Dear Editor:
Hats off to the emergency crews, salters, sanders, plowers, blowers, shovelers, and everyone else who battled the record-setting blizzard that hit Long Island. By the next day, the main roads were open and life started to get back to normal.
Thanks to the emergency order by County Executive Ed Romaine, people stayed off the roads and the crews had room to work. There were few reports of accidents or other tragedies, and it looks like we got through this one okay.
PSEG also did a great job, as outages were limited. I guess their tree trimming and other preparations paid off, since this could have been a lot worse. The trains were put on hold, but not for long, as the Long Island Rail Road got everything going again pretty well. The Suffolk Water Authority was on top of things, with no major issues there, and the various highway departments were out in force, along with contractors, despite being tapped out from the previous storms.
If you’re not plowed out yet and things are a little bumpy, have some patience. This was a record storm, on top of a pretty gnarly winter so far, and let’s face it, we’re not used to having this kind of weather.—Bryan Allen, Shirley