Nassau County Exec On Storm Response

LET'S GET TO THE NASSAU
COUNTY EXECUTIVE HOLDING A NEWS
CONFERENCE LET'S LISTEN IN.
HIT EITHER A POLE OR A TREE
OR ANOTHER VEHICLE, WE DO HAVE
SOME DOWNED POWER LINES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SOME
DOWNED TREES BLOCKING ROADWAYS
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF EVENTS
THAT THE WEATHER IS ADDING THE
WIND IN TERMS OF THE GUSTY
WINDS ARE CREATING A DEGREE OF
HAVOC IN OUR COUNTY.
[ REPORTER ASKING QUESTION ]
THAT WAS THE LAST REPORTED
INCIDENT OF DOWNED TREES.
IT WAS THE EXIT 42.
[ REPORTER ASKING QUESTION ]
AT LAST COUNT WE HAD ABOUT
538 OUTAGES THE NUMBER HAS
VARIED THROUGHOUT THE DAY, YOU
CAN EXPECT MORE OUTAGES AS THE
WIND CONTINUES AS THE RAIN THE
WINTRY MIX SOFTENS THE TREES IN
CERTAIN AREAS AND IN SOME CASES
THE CARS ANY ACCIDENTS CAUSING
DOWNED TREES AS WELL SO THAT
WILL BE A CHALLENGE UNTIL THE
STORM SUBSIDES.
[ REPORTER ASKING QUESTION ]
WE DON'T HAVE THE
JURISDICTION ON THAT SO I WOULD
HAVE TO ASK YOU TO TALK TO THE
STATE WITH RESPECT TO THAT, WE
WORK WITH NICE BUS WHO HAS KEPT
THEIR ROUTE IS GOING TO THE
BEST OF THE ABILITIES WE HAVE
HAD SOME DETOURS BUT THEY
CONTINUE TO DELIVER SERVICE IN
THE COUNTY.
[ REPORTER ASKING QUESTION ]
THEY WERE NOT AS SIGNIFICANT
MOSTLY BRANCHES FROM THE TREES
WE CAN GIVE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS
MOSTLY OUR DPW CREW IN ADDITION
TO KEEPING THE ROADWAYS SAFE
THAT HAVE BEEN OUT CLEARING
THOSE INSTANCES.
[ REPORTER ASKING QUESTION ]
IT IS ALWAYS A CONCERN UNTIL
THE STORM STOPS, FORECASTS DO
THE BEST THEY CAN BUT IT IS
ALWAYS A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.
SO WHILE WE HAVE AVOIDED THE
WORST OF THE BLIZZARD WE ARE
STILL FACING SOME HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS AND UNTIL IT ENDS IT
IS HARD TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
YOU CAN EXPECT ICY CONDITIONS
IN THE MORNING COMMUTE IF I HAD
TO PREDICT RIGHT NOW, SO STAY
IN TOUCH AND WHEN WE HAVE MORE
INFORMATION TO SHARE WE WILL
GIVE IT TO YOU.
AND YOU CAN PROVIDE IT TO THE
RESIDENCE AND VIEWERS SO THEY
CAN MAKE A DECISION AND OF
COURSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS CASE-
BY-CASE.
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY VARYING
DEGREES OF IMPACT NORTH SHORE
IMPACTED MORE THAN THE SOUTH
SHORE SO YOU MAY HAVE CERTAIN
SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DECIDED
TO STAY OUT ANOTHER DAY.
[ REPORTER ASKING QUESTION ]
WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE ON OUR
BUDGET WE HAVEN'T TOTALED THE
STORM YET, BUT IT IS STILL
EARLY IN THE YEAR, WE HAVE NOT
HAD MANY STORMS AND THIS STORM
IS MOSTLY HAPPENING ON THE
STREET TIME AS WELL WE WILL SEE
HOW LONG IT GOES ALTHOUGH WE DO
INCUR CERTAIN OVERTIME IN THE
SENSE THAT WE BROUGHT PEOPLE IN
BUT THE MEAT OF THE STORM IS
DURING THE WORKING HOURS IF YOU
WILL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
YES OR.
YOU MENTION WHAT UNIQUE
CHALLENGES THERE ARE?
THE UNIQUE CHALLENGE IT IS
CONSTANTLY PUTTING A WINTRY MIX
DOWN AT A STEADY RATE.
WITH THE WIND CREATING A FASTER
FREEZE ON THE WINTRY MIX,
CREATING WHAT WE WOULD CALL
BLACK ICE.
AS MUCH AS WE SAW -- SALT AND
SAND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE
ROADWAYS ARE NOT GOOD AND IT IS
HARD TO DISTINGUISH IF YOU ARE
DRIVING.
IF YOU DRIVE, DRIVE VERY VERY
SLOW AND A LOT OF RESPECTS THIS
WEATHER CREATES GREATER HAZARDS
THAN THE SNOW YOU CAN SEE THE
SNOW WHEN WE PLOW AND THE SAND,
HERE IT IS BEING MASKED BY THE
SLUSH THE OPAQUE/-- OPAQUE ICE.
ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS BETTER IT
ACTUALLY LOOKS BETTER THAN IT
IS IN TERMS OF DRIVING.
I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT.
1.5 $1.5 MILLION.
$1.5 MILLION LEFT IN THE
SNOW BUDGET SO THAT IS A
HEALTHY AMOUNT, WE HOPE TO GET
THROUGH MARCH AND LET IT GO OUT

Nassau County Exec On Storm Response

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