Extreme weather sparks need for comprehensive LI emergency plan
Photo credit: James Carbone | A New York State DOT plow is stuck on the Long Island Expressway near exit 63. (Feb. 9, 2013)
Why did officials shut down the Long Island Expressway in the midst of last week's monster snowstorm rather than hours before?
Why didn't the region's largest employers, in some coordinated fashion, dismiss nonessential personnel before safe travel became almost impossible?
And why did so many Long Islanders end up having to abandon their vehicles during the worst of the storm? Where...
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Snowstorm as reported by Newsday photojournalist
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