The future is here, cat sold separately. About 8,000 people were chosen by Google in a social media competition to get the chance to test-drive Glass, the company's much-hyped, face-mounted, picture-taking web gadget. One of them was the Daily Freeman's Ivan Lajara, who got his Glass on Wednesday, and has been Glassing up a storm all over town ever since. Tinfoil-hatters of Ulster County, beware.
Good morning, Catskills -- and it is a drippy one.
The region is still under various floodwatches that have been in effect since Thursday afternoon. Reports of overnight rainfall ranged from less than an inch in parts of Ulster and Schoharie counties to a whopping 3.91 inches in Hancock. But so far, the Catskills has escaped the brunt of the weather, which delivered some nasty flooding to the Mohawk Valley overnight.
We wish we could report that it's going to let up soon, but local forecasts into next week are looking thoroughly infested with thunderstorms. Cross your fingers for a reprieve by fireworks time.
The Coxsackie Fire Departmentgot some video evidence of flooding on Riverside Avenue and North Street during yesterday's rainstorm.
Speaking of flooding. Schoharie County would love to move their first responders' offices out of the flood zone. Unfortunately, that's up to FEMA.