We asked for pictures of the Winter Storm and received this right away. Send your pictures to editor@senecadaily.com.
photo by Alice Covert
Photo by Tammy Westfall
photo by Jennifer Christensen
photo by Cassandra Harrington
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We Have Pictures!
We asked for pictures of the Winter Storm and received this right away. Send your pictures to editor@senecadaily.com.
photo by Alice Covert
Photo by Tammy Westfall
photo by Jennifer Christensen
photo by Cassandra Harrington
photo by Stacee Magee
Photo by Cassandra Harrington
Early Closings
South Seneca Schools: All after school and evening activities are cancelled for this afternoon.
Trumansburg schools will be dismissed early at 12:30 PM. No after school activities.
Southern Cayuga Junior/Senior High will dismiss at 11am Elementary School will dismiss at noon. No all after school and evening’s activities
Geneva Boys and [...]
On the Edge of the Blizzard
Computer models say Seneca County will again be spared the most significant snow accumulations and blizzard conditions hitting the Northeast. But that doesn’t mean we won’t see as much as a foot of snow before Saturday morning, although most reports say it will be closer to 4-8 inches.
Cities like Hartford CT and Boston MA are bra [...]
Roof Blown off Barn in Lodi
In the Seneca County town of Lodi, the National Weather Service reported a 40 foot by 200 foot roof was blown off a barn at Keady Road on Saturday. There are also several reports of trees on houses in that area.
No other information was available.
Stormy Start to Weekend Predicted
The National Weather Service has issued a weather alert for Seneca County for potential thunderstorms with possibly damaging winds and large hail. The alert spans several days and is due to a massive slow-moving cold front entering the area. The report says that any thunderstorms generated would be isolated, so there are no immediate warnings [...]
New York Farmers Facing Crop Shortage...
FINGER LAKES — While the mid-west is suffering through extreme drought conditions, New York has experienced high temperatures and little rain, which has farmers reporting crop shortages between 20 and 50 percent.
Even with the recent showers, the Finger Lakes’ condition is still considered a moderate drought. According to droughtm [...]
Dramatic Skies Bring Some Relief
Matt DeJohn snapped this on Saturday at Silver Creek Golf Course in Waterloo.
The Seneca County area got some relief yesterday with some areas experiencing some steady rainfall. It was not enough to make a big difference for thirsty crops, but did provide relief from searing temperatures.
The clashing weather fronts painted a dramatic pictur [...]
Disaster Funds Will be Available for ...
Apple grower displays a frost-damaged apple blossom
The Disaster Declarations for the Wayne-Finger Lakes Region issued by the United States Department of Agriculture includes Seneca County. The declaration covers areas impacted by recent unseasonable temperature extremes.
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Under the disaster declarations, farmers in the affec [...]
Senators want Disaster Declaration fo...
Tom Szulist, co-owner of Singer Farms Naturals, looks over an apricot tree in full bloom on the farm in Appleton, N.Y. Photo from Morningagclips.com
A group of state senators, including Mike Nozzolio of Fayette, has written to Gov. Andrew Cuomo asking him to petition the federal government for disaster declarations for the Finger Lakes and Wa [...]
It’s been a ‘terrifying&#...
Farmer David Tower of Tower Farms checks the blooms on an apricot tree in his Youngstown-Wilson Road orchard in Niagara County.
The last time farmers in Western New York were hit by such a dismal spring for growing was back in 1945 and local experts believe the bad news concerning fruit crops will only continue to get worse.
“For a lot [...]
April Storm Damage
April Storm Damage. Photo by Carrie Smalser
The late April snow storm caused a lot of damage to power lines, trees and shrubs in the southern Finger Lakes and Southern Tier on Tuesday. This property on Chapman Street in Ovid sustained heavy tree damage when large limbs fell in the driveway, in the yard and on the home’s roof.
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Change of Seasons
We confess that the idea for this photo-poster was stolen from a similar poster done with reference to Rochester. But we have all seen it happen. Maybe not quite this drastically, but wasn’t it almost 60 degrees a couple of weeks ago?
We also confess that the church in the poster is West Fayette Presbyterian Church, where the founder o [...]
UPDATE Area Under Flood Watch Increas...
The Weather Service announced a flash flood warning for all of Seneca County among other areas through 10pm tomorrow evening. Heavy rains in the area bring a strong risk of flooding in low lying areas.
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Hurricane Irene Delays Seneca Daily
Although yesterday was a beautiful day to ride across New York State, the flooding that closed the NY State Thruway also effectively shuttered Seneca Daily News. We were among the thousands of folks who crawled through the center section of the state when parts of both 5 and the Thruway were closed due to flooding and downed trees. A normally [...]
Take Heat Advisory Seriously
With the current heat wave, and with tomorrow being an exceptional scorcher, the NY Department of Emergency is urging folks to take serious precautions. Heat is the number one weather-related cause of death in the United States, claiming more lives each year than floods, lightning,
tornadoes and hurricanes combined.
Particularly at risk are i [...]
