Hurricane Irene hits the Catskills, Phoenicia, Shandaken

[nycfunkvid]

I just got back to NYC from shandaken/big indian, and was shocked at the damage, so I searched for some vids and saw yours. Excellent job, video was incredible, those were the same roads I was on a few hours ago (28, 47, 42, 214), and its wild to see in your vid the flooding that caused so much damage. (And you're a good editor too).

The only thing I've ever seen like that was some forest fire damge in Cali.

[cpbdful]

Mill wood Firehouse in Westchester is collecting relief supplies. Let's help our Upstate neighbors with whatever you can donate. As the story of Irene fades and we turn our collective attention away and towards 9/11 anniversary and the next headline, please let's not forget our hardy Catskill brethren and their monumental rebuilding task. I know Phoenicia well and my father had a cabin along 214 towards the notch and I used to tube the Esopus and swim in a swimming hole in the stony clove creek

[cypris2002]

At 4:16 the house that's shown had 3 people trapped there till 6 pm when they got rescued

[ebeyslanding]

My heart goes out to you all. I lived up Fox Hollow Road near Shandaken in the early 80s and totally love that area.

[mobettadezine]

Thanks for the video. My father and stepmother (from France) owned the Shandaken Inn from 1973 till 2001. I lived there for a while and visited the place over the years, adding a wife and two kids to our entourage. I still love the region and was amazed to see your images. I know the places that you filmed well. I hope your basement as cleared.  All the best, Keith Pollack

[acmebar163]

thanks for update  good luck

[paysonjewelry]

Glad you guys are ok - so sorry to hear about the damages, hope everyone around you is ok too. Hugs!

[gimmehint]

I don't know these people but this is the exact area that Jimmy and I were visting, My mother in law lives in shandanken and my niece lives and works in Phoenicia. You can see the bridges and roads that were damanged and closed, this was why nobody was able to get out of town. They say no power for 10 days, from the looks of it these poor people hopefully wont have to wait a day more.

[sned2000]

Thank you for sharing. Our hearts go out to you and to all who have been impacted by Irene's wrath. Horrible doesn't even begin to describe this.