Articles Tagged ‘disaster’

Hundreds of people swarmed a Hess gas station on Sunrise Highway in Lindenhurst on foot and by car Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 to get as much fuel as they could as temperatures continued to drop and more than 700,000 residents remained without heat or electricity one week after Hurricane Sandy wreaked devastation across the Northeast. It was a familiar scene across Long Island. (Christopher Twarowski/Long Island Press)

Long Island Gas Crisis: Promises and Hope

Much-needed gasoline deliveries began trickling into fuel-starved communities across Long Island throughout the weekend as temperatures plummeted and lengthy gas lines continued to expand. The…

Posted on Monday, November 5th, 2012
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Nassau and Suffolk Will Receive Federal Disaster Aid

New York State Governor David A. Paterson announced yesterday that President Barack Obama has issued a major federal disaster declaration for Nassau, Orange, Richmond, Rockland,…

Posted on Saturday, April 17th, 2010
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