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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 10:43 am
Today is August 28, the one-year anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene's arrival in the Catskills. To commemorate the anniversary of the flooding, we are publishing the Faces of the Flood Portrait Project, which tells stories of the flood through cinematic... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 9:58 am
By Christopher Auger-Dominguez on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 12:49 am
My experience of Irene was as a visitor. Sure, we own a home upstate, but our valley didn't get the brunt of the rain. The stream behind the house was full, but it never overflowed at the house.
So when I was approached by The Watershed Post about this... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 12:45 am
Above: Christopher Auger-Dominguez.
My experience of Irene was as a visitor. Sure, we own a home upstate, but our valley didn't get the brunt of the rain. The stream behind the house was full, but it never overflowed at the house.
So when I was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 12:32 am
Retired history teacher, Maplecrest, Greene County
For 25 years, Bill Lonecke knew that the Batavia Kill would take his house someday.
Lonecke’s land hugs the curving bank of a sharp swerve in the stream. In 1986, during a flood, the stream changed course... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 12:20 am
Part-time resident, Fleischmanns, Delaware County
Kitty Leer thought she was going to die.
The weekend of Hurricane Irene, Leer, 90, was visiting “Villa Yvonne,” her daughter Yvonne Reuter’s country home in Fleischmanns. The family has a long history on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 12:08 am
Village Mayor, Middleburgh, Schoharie County
The day after Tropical Storm Irene flood, Matthew Avitabile, a 24-year-old trustee of the village of Middleburgh, heard a rumor that the Gilboa Dam was broken.
He didn’t even put on his shoes. Barefoot, he... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 11:56 pm
CEO, Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville, Sullivan County
As Tropical Storm Irene poured down on Claryville, Biscuit Brook began to flood the Frost Valley YMCA. The river washed out roads on either side of the camp's 6,000-acre campus. Fields became rising... Read more
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