A short video showing what happened near Phoenicia/Shandaken in the Catskills during Irene. It took us 2 days to find a way out of the region. So many road closures. Phoenicia got hit pretty hard.
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
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
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.
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
cpbdful 5 months ago
At 4:16 the house that's shown had 3 people trapped there till 6 pm when they got rescued
cypris2002 5 months ago
My heart goes out to you all. I lived up Fox Hollow Road near Shandaken in the early 80s and totally love that area.
ebeyslanding 5 months ago
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
mobettadezine 5 months ago
thanks for update good luck
acmebar163 5 months ago
Glad you guys are ok - so sorry to hear about the damages, hope everyone around you is ok too. Hugs!
paysonjewelry 5 months ago
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.
gimmehint 5 months ago
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.
sned2000 5 months ago