In Hempstead, a 4 a.m. snowplow break
Old Country Road in Garden City is seen before dawn on Monday during the storm. Credit: Howard Schnapp
There was a strategy for when to plow and when not to in the Town of Hempstead.
Town Supervisor John Ferretti said that while crews plowed for hours Sunday night into Monday, the town timed a state-mandated break for them at 4 a.m., “a time when the snow and the wind was at its worst, because we were fearful that we’d have to pull them off the road if there were whiteout conditions.”
“You try to look at the forecast and … you have that break at a time where strategically it makes sense,” Ferretti said.
The town also prepared for coastal flooding but only saw “minimal” issues, Ferretti said.
Like other officials Islandwide, he advised drivers to stay off the roads. “If people try to go out in this, unless they have a monster truck, you're almost certainly going to get stuck at some point,” Ferretti said.
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