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Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Yahoo
14 gorgeous NY waterfalls to explore this summer: See the list
New York's weather is finally getting warmer and with the amount of rain the state has accumulated in recent weeks, it may be the perfect time for a waterfall hike. While Niagara Falls might be what first comes to mind, there are several other smaller and possibly less known wonders scattered throughout the state that are worth a day trip. Here's a list of 14 places to check out throughout the state. Located in Castile, the Wyoming County park is home to three major waterfalls sourced from the Genesee River. Known as the "Grand Canyon of the East," visitors have 66 miles of hiking trails to choose from as well as an Autism Nature Trail, which is an accessible mile-long trail with eight sensory stations that provide a safe and inclusive area for individuals with autism or other related disabilities. Glacial sculpting of over 400 million-year-old bedrock has created a 167-foot waterfall inside this Central New York park. Located in Cazenovia, you can view the falls from the top, traverse a winding trail into the gorge and view the falls from a footbridge and then return to the top by way of a small trail on the opposite side of the gorge. Columbia County's highest waterfall — cascading 150 feet — flows northeast through the Hudson Valley until reaching the Hudson River. The one-mile accompanying trail along Agawamuck Creek in Chatham connects you to an overlook of the falls from a parking area. Over the course of two miles, the stream descends 400 feet, generating 19 waterfalls along the way. The main gorge trail includes over 800 stone steps and a number of small trails branching off to several additional outdoor activities. Experience our top picks What are the most stunning views in New York? Just northwest of Ithaca in Trumansburg, Taughannock Falls plunges 215 feet — three stories higher than Niagara Falls — and carves a 400-foot gorge through layers of sandstone, shale and limestone. You can view the falls from above and below at the end of the gorge trail, which is almost a mile long and runs alongside Taughannock Creek. Two other trails — the North Rim Trail and South Rim Trail — are around a mile and a half to two miles, respectively. In Ulster County, the Minnewaska State Park Preserve is home to many waterfalls, including Awosting Falls in the northern part of the park, along with 50 miles of footpaths to bike, walk and hike. Kaaterskill Falls, located in the Great Northern Catskills in Greene County, drops in two tiers over 260 feet and includes a 1.4 mile round-trip hike. The waterfall has also been featured in several artistic pieces, including a Thomas Cole painting, Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle, Asher Durand's Kindred Spirits and a romantic verse written by William Cullen Bryant. Buttermilk Falls, located southwest of Ithaca, gets its name from the foaming cascade formed by Buttermilk Creek as it flows toward Cayuga Lake. The upper park features a small lake, hiking trails through woodlands and along the gorge and rim, while the lower park has campgrounds, a natural pool and nearby wetland area with a nature trail, Larch Meadows. The Eternal Flame Falls Trail near Orchard Park leads hikers 1.2 miles out and back to a 35-foot waterfall and an extra surprise. The Eternal Flame tucked within the falls is a small natural gas spring that can be lit to create a flickering flame. Located in Oswego County, 110-foot Salmon River Falls features several trails, including a 600-foot Gorge Trail that leads from the Falls Trail to the bottom of the gorge. The one-mile long Upper Falls Trail takes you from the Falls Trail to Dam Road along the north side of the river. And the River Bed Trail starts at the end of the Falls Trail and leads you to the riverbed upstream of the falls. Salmon River Falls also has an accessible, 0.2 mile one way trail with a gentle grade, wide tread and firm compacted stone surface. Ontario County's newest addition to their park system lies in Naples and is known for its waterfalls. Grimes Glen Park is also known for being the source of the oldest fossilized tree in New York. Mine Kill Falls in Schoharie County cascades 80 feet and features overlook viewing platforms and the Long Path hiking trail, which brings you to the lower falls. Fifty-foot Tinker Falls is located within the Labrador Hollow nature preserve in Cortland County and includes a short, accessible trail which follows along Tinker Falls Creek on the right. The accessible part of the trail ends 0.25 miles in with a partial view of the falls but the trail continues to the top of the falls and branches off into varying trail options. Winding trails take you past 12 waterfalls throughout the Ithaca-area park, including 115-foot Lucifer Falls. Other amenities include nine miles of hiking trails and a swimmable stream-fed pool located beneath the waterfall. Emily Barnes on consumer-related issues for the USA TODAY Network's New York Connect Team, focusing on scam and recall-related topics. Follow her on X and Instagram @byemilybarnes. Get in touch at ebarnes@ This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Waterfalls to explore in NY this summer: See the list
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Heat advisory issued for much of upstate NY: See how hot it will get
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a for Sunday, July 6, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., affecting much of Western and Central New York. are expected to reach the upper 90s to around 100 degrees, increasing the risk of heat-related illnesses. Western NY: Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego, Genesee, Livingston, and Ontario Counties Central NY: Onondaga, Seneca, and Southern Cayuga Counties What experts advise: What's the best temperature to set your AC to this summer? Stay hydrated and remain in air-conditioned spaces. Avoid strenuous activity during peak heat. Reschedule to early morning or evening if possible. Wear light, loose-fitting clothing. Never leave children or pets in vehicles, even briefly. Check on elderly relatives and neighbors. Know signs of heat exhaustion (dizziness, nausea, excessive sweating) and heat stroke (confusion, fainting, no sweating) — seek immediate medical help if symptoms appear. Outdoor workers are urged to take frequent breaks in shaded or cool areas, per OSHA recommendations. This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Heat advisory issued for much of upstate NY: See how hot it will get
New York Times
22-06-2025
- Climate
- New York Times
3 Dead in Central New York After Powerful Storm Lashes the Area
Three people, including two children, in Central New York died on Sunday after severe storms lashed the region with heavy rains and powerful winds that washed out roadways, toppled trees and damaged homes, the authorities said. The deaths were the result of two separate cases of falling trees in the Town of Kirkland in Oneida County, according to its sheriff, Robert M. Maciol. Deputies responded to a report of a tree that had fallen on a home in the town, which is about 15 miles south of Rome, N.Y. Inside the house, investigators found a woman, Shelly Johnson, 50, who was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff said in a statement. The authorities were called to another tree that had fallen on a home that was occupied by a woman and her two children. 'It was reported by the caller that the roof collapsed onto her, causing her to become temporarily entrapped and she was unable to locate her two daughters,' the statement said. Investigators found the daughters, Emily Bisson and Kenni Bisson, both 6 years old, inside the home. They were pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff said. He attributed all three deaths to the severe storm. Bryan Greenblatt, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Binghamton, N.Y., said that wind gusts of 58 miles per hour were reported in the wee hours of Sunday at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, and of 62 m.p.h. in the Town of Westmoreland, also in Oneida County. The storm brought as much as 3.35 inches of rain to parts of Oneida County and 3.4 inches of rain to parts of Chenango County to the south, according to the Weather Service. The rainfall was so intense that, for more than six hours, Chenango County was under a flash flood emergency, a rare alert for extremely dangerous, life-threatening conditions. Fire departments in Chenango County responded to water rescue calls throughout the central portion of the county, its Office of Emergency Services said on Facebook. Chenango County remained under a state of emergency as of 3 p.m. on Sunday, the office said. The heavy rains extensively damaged roads and bridges throughout the county, and drivers may encounter washouts or debris on the roads, the office said. In Oneida County, more than 30,000 customers were left without power in the aftermath of the storm, County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. said in a statement. 'We are doing everything we can to respond quickly and safely to the damage left by these storms,' he said.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Colorado official visit gives OL Xavier Payne flip option 'to think about'
The official visit slate has been a busy one for Xavier Payne this month. The Central New York native, now prepping at Miami (Fla.) Edison High School, took a midweek official visit to Colorado most recently and Coach Prime's program made a strong impression on the longtime Florida State Seminoles verbal commitment. Advertisement "It was great," Payne told Rivals. "The best part was being to sit down with the offensive line coaches and truly building that connection while getting to see their plan for me and how I fit into the program. "As I was sitting in the room it really hit me how much NFL experience is on the staff. So not only do they know how to get there because they did it, but also because they have sent so many in their years of coaching." It was the big blocker's first time in Boulder. "The main coaches with me were the entire offensive line group and mainly coach Gunnar (White)," Payne said. "The place has definitely given me some things to think about. Advertisement "I meshed really well there. Don't count them out of my recruitment." CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2027 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State Payne even got to match wits with one of the most notable Buff players at the position in Jordan Seaton. The former five-star ran into the top recruit and something clicked. "Me and Seaton actually got on the board for a little and compared my high school plays and showed me how they would run it," he said. "We both love the game deeply and love talking football. Like him sitting with me wasn't because of the coaches, he had just popped up in the offensive line room to hang a poster up and we just hit it off." Advertisement The Freshman All-American's time with the freshman-to-be emphasized how CU could potentially utilize the versatile blocker should he choose the program. "They visualize me as a tackle and told me exactly what I have to fix to become a great tackle rather than interior," he said. "They also showed me to the drills on exactly how those issues would be fixed before college." Payne, who has also taken an official visit to Syracuse and plans to return to Florida State this weekend, says the December pledge to the Seminoles remains a strong one. "This weekend will reveal a lot," he said. "After FSU I'm done. And where I'm at is where I'm at. My recruitment will be shut down by the end of this month or early next month."
Daily Mail
29-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Software engineer who lost his six-figure job to AI opens up about being rejected from 800 roles
A seasoned software engineer - once earning a comfortable six-figure salary - is now living in an RV, driving for DoorDash and battling financial insecurity. At 42, Shawn K - whose full legal last name is just one letter - finds himself among the early wave of knowledge workers dealing with the economic fallout of AI advancements, a trend he believes is 'coming for basically everyone in due time.' In a personal essay on his Substack, Shawn painted a picture of his current reality. 'As I climb into my little twin sized bed in my small RV trailer on a patch of undeveloped deep rural land in the Central New York highlands, exhausted from my six hours of DoorDash driving to make less than $200 that day, I check my emails one last time for the night: no responses from the 745th through 756th job applications that I put in over the last week for engineering roles I'm qualified or over-qualified for,' he wrote. He closed in on the 800 application mark in over a year of being an unemployed software engineer. Despite owning three properties – a fixer-upper in upstate New York and two cabins on rural land – his financial situation has only worsened since being laid off from his engineering job, which paid around $150,000 annually. He has since told that he had moved to New York to care for his family and grow long-term equity with real estate, an opportunity he said didn't exist on the West Coast for more than 15 years. Shawn attributes his sudden unemployment and job search issues to AI. 'Something has shifted in society in the last 2.5 years,' he wrote in his Substack, describing how AI caused him and many talented developers at his previous company to be laid off despite the company's strong performance. He said in his Substack that getting his resume seen has become a 'sisyphusian task' - in reference to a task requiring continual and often ineffective effort - and the technical interview process a 'PTSD-inducing minefield.' Shawn explained that companies are doing what they know best: practicing capitalism. 'The economics are very simple: if you can produce the same product and same results while drastically cutting your expenses, what business wouldn't do that? In fact you would have to be crazy not to,' he wrote. 'We have reached a time where human labor is no longer a necessary input to generate economic value, which is a drastic departure from everything that has come in history before.' Shawn estimates he has interviewed with about 10 companies in the last year, often getting through multiple rounds but never receiving an offer. He wrote in his Substack that he suspects his resume is 'filtered out of consideration by some half-baked AI candidate finder service because my resume doesn't mention enough hyper-specific bleeding-edge AI terms.' If he makes it past the bots, he explained that he is then competing with 'the other 1,000 applicants (bots, foreign nationals, and other displaced-by-AI tech workers) who have applied within the first two hours of a job posting going live.' He said in his Substack that he is often more skilled than those who interview him for roles, and that he believes his age plays a factor in his inability to secure a job. Shawn also explained that he has gradually been lowering his job expectations. Initially targeting engineering manager roles, he then applied for positions at his previous level, then at lower pay, and eventually, 'anything and everything I was capable of,' including a Wordpress theme developer role offering less than half his worth. He even researched expensive engineering manager certificate programs, but lacked the investment money needed - this was also true for roles like crane or equipment operator, drone surveyor pilot, or CDL driving. Eventually, he decided to consider an entirely new career and is now attempting to start a pressure washing business. In the meantime, he rents out his city house but explained in his Substack that it doesn't make any profit, which is the same fate for a cabin he rents out on Airbnb. He also is a DoorDash driver - something he described as destroying his body and his mind. He recounted his struggles with the New York State unemployment system, which he described as 'one of the most ineffective, counterproductive, unhelpful, wasteful, hopelessly bureaucratic toxic messes.' Now living in an RV, Shawn told that the hardest part of this lifestyle shift is 'knowing I have the skills and capabilities of building software that can generate millions of dollars... yet I don't have the cash runway to focus for a few months on building a product like that and bringing it to market.' He emphasized, 'The mortgages still need to get paid. The pressure is extremely real to get money for the very real and immediate needs.' Despite the immense pressure, Shawn strives to maintain a positive outlook. 'It's mainly survival instinct. I don't have much of a choice,' he told explaining that the alternative is losing his houses and moving into his car. 'I've actually been through harder times than this,' he said. 'I went from being homeless in my car in Oakland California to owning three houses in four years.' He explained that he practices yoga, exercises often, spends time in nature, talks to his friends, and tries to lean into positive thinking. Forcing himself into a positive hopeful mindset is usually his primary task of the day. 'Some days I lose that battle,' he said. Shawn believes his story is not unique but rather something that will eventually happen to a lot of people. He wrote in his Substack that while people think AI job replacement is in some faraway future, it's actually happening in the now. The solution? He believes businesses should hire more technical people, abandon pre-AI playbooks, and reinvent themselves as AI-first businesses. He believes AI should be leveraged to 'invent new science, crack the challenge of clean renewable energy, solve cancer, etc.' 'AI replacing jobs is only a bad thing because we have a system that says you aren't entitled to feed yourself or have housing unless you spend the majority of your time working to make a company rich,' Shawn wrote. 'AI is exposing that as a lie.' He urged others to let the machines do the work and to instead focus on the real problems society faces. 'Let's put the rights of a human above that of a corporation, let's ensure every human has the right to food water and housing,' he wrote. 'Universal Basic Income is a start, it's the least we will have to do to avoid the worse of the coming collapse.'
