While New York City experienced massive flooding, Sloatsburg escaped Sandy relatively unscathed.

Trees blew down, some on houses, but there were no injuries, no evacuations and no flooding.

Tuesday was quiet and without winds — just periodic gusty breezes and the thrumming hum of portable generators. The traffic lights that run through the central village at Municipal Plaza and Eagle Valley Road were without power. The sound of the mail truck could be heard early morning as it gassed along making regular deliveries. .

Sloatsburg after Sandy was nothing like the vision that some New Yorkers and people in New Jersey woke to.

“We were very fortunate,” said Sloatsburg Mayor Carl Wright. “We didn’t have the flooding and we didn’t have the big power failure. We didn’t have to evacuate anyone.” Wright said that the storm brought out the best in the community, where neighbors helped neighbors.

Several people reported seeing the mayor out and about in the village during Monday night’s storm.”That’s what mayors are supposed to do,” Wright said, a bit perplexed. “I have to see first hand and to be there to help people.”

Wright explained that he received numerous calls throughout Monday evening’s storm by residents with pressing concerns, such as trees falling on their house. The mayor also ventured out to check up on the Sloatsburg Ambulance Corp and Sloatsburg Fire Department. Wright said the bad part of the storm was that there were a number of trees that fell onto the roads and onto several peoples’ homes.

Currently there are some residents on Arcadia Court and Stirling Mine Road who have lost power. Additionally, residents in upper Pine Grove Lakes are without power due to an enormous tree that fell across the road, taking down powerlines. Orange & Rockland has estimated that full power should be restored to customers within 10 days to 2 weeks.

Mostly Tuesday it was business as usual, though with a lot less cars on Rt. 17 and some stores shuttered in the central village. Once again the Sloatsburg Public Library acted as the heart of the community, with residents stopping by during the day to charge up electronics or get a piece of news. Staff welcomed patrons from Tuxedo and Suffern, and even Mahwah. As it did during Hurricane Irene, the library bustled with activity and acted as a gathering place.

News & Notes: Ramapo Central Schools have cancelled classes for all schools Wednesday, October 31. Consider this a treat. Kudos to Nugent News for carrying the torch of information throughout Sandy.