Julia Reischel
Articles
Aug. 31, 2011
2:30am Wednesday, 8/31/11: Watershed Post correspondent Jessica Vecchione interviewed flood victims and responders in Fleischmanns on Monday, and filed the above report.
At the press conference in Margaretville on Tuesday, Susan McIntyre, Delaware... Read more
Aug. 31, 2011
A raft rescue on Rte. 212 in Mount Tremper on Sunday morning, August 28, 2011. Photo taken by Jan Ryan and Ann Davies:
Mount Tremper Arts posted on its Facebook page on Tuesday that everyone at its organization is safe.
Below, a YouTube video with lots... Read more
Aug. 31, 2011
Above, a YouTube video with lots of detailed coverage of Boiceville flooding.
A photo by Jan Ryan and Ann Davies of Boiceville on Sunday morning, looking west along Rte. 28:
Aug. 31, 2011
Shannon Hayes, an author and grass-fed beef farmer in the town of Fulton, New York in Schoharie County, reports on her blog that her family farm is still cut off from the outside world three days after Hurricane Irene. They are running their generator... Read more
Aug. 31, 2011
Watershed correspondent and veteran disaster reporter Marty Rosen visited Preston Hollow, New York, today. Preston Hollow is a town of about 250 in a westward corner of Albany County, just on the border of Schoharie and Greene counties on Route 145. The... Read more
Aug. 30, 2011
1:25pm: YNN just did another Schoharie report. (Good on them for following this story!) They say that there have been no deaths in Schoharie, but that the damage is extreme:
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. -- From mountain side to mountainside, the Schoharie Creek... Read more
Aug. 30, 2011
11pm Tuesday, 8/30/11:
From Antidote News/Mountaintop Meteor reporter Paul Smart, who visited Prattsville - or tried to -- this afternoon:
In Windham, a town police officer notes that he's heard that Prattsville is toast ... Route 23 is closed between... Read more
Aug. 30, 2011
A photo of Central Bridge in Schoharie County, by Tammy Bullis-Kiser via Facebook:
Aug. 30, 2011
9:40pm Tuesday, 8/30/11: Above: Intrepid North Blenheim residents Sue Dailey and Steve Gross sent us this video earlier today of devastating flooding in town. Rte. 30 throughout North Blenheim has been wiped out.
A still from the video of Rte. 30 at the... Read more
Aug. 30, 2011
Updated 10/3/11:
On Saturday, August 27, 2011, the aftermath of Hurricane Irene brought devastating flooding to the Catskills. The Watershed Post is keeping track of relief resources and information on this page and in Google Document spreadsheets, which... Read more
Aug. 30, 2011
3:45pm Tuesday, 8/30/11: Updates from Lexington are sparse, but here's what we know. Greene County administrator Shaun Groden called us this afternoon around 1:30pm. He said that the Bush Road Bridge in Lexington is washed out. He said that the Lexington... Read more
Aug. 29, 2011
7:10pm: Finally, news, pictures and info from Windham, Maplecrest, Hensonville, and CD Lane Park. Things are extremely bad there. Many photos of devastation from Rick Jacobs via Facebook:
Entrance to Windham-Ashland-Jewett School:
Windham Garden Center... Read more
Aug. 29, 2011
6:30pm: New photos from Gilboa, up by Nickerson campground, via Beth Anne on Facebook.
The Zambrano Clans site in the campground:
House perched on eroded ledge (Beaver's edge?):
Stryker Road:
12:15pm, Monday, 8/29/11: The latest from the NYC DEP: The... Read more
Aug. 29, 2011
NYS Assemblyman Peter Lopez breaks down about his Schoharie-County-based family losing everything. while talking to reporter Terry Doyle today. Listen here.
Facebook resource for Schoharie County photos.
6pm Monday, 8/29/11: Photographic proof that the... Read more
Aug. 29, 2011
5pm Monday 8/29/11: Jessica Vecchione, Hamden-based videographer extraordinaire and Watershed Post correspondent, has compiiled two reports about the flooding in Hamden, which has affected Lucky Dog Farm. See the Sunday report below and the Monday report... Read more
Aug. 29, 2011
4:30pm Monday 8/29/11: Palenville photos are coming in from Flickr user Leslie1910:
Rte 32:
Damaged bridge over Kaaterskill:
More photos in slideshow:
4:41pm Sunday 8/28/11: Sketchy reports from Daily Mail reporter Daily Mail reporter Doron Tyler... Read more
Aug. 29, 2011
Above: Photo of CVS building in Margaretillve before it reportedly collapsed today. Photo by Julia Green Marks. More on Facebook.
4:10pm: The state of emergency has been lifted across Delaware County except for the towns of Middletown (Margaretville,... Read more
Aug. 29, 2011
Circles in green indicate shelters; impassable roads and bridges are in red and orange. For the full legend, click the link to bigger map.
Link to bigger map.
Map maintained by Don Meltz; reach him on Twitter at @DonMeltz.
Aug. 29, 2011
1:25pm Monday, 8/29/11: In Walton, it seems that things were better than expected. Our correspondent Leslie Kaufman took a stroll around town today to investigate and submitted these photos.
Above, the bridge over the West Branch of the Delaware River,... Read more