Esopus Creek, 9/19/12, after strong cold front

Yesterday, I spent late afternoon and night during storm on Rondout in Kingston, best trib during potential flood events. This morning I ran back up to get a water sample on tidal Esopus Creek because our community partners sampled up the watershed yesterday, before the rain surge, and I hope to get an interesting little story from this.

At the mouth of the Creek there were great turbid swirls being torn off by a strong ebb in the River. Inside, thecreek was very turbid – shades of DEP releases and “Irene.” I talked to Patrick at the Lighthouse and he says DEP is not releasing water. I called a friend at Catskill Creek, 10 miles farther north, and they report same turbid conditions.