It’s been 39 years since upstate NY had damage from a Hurricane. It was 1972 Hurricane Agnes. Now although uncertain Hurricane Irene is headed our way. It’s to early to tell as it could turn and miss us completely but with hurricanes it’s hard to predict. Hopefully it will be nothing like 1972 but time will tell. In the meantime I’m digging out the rain coat.
Read about the flood of 1972 in our area here.
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Wow...lots of snow
Well we got blasted last night with our biggest storm of the season so far. What started out as a heavy rain in the morning developed into a full blown old fashioned NY snowstorm that ended up dumping over 20 Inches of snow across our area in Upstate NY. This is what my friend Jeff was greeted to when he opened his garage door! He lives up on a hill and boy does it drift. I bet no sooner he got it plowed it drifted in again! For those of you in warmer weather we envy you today!
Brian
Hanks Clothing
View From The Stand
Shortly before deer hunting season last year I was in the market for some new waterproof and warm hunting boots. I started asking friends and co workers what they would recommend, some said go the cheap route and others suggested I should go all out and get the most expensive boots around.
There was one response that stuck in my head. One of my coworkers said to me don’t try on any Muck Boots unless you are willing to purchase them. Then he said if you are going to try them on make sure you try on [Read more →]
Adirondack woodsmen school is a two week college credit summer course offered by Paul Smith’s college. Carhartt helped out by donating some work clothes. Read the whole article here and after the jump if the link is broken. [Read more →]
