Hello List Members: I received this email from a friend and thought I would pass it along. It underscores the importance of having a plan in place to protect our history in times of natural disaster. Please see below. Karlyn Knaust Elia Ulster County Historian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To all my Holland Society fellow members The priceless collection of Bergen Dutch artifacts owned by the Bergen County Historical Society was left to the ravages of flood waters..... This is the first time in Bergen County Historical Society history (105 years) any item was lost due to flooding. Major damage was sustained to much of the collection (including our 17th century Dutch Kas, and most of our documents in our safe). Please see our web page for photos of the devastation (bergencountyhistory.org). Here is a link to an article in the Bergen Record on the damage _http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk0OSZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFR Xl5NzEyMTUxMCZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTM=_ (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk0OSZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NzEyMTUxMCZ5cmlye TdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTM=) . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- Karlyn Knaust Elia Ulster County Historian 11 Main Street Saugerties, NY 12477 Office Phone: 845-246-4754 FAX: Same Please visit the Ulster County Website _http://www.co.ulster.ny.us/historian/_ (http://www.co.ulster.ny.us/historian/) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.