Hi,
These pictures of Oxford, New York were on the page from Norwich Evening Sun. I copied them to this web page -- just so that we can view them longer than the newspaper will keep them. They are something to remember. The last picture is of Sherburne.
http://havefun.cit.cornell.edu/flood/
Friday, June 30, 2006
insurance
I can't believe some of the pictures I am seeing from the Binghamton area. Places are covered that no one remembers ever being flooded. The area has grown and some of these places did not have buildings and parks on them 50 years ago. I am getting old enough to remember things like floods *before* Otsiningo Park existed. The area in Vestal where all the stores are now -- there was nothing there. When I moved here the only store I shopped at was Montgomery Wards, the anchor store to the future mall. That was in 1975.
Here is what is disturbing:
From the Oneonta Press:
Homeowner policies don’t cover flood losses unless the person has bought flood insurance, said LaDonna Lilley, office manager for the Gordon B. Roberts Agency in Oneonta.
"They’ll send a letter saying your policy does not include the peril of flood," Lilley said Thursday.
We will are becoming the little new orleans of the North -- help from FEMA is being promised. Let's hope FEMA can offer more assistance than in the past.
Here is what is disturbing:
From the Oneonta Press:
Homeowner policies don’t cover flood losses unless the person has bought flood insurance, said LaDonna Lilley, office manager for the Gordon B. Roberts Agency in Oneonta.
"They’ll send a letter saying your policy does not include the peril of flood," Lilley said Thursday.
We will are becoming the little new orleans of the North -- help from FEMA is being promised. Let's hope FEMA can offer more assistance than in the past.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
long quote from eliot spitzer
I like Eliot Spitzer as an attorney general. I saw him speak about 3 years about at Binghamton University -- he was articulate, interesting and provocative. So what is up with his campaign for governor? Is he becoming another Al Gore? (the Al Gore that ran for president -- not the reinvented Al Gore who is outspoken and articulate once more.
Here is a quote for one of Eliot's answers to a question. Does the question really matter? Certainly, the answer does not!
“There are decisions that you make about policy shifts that do not and should not be announced immediately because it will have an impact upon the ability to effectuate policy shifts that you need.
There is a degree to which you decide in a strategic sense where you want to end up, how you’re going to get there, when you articulate with greater precision or lesser precision precisely what the policy should be…
There has been, throughout my campaign, no shortage of specificity across the board on the range of issues that we need to deal with, and there will be no lack of specificity at the right moment on every one of these issues.”
Is he tongue tied?
See http://blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=1542 for more commentary from the Times Union Blog
Here is a quote for one of Eliot's answers to a question. Does the question really matter? Certainly, the answer does not!
“There are decisions that you make about policy shifts that do not and should not be announced immediately because it will have an impact upon the ability to effectuate policy shifts that you need.
There is a degree to which you decide in a strategic sense where you want to end up, how you’re going to get there, when you articulate with greater precision or lesser precision precisely what the policy should be…
There has been, throughout my campaign, no shortage of specificity across the board on the range of issues that we need to deal with, and there will be no lack of specificity at the right moment on every one of these issues.”
Is he tongue tied?
See http://blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=1542 for more commentary from the Times Union Blog
Monday, June 26, 2006
more NYRI news
Two news items for today about NYRI
The state legislature passed a bill to stop NYRI from using eminent domain to take property along the path of the powerline. They will have to negotiate with each property owner as a result, which will be cumbersome.
The Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter passed a resolution against NYRI. See the article in their paper for the reasons why they are opposed www.atlantic.sierraclub.org
The state legislature passed a bill to stop NYRI from using eminent domain to take property along the path of the powerline. They will have to negotiate with each property owner as a result, which will be cumbersome.
The Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter passed a resolution against NYRI. See the article in their paper for the reasons why they are opposed www.atlantic.sierraclub.org
Saturday, June 24, 2006
NYRI powerlines
There is alot to say about this topic. I am just starting this here. We have a community mailing list that is viewable -- http://groups.google.com/StopNYRI. You are welcome to sign up. I think mailing lists might work better than blogging in some cases. I am willing to try both.
There is a big grassroots movement going on in Central NY -- to fight the powerlines proposes by NYRI. See the website www.nyri.us for the company propaganda. For those unfamiliar, you can read the press-sun bulletin archives on NYRI or just search the web using google.com using NYRI as the keyword. The www.udpc.net site is a good place to start researching the topic. There is too much to learn about for me to tell you here -- it is very well documented on web site for news and blogs, from Utica, NY to Orange County, NY. The powerlines would travel 200 miles along this route.
Unfortunately, little news has appeared outside the upstate area. A couple of Associated Press stories have appeared and have found space in some newspapers out of town, including Newsday on Long Island. Nothing yet in the NY Times.
Many people are upset about the lopsided coverage in the state and where that will leave our area in the opposition of the powerlines. See a very influential blogger in upstate NY -- NYCO http://www.silent-edge.org/wp . I will be pretty formatting some links very soon.
There is a big grassroots movement going on in Central NY -- to fight the powerlines proposes by NYRI. See the website www.nyri.us for the company propaganda. For those unfamiliar, you can read the press-sun bulletin archives on NYRI or just search the web using google.com using NYRI as the keyword. The www.udpc.net site is a good place to start researching the topic. There is too much to learn about for me to tell you here -- it is very well documented on web site for news and blogs, from Utica, NY to Orange County, NY. The powerlines would travel 200 miles along this route.
Unfortunately, little news has appeared outside the upstate area. A couple of Associated Press stories have appeared and have found space in some newspapers out of town, including Newsday on Long Island. Nothing yet in the NY Times.
Many people are upset about the lopsided coverage in the state and where that will leave our area in the opposition of the powerlines. See a very influential blogger in upstate NY -- NYCO http://www.silent-edge.org/wp . I will be pretty formatting some links very soon.
new blog
Hello binghamton area.
I have become more interested in blogging and communicating with the community as a direct result of the NYRI powerline proposal though our area. I already have an old out of date web page, currently at http://havefun.cit.cornell.edu. I have some links there that I will be using on this site -- once I figure out how to do some pretty formatting. Pardon me, if I have started this blog before reading all the help pages etc.... I am in the computer field myself and break the rule about reading documentation first. I tend to jump in and then do the reading. Until I pretty it up, please bear with me.
Mary Cronk
Binghamton (town of chenango, really)
I have become more interested in blogging and communicating with the community as a direct result of the NYRI powerline proposal though our area. I already have an old out of date web page, currently at http://havefun.cit.cornell.edu. I have some links there that I will be using on this site -- once I figure out how to do some pretty formatting. Pardon me, if I have started this blog before reading all the help pages etc.... I am in the computer field myself and break the rule about reading documentation first. I tend to jump in and then do the reading. Until I pretty it up, please bear with me.
Mary Cronk
Binghamton (town of chenango, really)
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