Snow Shoveling Tips For the Winter

Hi All,

Now that it is January on Long Island, we can expect the snow and the ice to start to make an appearance.  Ugh.  Yuk. And, 'how many days until Spring?'

But we still have to get passed the Winter to get to Spring...but how can we stay safe in the winter weather?  Read on for some tips on shoveling, driving and generally making the best of it during the upcoming winter.

Farmingdale Patch has an article on Snow Safety Tips For Nassau County Residents.  About.com chimed in as well with an article titled, Snow Shoveling Tips. And rm ApartmentTherapy.com comes an article titled The Best Snow Shoveling tips and Tricks From Around the Web.

And what about all that winter driving we do on our way to work or school or food shopping or wherever the weekend trips take you to?  Read on for winter driving safety articles!!!

The first article comes from the AAA and is titled Winter Driving Tips.  Be especially aware of the section  of 'tips for driving in the snow'.

The insurance colossus Travelers also got into the game this year with an article titled Winter Driving Safety Tips. Sound familiar? :)

And now we're breaking out the big guns - OSHA got into the act with an article titled Safe Winter Driving.  

The NHTSA generated a pdf document a few years entitled Checklist and Tips For Safe Winter Driving.  Click here for this well written gem of an article.

Enjoy the articles and links - hopefully you won't need to rely on the information in them...but if you do, you have them at your fingertips.

Regards,
Stu

Everything Snow Related

Hi All,

Because of the anticipated major (possibly historic) snow storm that is expected later today and tomorrow, today's blog post is ALL ABOUT THE SNOW!

Click on this link for Mayor DiBlasio's recent statement about the impending blizzard.

What is the difference between a snowstorm and a blizzard?  Click on this link to find out!

How to be safe in a blizzard? Click on this link for advice on how to drive safely in a blizzard - if you have to drive that is. And click on this link for even more blizzard driving tips. 

Click on this link for a more general set of 'things to do' when preparing for a blizzard. 

Under the stock up section: And...this link discusses what to stock up with when you are the supermarket and preparing for a blizzard.

What to do during a blizzard - especially with kids and children.  And this link for more things to do with kids when you are stuck inside during a blizzard.

Once the snow has stopped and you are outside....click on this link for how to make a snowman.  And this link on how to make snow angels.  And this link on how to make an igloo.

Finally, click on this link for some awesome images of mounds and piles of snow, snow, snow!!!  After about Tuesday night you'll be sick and tired of these images....

Enjoy the blizzard and drive safely.

Regards,
Stu

School Speed Zone Cameras

Hi All,


And now for some interesting news about school speed zone cameras...they are being repealed in both Nassau and Suffolk counties.  Click on this link from Newsday for the complete article - entitled, 'Nassau, Suffolk, Move To Kill School Speed Camera Programs'  Article is from 12/8/14.

For an article on how much money the Nassau Speed Cameras generated - get ready, its a LOT of money - click on this link.  The article title is 'Nassau Speed Cameras Generate 400,000 Tickets, Report Says'. Again the article came from Newsday.com - this time from 12/11/14.

And, for what its worth, click on this link to find Speed Camera Location in Nassau County.

Click on this interesting article from Newsday; called 'Accident Data Doesn't Support School zone Speed Camera Locations, Newsday Analysis'.

Finally, click on this article from ABC7 News called, 'Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano Changing Speed Camera Operation Times'.  Enjoy the links and the information.

Regards,
Stu

USA.gov - Travel, Transportation and Recreation

Hi All,

One of the great things that our federal government does is publish extensively on a wide variety of topics.  For purposes of this blog entry, I'm going to discuss the 'Travel, Transportation, and Recreation' section of the USA.gov website.

Simply put, USA.gov is a central repository for all research, studies, white papers, articles, comments, editorials, summaries, annotations, pamphlets,  and more that the federal government publishes and generates. In and of itself, the website is an extraordinarily large storehouse of government generated information.   You don't want to miss it if you like research on a topics as varied as Consumer Protection, Government Sales and Auctions, Blood Donations, Historic Places and Preservation and much more.

The Travel, Transportation and Recreation section has lots of different sections - the most interesting of which (to my way of thinking at least) - is the  'Road and Train Travel' section -which can be found by clicking on this link.

The links in this category will help you find resources on local gas prices, road closures, traffic information and more.  Click on this link - to fueleconomy.gov - to find gas prices on Long Island.

Click on this link for a whole host of gas mileage tips from the folks at fueleconomy.gov.  Finally, users might want to click on this link from Natural Resources Canada entitled 'Fuel-efficient Driving Techniques'.  Finally, this last set of links discuss Distracted Driving and is brought to you buy the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 

Finally, click on this link for National Traffic and Road Closure Information in New York State - brought to you by the Federal Highway Administration.
 
Enjoy the links - I hope they help you save money, time and keep you busy during the long, summer driving season ahead!

Regards,
Stu