“Good afternoon parents,” began the message from Camp Combe in Putnam Valley, New York. “It is with a heavy heart that we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2023 camp season. Due to the recent severe storms, the camp has sustained extensive damage.”Nine days earlier, a slow moving weather system dumped torrential amounts on the East coast, causing extensive flooding from Philadelphia to Vermont. Now the day camp that my two children had attended for the past four years — leaving them reliably exhausted and happy — was done for the year. Cynthia Delfino, the chief executive of the YMCA of Central North Westchester, said that what remains of Camp Combe is now an odorous, mucky mess.

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Persons: “, ”, Camp, Cynthia Delfino, “ We’ve Organizations: YMCA, Central North Locations: Camp Combe, Putnam Valley , New York, East, Philadelphia, Vermont, Central North Westchester