Post by Wrennie on Mar 6, 2015 13:03:22 GMT -6
SO i've been using vacation time, & sick time for some of the days. Other days we get sent down to Kingston to work at alternative branches. Now my 5 minute commute to work takes 45 minutes. I'm not near home to keep the wood stove going so I have to leave electric oil filled heaters that barely keep the house over 40* when its cold like this.I'm easily using up 25% or more of my paycheck to fill the gas tank & pay electric. Hopefully I'll be able to dodge the frozen pipe demon. Kennes house (my backup if I need a shower) has frozen pipes. First time in 15 years he's been there. No shower, no laundry there.
Someone make this cold GO AWAY!
www.watershedpost.com/2015/key-bank-phoenicia-gutted-fire {link to article & piccy}
The Key Bank building at 53 Main Street in Phoenicia was destroyed by fire on Monday night, Feb. 16, despite the efforts of about 100 local firefighters who showed up to battle the blaze.
Several local residents called 911 to report the fire around 9:33 p.m., said Phoenicia Fire Chief Gary Carr. The fire was brought under control quickly, and there were no injuries.
Firefighters from Phoenicia, Pine Hill, Big Indian, Fleischmanns, Olive, West Hurley and Woodstock companies responded to the fire, along with the Shandaken Ambulance Service and a Mobile Life support team.
For Carr and his crew, this was the second large fire in the past week. On Friday, Feb. 13, the company responded to a structure fire on West Street.
On the scene, Carr said that the building appeared to be a total loss, but the next day, Tuesday, Feb. 17, he said that the damage was not as bad as it had appeared in the dark.
"After looking at it again this morning, structurally, to me, it looks fine," he said. "There’s a few rafters that are burnt, and some of the ceiling joists, but it’s definitely buildable."
The contents of the building were destroyed, but the safe, in which the bank's deposits were stored, appeared to be intact, Carr said.
"There was no compromise of the safe at all," Carr said.
Multiple officials at Key Bank did not immediately return calls for comment, but the town of Shandaken posted a message on its Facebook page saying its clerk, Joyce Grant, had received an official statement from the bank:
Someone make this cold GO AWAY!
www.watershedpost.com/2015/key-bank-phoenicia-gutted-fire {link to article & piccy}
The Key Bank building at 53 Main Street in Phoenicia was destroyed by fire on Monday night, Feb. 16, despite the efforts of about 100 local firefighters who showed up to battle the blaze.
Several local residents called 911 to report the fire around 9:33 p.m., said Phoenicia Fire Chief Gary Carr. The fire was brought under control quickly, and there were no injuries.
Firefighters from Phoenicia, Pine Hill, Big Indian, Fleischmanns, Olive, West Hurley and Woodstock companies responded to the fire, along with the Shandaken Ambulance Service and a Mobile Life support team.
For Carr and his crew, this was the second large fire in the past week. On Friday, Feb. 13, the company responded to a structure fire on West Street.
On the scene, Carr said that the building appeared to be a total loss, but the next day, Tuesday, Feb. 17, he said that the damage was not as bad as it had appeared in the dark.
"After looking at it again this morning, structurally, to me, it looks fine," he said. "There’s a few rafters that are burnt, and some of the ceiling joists, but it’s definitely buildable."
The contents of the building were destroyed, but the safe, in which the bank's deposits were stored, appeared to be intact, Carr said.
"There was no compromise of the safe at all," Carr said.
Multiple officials at Key Bank did not immediately return calls for comment, but the town of Shandaken posted a message on its Facebook page saying its clerk, Joyce Grant, had received an official statement from the bank:
The poor woman is suffering here! 
on each other...
