Posted on 08/28/2011 3:34:35 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Tropical Storm Irene is hitting the Hudson Valley region hard, with flooding, downed trees and road closures reported across the region.
The storm, which was downgraded from a Category 1 hurricane as it reached Long Island, brought winds of 30-40 mph to the region. Those winds have knocked over trees and power lines, while heavy rains have flooded many of the region's major thoroughfares.
The most important of these thoroughfares, the New York Thruway was closed at around 11 a.m. at the Route 17 exchange. At noon, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the closing of the Tappan Zee Bridge, though as of 12:30 p.m., all major mid-Hudson bridges remain open.
Significant flooding has been reported I-87 southbound near Tuxedo, where emergency workers were dispatched to rescue occupants in a vehicle. Several reports of flooding at the ramps of the New York State Thruway and I-84 were being reported, as well as flooding across the westbound portion of I-84 between exits 4 and 3.
Over 25,000 homes in Ulster County were without power, according to Central Hudson. The heaviest concentrations of outages include: Woodstock, Bearsville, Hurley and Olive. So far, no major power outages are being reported in Orange or Sullivan counties. And the number of outages in Orange and Sullivan counties are growing. Orange and Rockland Utilities are reporting some communities are experiencing a handful of outages, including households in Middletown, Goshen, Highland Lake and Wurtsboro.
Fulton Avenue in Middletown is one of the more severe examples of flooding. Fulton and Wawayanda road, near the Middletown Post Office, is awash in two feet of storm water. Police have the roads blocked off. And there are reports of occupied vehicles floating down Fulton.
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You are forgetting the Billions that the politicians from that area are trying to get from Obozo!
- Our ground got so soaked from all the rain that a telephone pole simply fell over.
Are you sure it didn’t just commit suicide?
Forgive me for poking fun.
I’ll come help you if you need it, my FRiend.
Self-euthanasia? Caused by old age? ;-)
Traveling home thru NYS most if not all roads were closed, what amazed me was the lack of information and lack of interest the troopers had in directions around these area’s. No detour signs, no information, no interest. NYC broadcasts where more interested in recieving phone calls about what you would have in your frig for the emergency rather than giving thousands of motorists the road closures and ways around them. Thousands of motorists wandering thru towns and villages aimlessly trying to find their way home, rediculous!
Once Warwick’s got everything squared away, Obama will fly up and take the credit.
The 5 hours without power were spent trying to get info on the radio. We gave up. Most stations are out of NYC and don’t cover north of them.
Not unless they have some arugula. He wouldn’t be caught in such a tiny, old town.
Don’t feel bad...local New Hampshire radio was running a taped ‘Glenn Beck’ show today...without power; you are without information. Batteries for your radio? Why bother?
Isn’t that the truth! They tell ya to make sure you have batteries. Why? We turned off the radio and listen to CD’s while the basement flooded. LOL
We'd been driving in Minnesota and decided for some variety on the way back to California, so headed down I-29 through the area hit by the spring Missouri River floods.
The Iowa DOT detour signage sucked to the tune of 200 unneeded miles and four wasted hours of circling thru cornfields. We'd still be there if we were to follow their signs, if it hadn't been for a couple of traveling salesmen we hooked up with at a country gas station.....they were headed to Kansas City, as were we - "Follow us!" was the call of the day, and it worked - we ignored the 'road closed ahead' warnings and got thru just fine, as did all the local traffic..................found out later that the Iowa DOT didn't want to "stress" any one local country road with too much traffic, so this bullshit was all intentional.
Their world stops there...just look at the television coverage this weekend. It got downright breathless this morning, but yesterday when the action was down south, it was yawn city.
Happy me! I don’t have TV. :-)
NYC is narcissistic, but you knew that didn’t ya?
It can be good to tack away from the fleet.
Oh yeah! I did. :-)
Dude, I’m glad someone else is fixated on the social justice issues affecting Arugula pickers.
Dudette.
You bet. Onion pickers get ALL the attention!
We get that everytime there’s a fast moving thunderstorm going throught the area. 60 mph gusts happen realitively frequently.
What am I missing here that makes this exceptional?
My thoughts as well. We have many 60 mph+ winds here out in the rural West. Never makes the nighttime news.
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