At hearing, residents critique Suffolk storm response
Photo credit: Steven Sunshine | Members of the Suffolk County Legislature met to listen to post superstorm Sandy responses from Suffolk County citizens in an idea gathering session at the Caracappa Auditorium in Smithtown. (Dec. 6, 2012)
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With no power and no way to bypass the large trees lying across her Commack street, Debra Ettenberg spent days after superstorm Sandy all but cut off from the outside world.
In a time like that, the Commack resident told Suffolk lawmakers at a meeting in Hauppauge, local government needs to better ensure its emergency updates reach those who need them most.
"Often times you were told...
