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Irene: Picking up the pieces
With the wind and rain of Hurricane Irene long gone and flood waters finally beginning to recede, businesses and residents have begun the task of cleaning up and trying to get life back to normal as much as possible. Posted on August 31, 2011.
The flood level can be seen on white shirts still hanging inside The Conglomerate store on Main Street in Middleburgh on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
Residents and business owners help with clean-up efforts along Main St. on Tuesday afternoon.
Brother and sister, Robert and Tricia Wayman, of Wayman's Furniture Store, talk about their experience's during the hurricane that left their family's business in ruins along Main St. on Tuesday afternoon.
Residents clear mud from inside Wayman's Furniture along Main St. on Tuesday afternoon.
The devastation from Hurricane Irene of West Middleburgh Rd. off route 30 south on Tuesday afternoon.
Residents and business owners help with clean-up efforts along Main St. on Tuesday afternoon.
One of few homes that remain on Priddle Road in the town of Esperance
on Tuesday.
A family rummages through the remains of their garage along West Middleburgh Rd. off route 30 south on Tuesday afternoon.
The devastation from Hurricane Irene along West Middleburgh Road off Route 30 is shown in August 2011.
Tammy Armlin kisses her 8-year-old daughter Jalynn on Main Street in Middleburgh on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region. Many members of the community were out helping businesses and residences clean out.
Trucks and equipment in the middle of a flooded crop field just outside Middleburgh on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
Flood damaged beer bottles outside a Mobil gas station on Main Street in Middleburgh on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
Army National Guard troops transfer items on Main Street in Middleburgh on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
Jimmy Lockwood, right, and Joe Piscatella, left, help clean up Middle Village Pasta and Grille on Main Street in Middleburgh on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
A map of the Schoharie Creek at the Middleburgh Fire Department, where regional fire, Army National Guard, and FEMA were operating command out of in Middleburgh on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
A flood damaged storefront on Main Street in Middleburgh on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
Ruined furniture lines the street outside Wayman's Furniture Store on Main Street in Middleburgh on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
Army National Guard trucks entering Main Street in Middleburgh on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region
A welcome sign in ruins on Main Street in Middleburgh on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
Tom Parsons standing in his cornfield on Drebitko Road in Gallupville on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region flattened much of his crops.
Tom Parsons standing in his cornfield on Drebitko Road in Gallupville on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region flattened much of his crops.
A Schoharie firefighter, who didn't wish to be identified, distributing information to Gail Breen, a resident cleaning out her house on Main Street in Schoharie on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
A Stewart's Shop flooded on Main Street in Schoharie on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
Officer Steve Humphy, of the Schoharie Sheriff's Department, directing traffic on Main Street in Schoharie on Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Roger Schrom Sr., a lifelong resident of Schoharie County, looks at a plot of his land in Gallupville that once had a horse stable, chicken coops, plows, and farm machinery, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Schrom's family was cleaning up on Tuesday after flooding whiped away much of his property and knocked his house off its foundation. Schrom estimates the damage and missing structures and equipment are worth more than $40,000.
A woman washing her hands in dirty flood water on Main Street in Schoharie on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region
Utility vehicles driving down Main Street in Schoharie on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
Residents removing debris from their homes on Fair Street in Schoharie on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
A sign posted on a house on Main Street in Schoharie on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
Jim Bryant removing a television from his home on Fair Street in Schoharie on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
Residents throwing away ruined items from their house on Fair Street in Schoharie on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
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A notice on Gerald Haverly's home on Fair Street in Schoharie, where he has lived for 48 years, labeled "DO NOT ENTER" on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
An evacuation notice posted on a doorknob of a house on Main Street in Schoharie on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 after devestating flooding in the region.
Clean up work continues throughout the region in the wake of Hurricane Irene. Here, National Grid crews work to restore electrical power in Ballston Spa early Tuesday evening.
Oil containers damaged at Ottman & Enders, Inc. in Schoharie on Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
An 18-wheeler lies on its side in the Mohawk Rover near lock 11 in Fort Hunter Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
Jim Duggan of 18 North Street, uses a squeegee to remove water and mud from the dining rooom of his home Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A damaged road off Route 146 near Knox on Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
A state police helicopter flies over the top of the Dave and Kathie McKeon Home in Rotterdam Junction Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
The home of Dave and Kathie McKeon in Rotterdam Junction is reflected in flood water Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
A Department of Transportation Worker, brushes the surface of Route 5S in Rotterdam Junction, after flood waters left mud in it's path that has since dried into a fine dust Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
CSX workers repair the railway bed off Route 5 after flood waters heavily damaged Lock 10 and took the foundation out of one of the rail beds Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
CSX workers repair the railway bed off Route 5 after flood waters heavily damaged Lock 10 and took the foundation out of one of the rail beds Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
827th Engineer Company,204th Engineer Battalion clean up along West Middleburgh Rd. off route 30 south on Tuesday afternoon.
Cindy Rivera of 336 Main Street in Fort Hunter, sorts through her belongings that were destroyed when flood water washed through the first floor of her home Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
Sign along Route 30 in Schoharie at the entrance to the Stone Fort Museum on Wednesday
Cars are submerged on Lock Street in Rotterdam Junction on Aug. 31, 2011, a
day after flood waters receded after Tropical Storm Irene roared through the area.
