Video- Flood from Hurricane Irene: Shokan, Boiceville, Mt Tremper, Phoenicia

Video from Youtube user: joostrander

Shokan, Boiceville, Mount Tremper, and Phoenica

Hurricane Irene- New York Power Outage and Restoration Updates

New York State Power Outage and Restoration Update:

Total customers without power (statewide): 287,304 (80% restored to date)

 

LIPA: 165,000 (68.4% restored to date)
Con Edison: 15,082 (93% restored to date)
National Grid: 15,047 (90% restored to date)
NYSEG: 51,086 (81% restored to date)
Central Hudson: 31,188 (83% restored to date)
Orange & Rockland: 9,901 (88% restored to date)

 

The following is a summary of the estimated restoration times available at this time:

• Con Edison has reported that it met its goal to restore nearly all New York City customers by last night, and is estimating that 90% of Westchester outages will be restored by tomorrow (9/1/11) at midnight.

• LIPA and Orange and Rockland utilities estimate that 95% of their customers will be restored by Friday (9/2/11) at midnight.

• National Grid has reported estimated restoration times for 90 percent of its customers by tomorrow night (9/1/11), except in Amsterdam, Middleburgh, Schoharie, and the Stockade in Schenectady which currently have flooding issues with no or limited access for completion.

• Central Hudson estimates that 90% percent of its customers in Columbia County, Dutchess County, Orange County, and Putnam County will be restored by midnight; due to flooding and physical inaccessibility, 90% of the remaining customers by 9/4. Central Hudson noted that Ulster County was particularly hard hit by the storm.

• NYSEG estimates the following power restoration timetable: Binghamton Division: 90% of outages by tonight at midnight and all power restored by Friday night. Liberty and Plattsburgh Divisions, 90% of remaining customers without power are projected to have service restored by Friday night, and all power will be restored by 9/3. Brewster and Oneonta Divisions: Road closures and accessibility issues continue to impede damage assessment and repair work. While some customers will have power restored by 9/2, it is likely that other customers will be without power until 9/7.

Irene Takes The Life Of A Holocaust Survivor

An 82 year-old Holocaust survivor and grandmother drowned August 28 in a Catskills cottage after it was overtaken with floodwater caused by Hurricane Irene, The New York Daily News reports.

New York State Police Investigator Jeffrey Moore said more than 6 feet of water filled the woman’s cottage at the Valkyrian Motel located in Fleischmanns, NY.

Isaac Abraham, a Brooklyn Hasidic community leader told The Daily News that Stern-Gluck was born in Russia and survived the Holocaust. “She survived Hitler, but she couldn’t survive Irene,” he said.

Links:

New York Daily News Article- Holocaust survivor, 82, dies in Hurricane Irene floodwaters in the Catskills

Irene- Gov. Andrew Cuomo visits Prattsville NY

Prattsville NY- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo visited Prattsville on August 31. Gov. Cuomo said that he expected damage in the state from Tropical Storm Irene to reach “close to $1 billion”.

The governor arrived in Prattsville by SUV, after taking in an aerial view of the devastation of Prattsville from a Blackhawk helicopter. Cuomo was accompanied by Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and local officials. (Source: Wall Street Journal)

Cuomo said:

Damage “close to $1 billion”

22 state bridges have been closed

more than 600 homes destroyed

New York farms suffered at least $45 million in damage with 140,000 acres destroyed

150 major highways damaged

Quote: “There are two realities to what Irene did to New York. One reality was that New York City and Long Island—in some ways we celebrated that the damage wasn’t as bad as it could have been. There’s an exactly opposite reality in upstate New York.”

Quote: ““The damage that we have sustained is significant, and sometimes the bottom line is the bottom line. We need help on the economics. We’ll bring the energy, we’ll bring the commitment, we’ll bring the drive, we’ll bring the know-how, but these are not communities of deep pockets”

President Obama announced today a federal disaster declaration for eight counties where individuals and households can receive federal assistance. They are Albany, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Greene, Schenectady, Schoharie, and Ulster counties.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904583204576543083039262362.html

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/irenes-cost-may-reach-1-billion-cuomo-says/

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Governor Cuomo’s Tour of New York’s Hurricane Damage with Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano and FEMA Administrator Fugate (http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/08312011UpdatedDirectionsGovernorCuomosTour):

1. I-87 (Thruway) to Exit 21 (NY-23/Catskill/Cairo)
2. Turn left onto County Route 23-B (Main St.)
3. Quick left onto the ramp to NY-23 Westbound
4. Travel on NY-23 Westbound for approximately 23 miles.
5. Take a left onto NY-296 Southbound
6. Quick right onto County Route 12 back to Route 23 (approximately 1 mile)
7. Left onto NY-23 Westbound
8. Right onto N Settlement Road and travel approximately 2 miles
9. Bear left onto Steinmetz Road for approximately 1 mile
10. Take a left off of Steinmetz Road onto County Route 10 and travel approximately 9 miles into Prattsville

Irene News- Prattsville NY Google 360

Google Maps with Street View lets you explore places around the world through 360-degree street-level imagery.

Click on the road to move along Route 23 within Prattsville NY to view Prattsville from before the storm. Also hold down left button and move mouse to rotate view.

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Irene News- Prattsville Flood 2011 Video

Youtube User: MCA1625

At 4:08 the bridge over the Schoharie Creek still is there. O’Hara Service Station and Moore’s Homes look to be completely gone.

Youtube: Space Station Cameras View Hurricane Irene as it Approaches the U.S

Cameras mounted on the International Space Station captured new views of Hurricane Irene at 2:51 p.m. EDT on August 26, 2011 as the storm bore down on the east coast of the United States. Accompanied by narration from Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum of NASA, the video showed the massive system moving north at 14 miles an hour packing winds of 100 miles an hour some 300 miles south-southwest of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Irene is expected to track to the northeast along the mid-Atlantic states, the metropolitan New York-New Jersey region and New England this weekend before heading out over the north Atlantic. (Source: Youtube User: NASAtelevision)

Irene News: Tropical Storm Irene Damage in Prattsville and Windham NY

A 14 minute long video clip shot by Youtube user: mrmacmasonry

Description: Here are some stills and video clips from the iPhone, taken today in Prattsville and Windham, NY in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.

Irene News: Prattsville NY Youtube Video

Video from Youtube user: stansoule

Description from stansoule: This is a small part of my town after hurricane Irene

On August, 28. 2011, Hurricane Irene caused record flooding in Prattsville, NY  by the Schoharie Creek, causing major damage and destroying large areas of the Prattsville. It received widespread national news coverage because Prattsville had literally been washed away. (Source: Wikipedia- Prattsville, NY)

 

Irene News: Prattsville, NY

The article below published in the New York Times pertains to Prattsville, NY and the major flood of the Schoharie Creek that was caused by Tropical Storm Irene:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/nyregion/storm-leaves-catskill-towns-little-but-debris.html

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The article below references several states and the destruction caused by Hurricane Irene. Middle of article on Page 1 speaks about the Catskills and again on Page 2.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/us/30vermont.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

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CNN Video from Prattsville, NY:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/29/new.york.prattsville.stranded/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Irene News: Gilboa Dam

From Wikipedia:

On August 28, 2011, after receiving as much as 12 inches (300 mm) of rainfall from Hurricane Irene, the Gilboa Dam was placed in a level B situation.Though the dam was intact, the heavy upstream rainfall from the hurricane prompted officials to issue an evacuation order for downstream residents, including a mandatory evacuation of the towns of Middleburgh and Schoharie. The evacuation order was due to the heavy rainfall and not due to a dam failure.After a minor earthquake on August 27, 2011 was recorded in the region and in response to the 2011 Virginia earthquake which occurred on August 23, 2011, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered an infrastructure inspection which included the Gilboa Dam.Governor Cuomo visited the dam on the morning of August 28, 2011 to report that officials had discovered no impacts to the dam from recent seismic activity. (Source: Wikipedia- Gilboa Dam)

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Fox News article and video regarding the Gilboa Dam. This was published on the August 28:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/28/rescue-underway-for-21-trapped-in-new-york-motel-as-flooding-fears-increase/

Irene News: Blenheim Bridge

The Blenheim Bridge was opened in 1855 and it was also one of the oldest of its type in the United States. It was destroyed on August 28, 2011 as a result of flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. (Source: Wikipedia- Blenheim Bridge)

Photo of the Blenheim Bridge in 2007: Image Link

Tour of the Catskills Winner

When all the ascensions were done, young Alister Ratcliff stood atop the pro mens’ podium in the fourth-annual Tour of the Catskills road bike race, held this weekend on some of the most grueling and gorgeous roads in Greene County.

The race dipped briefly into Ulster County, on Saturday’s second stage, as Ratcliff and everyone else had to contend with Devils’ Kitchen in Platte Clove in Hunter, a steep climb that is well known on the circuit, according to Ratcliff, a rising star in cycling.

The Daily Mail- http://www.thedailymail.net

Tour of the Catskills 2011

The Tour of the Catskills is one of America’s premier cycling events held in the heart of the Catskill Mountains in scenic Upstate New York.  Held over 3 days, beginning with a Friday individual time trial, and two epic road stages on Saturday and Sunday in Greene and Ulster Counties, the event captures the essence of the history, culture, and scenery of the Catskill Mountains. The addition of the famed ‘Devil’s Kitchen Climb’ in 2010 established the event as one of America’s toughest cycling events for amateurs and professionals alike.

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Organizers of the 2011 Tour of the Catskills are proud to announce that at least 22 States will be represented at this weekend’s 4^th annual road cycling event in the Catskills Mountains of New York State.  Nearly 700 racers are currently registered and more than 800 are expected by the start of the event on Friday in Hunter.

The 3-day race begins on Friday, August 5 with the 12-mile, Stage 1 Individual Time Trial in Hunter.

Read more at: http://www.bikeworldnews.com/2011/08/02/tour-catskills-reaches-22-states/

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The Catskills is also considered one of the toughest events in the US, thanks to the inclusion of the Devil’s Kitchen climb in 2010. (Devils Kitchen was featured in the Tour de Trump in the 1990’s.)

Accident in Platte Clove

A 27 year old man slip and fell from a waterfall located inside Platte Clove. The waterfall may be Bridal Veil Falls.

Read more at Google: Google News: Accident in Platte Clove

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