DOT's message to LIers: Stay off the roads
A blizzard warning is officially in effect, as Long Islanders braced for a winter storm that could dump more than a foot of snow and winds strong enough to blow down trees and knock out power to thousands of homes. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Feb. 8) (February 8, 2013 10:12 AM)
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Stay home. That was the message during the day from road crews tasked with battling the blizzard conditions later Friday.
But by 6 p.m., the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway (Route 135) became an early casualty, and that major roadway was ordered closed due to severity of the snowstorm conditions, Nassau police said.
The state Department of Transportation began staffing at 4 a.m. with skeleton...
