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Good Morning Early Birds,

Nothing for you yet. But here we are Day Three post Irene. OLD NEWS: NO WATER in Woodstock Village. NEW NEWS: NO WATER in WEST WOODSTOCK.  Power in the Village and an Early Bird on Church Hill reports power restored there last night.

The plan for the day is “digging down” as the cliche goes into the ongoing NO WATER situation.

 For information on water distribution and other ways to help out (or get help), we’ll direct you to the new Facebook page created by Woodstock volunteers who are being organized by Rep. Alison Clarkson. It’s called ” Woodstock VT Flood Response”  

Volunteers  were out distributing a door-to-door sheet last night with emergency contact information put together by the Ottauquechee Community Partnership, The Woodstock Chamber of Commerce and representatives of Sustainable Woodstock.  It gives information on how to get food, water, clothing  and other supplies if you need them. Basically, call 802-457-2337 if you need help or assistance (and it’s not an emergency — for that call 911).

We understand there is a volunteer effort today (finally, since some Early Birders who  live there have written they need help) to head down to Riverside Park and see if assistance can be given to set things right (or righter).  Again, the Facebook page has info or you can call one of the numbers listed on the emergency sheet that Villagers were given.

More water available and for distribution today.

Now back to the plan of action here at Early Bird Central:

We will be asking if this is going to be a long-haul situation, how can the state (or the military??!) assist us. For those of you not familiar with Ye Olde (our words)  Woodstock Aqueduct pipe system, it’s old. Really, really antiquated. A Woodstock Early Bird wrote to explain it is a patched together system of pipes going back, yikes….I’ll get you the date (Jack Anderson — need a lifeline here?) later. In any case, we’re told  there are or were one or two people who knew the whole system who are no longer with us.

That’s it for now…WEB