Storm Dumps Nearly a Foot on Massapequa

Another day, another snow storm. 

The white winter of 2010-11 continued its fury on Long Island Wednesday into Thursday as Massapequa was hit with another 11 inches of snow.

The snow was heavier in northern elevations as North Massapequa got 12.5 inches  and Woodmere had 16.4 inches.

There were also high winds and blizzard like conditions during the early hours of the morning.  A gust of 35 mph was measured in North  Massapequa, while a 40 mph gust blew in Farmigdale.

It should come as no shock that the snowfall total in January was a record breaker.  There have been 34.2 inches of snow measured in Islip since the beginning of the month.  That shatters the record of 21.5 inches set in 2005.

Once again workers labored tirelessly through the night to clear the roads yet again.

In Massapequa Park, Village Administrator Peggy Caltabiano said that plows have made at least one pass through all the village roads, but cautioned, "This is a very hard snow to plow. "

"It's very deep and it's going to take time to fully plow everything.

Caltabano said that residents can assist workers in their efforts to fully clear streets by parking on the odd number side of streets. 

"The ideal situation would be to get cars off the road completely," she said.

The Town of Oyster Bay was also urging drivers to park in driveways.  Oyster Bay spokeswoman Phyllis Barry said  that 95 percent of the town roads had been cleared by noon with the rest expected to be completed by afternoon.

Once again, private contractors were called in to clear town commuter lots, as they were for the last major snow storm.

The Town closed its two out door skating rinks at Syosset-Woodbury and .  The indoor rink in Bethpage is open, but Puck Shoot events scheduled for 3:45 p.m. and 5 p.m. were canceled.

Al local public schools were closed as was the .  After canceling trains in the morning the LIRR was running but there were delays on the Babylon line and commuters were warned to expect more.

The LIRR also canceled the 4:04 p.m. train from Penn Station. Riders will be accommodated by  the 4:12 train to Massapequa Park.

Many people simply stayed home, but weren't happy digging out.

Oscar Edwards clearly has had enough of the white stuff.

 "I can't take it any more, I clean it up, more falls. I can't remember a winter this bad," he said. "I'm telling you, at this rate, by the end of March, my snowblower will have already paid for itself."

Anthony Roveto of in Massapequa Park was keeping his shop open.

"The snow doesn't really hurt my business because my customers usually come out the day before a big storm and load up on what they need," he said.

"We see a lot of business this time of year making heros for the football playoffs and Super Bowl."

 Arnold Holdstock was so sick of snow, he was ready to take desperate, environmentally unfriendly measures.

 "I read somewhere that the hole in the ozone layer is closing up, which is why we're getting all this snow," he said. "Maybe we need to get out there with some aerosol cans and start opening it up again."