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Filler: The thrill and dread before a hurricane like Sandy

The Long Island Sound, shot around 10 a.m.,

Photo credit: Lane Filler

In Smithtown Monday morning it was largely a tale of two storms.

Where I live, on Route 25A, and on the main roads such as Jericho Turnpike, there were stiff but not alarming winds, on-again, off-again rain and a little traffic. It was inclement and dreary, but it didn’t feel dangerous.

But a few miles north, on the actual shore of the Long Island Sound, an epic weather event was clearly...

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