Originally Posted by Steve B.

It's been all over the news and for those of us that have spent a lot of time in your neck of the woods, it's truly terrible news on many levels. I know so well many of the towns that had rivers come down Main St.

Long term it will hit the tourism trade hard as so many folks come to this region for any number of activities, cycling included. As well it's doubtful that the state will have the funding to get all of this repaired for leaf season as well as the winter. So a multi whammy for the state and all it's citizens.

FWIW, many area's of the Catskills got equally hammered, though for what ever reason, New Hampshire seemingly was spared somewhat, or perhaps all the newsies headed to VT. Not sure.

I myself have spent 2 days helping a friend get his electrical system back on line at a house in Freeport, L.I. where a 5ft tide washed over the southern 1/2 mile of town. Probably a few thousand homes all across the south shore of LI got inundated. Many friends I've talked have little empathy for folks that buy so close to the bay and ocean, knowing this is going to happen. Still, it's a home and good people live there and they need help. Fortunately for us, it's homes, some trees and that's about it. In Vermont and upstate NY it's entire infrastructures of roads, bridges as well as utility systems that are now gone.