Hempstead, Long Island, NY Uses New Pre-Storm Precautions
News12 Long Island, NY did their normal Pre-Storm Winter coverage as they do before every snow storm that hits Long Island. I allowed my self two precious more hours of sleep this morning as when I opened one eye and looked out the window everything was covered in a thick blanket of white. Living in a densely populated but not highly traveled part of Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, NY (map) my street is still yet to be plowed even once, but my SUV (Cheap Gas LI) allowed me to float through the snow (generating a sensation very close to skiing) and get to work.
Hempstead, Long Island, NY (map) has recently purchased new technology which allows Hempstead Township to get ahead of the storm. February 22, 2008 the New York Times ran a story saying that the year-end snow storm had left many Hempstead, Long Island, NY residents complaining about the roads that lay in the town’s jurisdiction rather than the county’s or the states.
The roads in Hempstead, Long Island, NY should not be too snowy this morning. As a result of the many complaints that came from not only town residents but town officials whom had found themselves stranded with their employees December 30th, 2008. Hempstead bought new technology from a Canadian company called Epoch. I have always wondered why life doesnt come to a screaching hault every time it snows in northern provinces. The science behind it is as follows. They launch a Pre-Storm assault on the roads. In other words the salt spreaders take to the street hours before the storm hits and spreads a watery mixture of finely ground salt sand and clay. This makes it harder for the snow to stick to the roads before the snow even begins to fall; making ths plow’s jobs much easier and more efficient, and leaving the salt and sand spreaders to complete the mixture after the snow removal has begun.
Hopefully this kind of technology will be come a staple at all of the dispatch stations across Long Island (map) as all of its residents on especially on the North Shore know that one thing Long Island surely does not lack is hills which can become very quickly very trecherous and dangerous.