I got this from a friend this morning. Wondering about Mark and a few other friends I have in that area. No phone service no contacts. Tony I am in the Catskills until Friday night. This is a report on the conditions of the river and towns. No phone service in Roscoe or at Museum...could be several more days. Incredible. Much damage and devastation. Rivers have never been higher and done as much damage to both towns Livingston Manor and Roscoe. All businesses suffered damage from filled basements to water through stores and loss of inventory and structure damage. Rivers remain high, but they are slowly receding. Museum fared well as we are high ground. Water erosion wiped out part of the driveway, channels 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep. Had to put in about 40 wheelbarrows of gravel this morning to get up the hill. Flooding eroded roads, caused mud and rock slides closing roads. Twin Island camp ground is devastated with water pushing mobile homes and trailers like dominoes. Beaverkill Campsite is no longer. Roscoe Motel is destroyed. Antrim lodge which was to open late this summer/early fall sustained major damage for third time, might not make it this time. Livingston Manor-Water broke basement windows in Frank Kutners home filling basement until it ran out other side and his shop was completely soaked and most of floor has to be replaced. Richard Bradley new fly shop lost most of the merchandise and damaged all motors on machining equipment. Mary Dette fly shop basement was flooded to the first floor. Jorgensens house, water flooded basement to seep into first floor and river went from front to back tearing off back porch and moving it downstream about a half mile and shed in back was moved 100 feet away until resting on gravel mound in front of old Bob's house; driveway is gone leaving holes the size of cars in front and back. Roads are washed away, erosion on sides of roads have collapsed roads and undercut most. Houses have been moved, destroyed, and one woman fell into river when house collapsed and body yet to be recovered. With any luck there will be no more rain for a few days...3" or more now will do it again. They had 12" rain in 2 days which caused the major flash flooding. This link will give you a few photos of Roscoe, Livingston Manor, Delaware, and other areas. The New York Times > New York Region > Slide Show > Slide Show: Rivers Overflow in Mid-Atlantic States Attitude of all in area is very understanding and they moving forward with clean up and rebound; they all say "it could have been worse". Some businesses will re-open, unfortunately, some will not.
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