Mohawk River flooding from Hurricane Irene in Schenectady County

The hurricane itself wasn't too bad, other than a lot of power outages, but the amount of rain it dumped into the area all funneled into the Mohawk River cause a surge of water 14' higher than normal, flooding everything and everyone not lucky enough to be elevated. Because of so many closed roads and traffic, I biked up and down the Mohawk in Schenectady, Scotia, and Glenville, shooting some video along the way. I was on the phone a lot so my apologies if some of my conversations made it into the audio. I tried including text in the video to let you know where I was filming if it wasn't obvious. Some of the locales are Jumpin Jacks, Collins Park, SCCC, the Stockade, Freemans Bridge Road, and the railroad bridge. Thanks for watching! Please share the link with anyone who might be interested!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Hurricane
• Irene
• flood
• scotia
• schenectady
• mohawk
• river

[belladonna573]

This is very well done. Other than some panning that was slightly dizzying, your video really documented the flooding very well. All this happened not 4 blocks from my house. Luckily I live on the Schenectady side of Freeman's Bridge and at the top of a hill. Our home was never in danger. My prayers are with those who lost so much.

[dangdspd]

@belladonna573 Thanks. I did my best to keep the camera motions easy, but because so many of the roads were closed and traffic backed up, I toured the whole area on my bike, so the camera was handheld without a tripod.

[nydaimyo]

My channel icon picture shows the background of the Mohawk from the stockade area. Used to have good times there. I may have moved myself, but I hope the area can still become nicer than ever again.

[Avexar]

i now know how to say this county name thanks to PronunciationManual =D

[orion3448]

CYLON DEVASTATIONNNNNNNNNNNNN.......­.........

[orion3448]

Howard plum is watching. He's watching all of us from the jersey shore.

[okmomrn]

Great video and captions. Used to work at collins park back in college. Stopped at jumpin' jacks when my sons and i were back to visit in '07. if anyone has footage of esperance or central bridge area, would appreciate a note. thanks

[loudog53165]

Thank you. I moved from Schenectady this May. Thank you so much for this video.

[10stripJ]

i bet glenn slingerland will use the flooded areas in his artsy fartsy public access stuff. maybe the girls will all get wet this time! lol

[orion3448]

this is as bad as the cylon devastation. again where is howard plum to save us. oh i forgot he's at the jersey shore looking for casting rejects for his show. oh well.

[scruffy19]

I'm a volunteer firefighter with West Glenville. I just want to say it really is this bad and even worse in other areas. People in Rotterdam Junction have lost almost everything from flooding with water past some peoples roofs. Fort Hunter had massive flooding along with many other places some areas houses completely washed away. NY isn't making a big deal about this on national news. We are slowly but surely pulling together and repairing the damage. It's your community that will help you throu