A Storm Upstate: NY Ruling on Constitution Pipeline Likely to Unleash Wrath - S&P GLOBAL. APRIL 18, 2016. It was a prophetic feature whose predictions came true on April 22, 2016 - less than a week after this feature ran.When a massive rainstorm hit the Catskills in June 2006, it caused severe flooding in upstate New York's Mohawk and Hudson river valleys and swept untold volumes of debris into streams and rivers. Anne Marie Garti ... watched as a seasonal stream swelled far beyond its bed and devoured her pond...[READ MORE]