Above: Postmaster Brenda Finch-Hasay checks out the damage to her car, behind the Arkville post office on Monday. Photos by Lissa Harris.
An intense rainstorm that blew through Arkville around 2pm on Monday afternoon inflicted at least one casualty: The windshield of postmaster Brenda Finch-Hasay's car.
Although Finch-Hasay was sitting inside the post office just a few feet away from where her car was parked, she didn't hear the crunch of a tree hitting her car over the sound of the howling wind, she said. It was only when firefighters appeared outside the window that she realized what had happened.
"That wind came through, and it was pouring," she said. "I look out the window and the firemen are walking out back."
A fast-moving cold front brought heavy rainstorms and high winds to the Catskills region on Monday afternoon. A tornado watch issued earlier in the afternoon for the western Catskills has been cancelled, according to the National Weather Service. The eastern Catskills and Hudson Valley are still under a tornado watch until 5pm.
As of 3:30pm, no roads were closed in Delaware County, according to a Delaware County Emergency Services official.
This post has been updated with new information since it was published.
Below: Arkville firefighters have their hands full fixing the wind-damaged sign for Locust Grove Enterprises, a business on the second floor of the post office.
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