first off, thanks to the feed provider for getting Schoharie Co back up & running.
after I posted this thread, I programmed in the VHF fire & law channels to my house scanner and, albeit very weak and scratchy, the law channel came in! but with the weather it comes and goes.
The state Fire and EMS are at the fair grounds. WOW what a cluster. Leave at that. National Guard was at the Cobleskill fire house but r now at the fair grounds.
cluster!? heh!!! our water rescue team was embedded with a national guard unit the Monday morning after the flooding to go to North Blenheim to rescue some stranded residents there. apparently the national guard actually sent two units there. the other guard unit got there two hours ahead of us and completed the rescues. never told our guard unit the job was done and we rolled into town just to get turned around about a half hour later. but the best part was that the guard unit we were with, staged at Cobleskill FD, couldn't move a muscle without their commander, who at the time was with the Guv giving a briefing. after the commander arrived a hour and half later, the convoy set out for... the Hess station because the guard needed gas and coffee! not that they couldn't have gassed up while waiting for the commander!!! no wonder that other unit got there before we did.
yeah, better leave the State Fire guys out of this one for now because the next word after cluster begins with the letter F for those fellas.
by the way... does anyone know where the mutual aid companies are staying at? I hope it isn't that abandoned building the county owns on back taxes on the road just down from Cobleskill DOT heading on the way past the fairgrounds. one of the Cobleskill FD members told us he used to work there and head it had black mold in it. makes me glad I slept in our trailer!