Dan Gould Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Mom made it through OK though I haven't actually gotten confirmation that the driveway didn't get blocked by downed trees. When I spoke to her there were just a few limbs down but no trees down close to the house. Hopefully her luck held along the 3/10ths of a mile long driveway. So right now the problem is the lack of power, which might take 5 days to restore. 83% of Wilton is out (Surrounding towns Ridgefield, Weston, Redding are all 90% to 100% so it could be worse). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Glad she's ok, Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 The best thing about the rain on Sat afternoon was that the pricks on meter patrol didn't ticket me on M Street in Georgetown a full 50 minutes after the meter had expired!! Unreal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 The best thing about the rain on Sat afternoon was that the pricks on meter patrol didn't ticket me on M Street in Georgetown a full 50 minutes after the meter had expired!! Unreal! they would use motor boats to issue tickets in my town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Interesting that Margatetville, N.Y. and probably other places in the Catskills got hit harder than most areas, but the media and the politicians were all focused on New Jersey, Long Island, and New York City. Typical. A good friend's elderly parents live about 50 miles east of there. Any word on how the Hudson Valley fared? The Hudson Valley made out pretty well - some local flooding, some power outages. Some areas in the Catskills got hit harder. The first film and photos I saw of the flooding in Margaretville scared the hell out of me. A 90 min trip to Newburgh took me four hours Monday morning because the NY State Thru-way was closed. We called off the trip on Sunday. However, it was a beautiful day for driving and listening to tunes. I took 9W (River Road on the West side of the Hudson) back to Ft. Lee, NJ., a route I've never done before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 However, it was a beautiful day for driving and listening to tunes. Plus your car was dry because you parked it in the garage down the street for the storm. Way to use that brain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Been seeing newscasts that Vermont got hit heavily from flooding - widespread destruction & deaths. We were in Brattleboro two summers ago for a weekend of the Marlboro Festival, and it looks like they were devastated by flooding. Not something I would have expected and it seems they didn't expect it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 (edited) Interesting that Margatetville, N.Y. and probably other places in the Catskills got hit harder than most areas, but the media and the politicians were all focused on New Jersey, Long Island, and New York City. Typical. A good friend's elderly parents live about 50 miles east of there. Any word on how the Hudson Valley fared? The Hudson Valley made out pretty well - some local flooding, some power outages. Some areas in the Catskills got hit harder. The first film and photos I saw of the flooding in Margaretville scared the hell out of me. Margaretville's the nearest town to me (even though I live @ the West end of Ulster Co.). Have had no power, phone or water (well, requires elec.) since Sunday afternoon. Many bridges were washed out, today was the first day I could drive (over goat tracks that utility trucks can't drive, but the repair was much faster than what I feared) to what's left of local towns. Might get power back Sunday (can't even think about that until utility crews can traverse the roads)...The main road I use to get to town and the only way to work (power will be out @ work for similar time) has several bridges still washed out, and is impassable. So no work this week... There are lots of people (relatively speaking, for small-town areas) stranded (and I mean stranded) on remote washed-out roads. There's not good media coverage of rural areas (maybe NY Times'll run something), but I imagine large parts of Greene (e.g. Windham), Ulster (Phoenicia) and Delaware (M'ville, Fleischmanns) Counties got wiped out. Heard of one death in Fleischmanns. Supposedly, Gov. Cuomo was going to appear today somewhere "in the Catskills". Previous all-time worst flood here was in Jan. '96; this is definitely much worse. Edited August 31, 2011 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Upstate NY and Vermont have just been devastated. Vermont especially so because of how much is needed to restore/rebuild roads and when winter starts up there. Makes Mom's lack of power and inability to secure ice or batteries a little less significant. The power company seems stumped on getting the percentage knocked off under 50%; each time I check it seems to be bouncing up instead of getting any lower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 1960 Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 We just had the power restored here this evening after nearly 5 days. We lost power at 6:45 am Sunday morning at the height of Irene. It was wicked. Very strong winds and heavy rains late Saturday night into early Sunday afternoon. I couldn't sleep at all Saturday night listening to what was happening outside. I actually had to turn on the air conditioner to drown out the sound! We were very fortunate that we only had water in the cellar which I spent a great part of Sunday bailing out. By the time the fire department arrived the water level was too low for them to pump the water out. The water receded overnight thankfully which no longer required any further action on my part. Alot of trees down in the area but none on my property. Things outside of town are a whole different story. In Rhinebeck across the river from me, the water system has been compromised. Water bottles have been imported to the towns residents. In the mountainous areas of the Catskills, there is some very serious devastation. Bridges and roads are washed out. According to a gentleman who works for the county highway department, 8 bridges are gone. Residents have lost homes, busineses washed out by the storm. Towns literally destroyed. Many trees are down cutting off people for some time. They say power in these areas might not be restored for 2 - 3 weeks. Again, I feel very fortunate when my only inconvienance was a power outage. Yeah, walking around in the dark and going out for meals for breakfast and dinner got old real quick. It's something I will never forget. I hope at this point to either volunteer and help some of these poor people in whatever capacity I can or at the very least donate to a relief effort. I feel at this point it's the least I can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 We just had the power restored here this evening after nearly 5 days. We lost power at 6:45 am Sunday morning at the height of Irene. It was wicked. Very strong winds and heavy rains late Saturday night into early Sunday afternoon. I couldn't sleep at all Saturday night listening to what was happening outside. I actually had to turn on the air conditioner to drown out the sound! We were very fortunate that we only had water in the cellar which I spent a great part of Sunday bailing out. By the time the fire department arrived the water level was too low for them to pump the water out. The water receded overnight thankfully which no longer required any further action on my part. Alot of trees down in the area but none on my property. Things outside of town are a whole different story. In Rhinebeck across the river from me, the water system has been compromised. Water bottles have been imported to the towns residents. In the mountainous areas of the Catskills, there is some very serious devastation. Bridges and roads are washed out. According to a gentleman who works for the county highway department, 8 bridges are gone. Residents have lost homes, busineses washed out by the storm. Towns literally destroyed. Many trees are down cutting off people for some time. They say power in these areas might not be restored for 2 - 3 weeks. Again, I feel very fortunate when my only inconvienance was a power outage. Yeah, walking around in the dark and going out for meals for breakfast and dinner got old real quick. It's something I will never forget. I hope at this point to either volunteer and help some of these poor people in whatever capacity I can or at the very least donate to a relief effort. I feel at this point it's the least I can do. Very pleased you've got power back after your ordeal. I guessed you were without power, as I followed the situation in the Daily Freeman online. My paper, the Guardian carried lots of photos of the Catskills devastation in its online version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Mom had power restored sometime yesterday, but its still nearly 40% of the town without, and the surrounding towns are all around 50%. Pretty bad considering that most power lines are buried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 (edited) I got power back (in a mountainous area of the Catskills) Thursday around 5:30 PM, almost exactly 4 days outage. No phone yet (they bring in power crews from all over, but the local phone co. is overwhelmed). No damage to my house or immediate neighbors', but there's a lot of devastation, to say the least. All kinds of bridges down, roads closed. I'm very fortunate, considering all those who lost everything. I can travel "the long way", though the road's extremely rough in places and I'm not sure how it'd handle more heavy rain. Edited September 2, 2011 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 (edited) Meanwhile, in Japan, the toll from the latest typhoon is 41 dead and over 50 missing, presumed dead. Edited September 6, 2011 by kinuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Meanwhile, in Japan, the toll from the latest typhoon is 41 dead and over 50 missing, presumed dead. Terrible things happening throughout the world. I guess we only tend to think about what's happening in our own general areas. Perhaps that's all we're able to absorb without being overwhelmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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