A State of Emergency was declared at 8 p.m. in Shandaken Tuesday, September 18, as an estimated seven inches of rain fell on the region. County road crews were working the next day to restore sections of road in Oliverea, while Phoenicia water commissioner Rick Ricciardella said about six feet of bank had been wiped away by the Esopus Creek near High Street, endangering a component of the Phoenicia water system.