read more
Sep. 7, 2011
Above: A crayfish found in a basement on Wagner Ave. this week. Photo by Judy Sugar, sent to us yesterday.
The Middletown Flood Recovery blog reports that Fleischmanns evacuees have come back home:
Road and Street Report — Sept. 7
Fleischmanns evacuees... Read more
Sep. 7, 2011
From the governor's office: Residents of Schoharie Valley and Catskills should be on alert tonight for more rain. Specific warnings are made for western Delaware County, particularly Unadilla -- see the highlighted areas in bold:
Governor Cuomo Orders... Read more
Sep. 7, 2011
The New York Department of Environmental Conservaton has released its long-awaited version of the Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) on hydraulic fracturing today. The state is accepting comments on it until December 12.... Read more
Sep. 7, 2011
1pm: The latest from Rob Stanley:
The water has receded. We'll continue our command post here in Phoenicia at least through Friday. We're looking at at least two storms coming through on Friday.
For anybody that may have been inundated by floodwater... Read more
Sep. 7, 2011
We'll be doing another special flooding edition of our radio show at 1pm today. Listen live by clicking here.
Sep. 7, 2011
Greene County sent us this press release this morning:
GREENE COUNTY PRESS RELEASE 9/7/11 AT 9:15 A.M.
Due to excessive rainfall within the last 24-36 hours and the projected rainfall through 6:00 p.m. today, Greene County storm efforts are shifting back... Read more
Sep. 7, 2011
This just in from the Walton Reporter, via Twitter:
Walton Central School is closing early. Townsend Elementary, 1 p.m. Middle/High School 1:15.
Sep. 7, 2011
Update, 11:00am: The shelter currently operating at the upper lodge at Belleayre is still open, although the FEMA office at the lower lodge is closed for the day. From the Town of Middletown recovery website:
The Belleayre Mountain Recovery Center is... Read more
Sep. 7, 2011
Update 10am: New info from Middletown Flood Recovery website:
Arkville Cut Off Road (County Route 38) is closed due to high water. Dry Brook Road is “still fine,” according to a source at the fire hall. No evacuations have taken place.
In Fleischmanns... Read more
Sep. 7, 2011
Update, 11:15am: DEP deputy commissioner Paul Rush confirms in a telephone conversation with the Watershed Post that the Gilboa Dam is NOT compromised and is NOT in danger of failure, and says that the water currently spilling over the top of the dam is... Read more
Sep. 7, 2011
9:30am: From WRIP this morning -- several callers reported floodwaters over roads around Greene County.
Joe Loverro reports:
A bridge over Mill Street Windham is 4 or 5 inches over. Stay off County Rt 10 in Ashland. Minor flooding predicted in... Read more
Sep. 7, 2011
9:04: On WJFF just now: "The Youngsville-Jefferson Fire Department is asking resident from low-lying areas to relocate. Parts of Rte. 52 area already closed."
8:18am: Barbara Gref, an editor and WJFF volunteer who lives in Jeffersonville in Sullivan... Read more
Sep. 6, 2011
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
Sep. 6, 2011
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... Read more
Sep. 6, 2011
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
Sep. 5, 2011
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... Read more
Sep. 4, 2011
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
Sep. 4, 2011
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
Sep. 4, 2011
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