State still has much to do to prepare for disasters
Photo credit: Newsday / John Paraskevas | A line of people waiting to fill their gas cans forms around the Hess station on Deer Park Avenue and Weeks Road in Deer Park. (Nov. 1, 2012)
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Nearly a year ago -- with Tropical Storm Irene fresh in the memory -- Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced the creation of five regional centers where emergency equipment such as generators would be stockpiled.
"The Disaster Logistics Centers will ensure that the state has resources and equipment pre-positioned in areas where they would be most needed in an emergency," trumpeted the administration's...