Fonda Flood
The attached picture shows The Mohawk between Fonda and Fultonville NY, Monday morning. Fonda Speedway was the original Darlington style track; still good racing there but in the 1960's it was the home track of Bill Wimble and Ernie Gahan, NASCAR modified champions. House at the bottom of the frame was the home of Harvey Donaldson, famous rifleman and founder of NBRSA. Harvey and my father cast silk lines on the lawn. Harvey taught me to mount his GH, throwing apples on that lawn. It was Harvey's LC 16 that I wrote the DGJ article about.
I grew up just outside the lower left corner. My daughter Carolyn lives there now. She lost her furnace, water heater and possibly her freezer, although water has risen further in her cellar two previous times in the 10 years she has lived there. My son Austin L lives about a mile away across the river in Fonda in his grandfather's house. His street flooded but water didn't rise above the curb. He is the science teacher at the school on the hill in the background.
Here in Piermont, we got 4 inches of rain and wind less than gale force; not even any dead limbs down. Power was off about 12 hours apparently due to distant cut off.
Best, Austin
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