Blizzard's 26 inches of snow sets LI record
Photo credit: David Pokress | Buddy, an Old English sheepdog, prances through the snow in his backyard in East Farmingdale. (Dec. 20, 2009)
PHOTOS: Blizzard dumps 26 inches of snow on LI
Snowstorm hits the East Coast hard
Blizzard history: 122 years of snow on LI, NYC
The fact that the blizzard of 2009 broke the modern record for snowfall on Long Island - 26-plus inches - tells only part of the story.
The rest reads something like this:
Snow drifted across roads that, after the plows drove through, wound up as slick as if hit by an ice storm. The result: dozens of fender benders.
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