Cathy Bridges, lower left with hand on lips, Ronnie Higgins, center, and her sister Makenzie Higgins, all of Catskill, stand on Bridge Street as they watch the raging waters of the Catskill Creek pass underneath, swollen as a result of Hurricane Irene on Sunday Aug. 28, 2011, in Catskill, NY. (Philip Kamrass / Times Union archive)