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Prattsville’s Storm Legacy and Resilience | Albany News
Fifteen years after Tropical Storm Irene, Prattsville still bears the scars of a disaster that turned homes into makeshift boats and businesses into relics of a flooded past. Families like the Youngs survived by clinging to their shed roofs, while Peggy Young’s century-old Ace Hardware stands as a testament to resilience—with its back shifted three feet and flood lines still visible. The trauma lingers, haunting residents with flashbacks and tears, yet the town refuses to be broken. New businesses rise, old ones grow stronger, and even the local museum now honors the storm as part of…
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