Snowstorm 2015: Long Island buried

Surfers head to the ocean through the snow at Turtle Cove in Montauk Point during the snowstorm Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

A surfer rides a wave at Turtle Cove in Montauk Point during the snowstorm Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

A crew removes snow from the roof of the Southold Pharmacy in Southold on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015.

A snowblower clears snow on Main Street in Greenport on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015.

Trucks dump snow from Southampton Village streets at Coopers Beach in Southampton on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015.

Large clams washed on shore at Coopers Beach in Southampton on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 following the snowstorm on Tuesday.

East Hampton School District employees uses snowblowers to clear chest-high snow from the entrance of the East Hampton High School on Long Lane in East Hampton on Jan. 28, 2015.

East Hampton School District employees uses snowblowers to clear chest-high snow from the entrance of the East Hampton High School on Long Lane in East Hampton on Jan. 28, 2015.

Don Halliwell, from East Marion, shovels the 4-foot snowdrifts in front of his wife's store on Main Street in Greenport on Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, 2015.

Hicksville resident Cristina Parlog and her children, Bianca, 6, and Christian, 8, ride a sled on a hill at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Hicksville resident Cristina Parlog and her children, Bianca, 6, and Cristian, 8, enjoy their sled ride at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Colin Bily, 9, carries a sled up the enormous snow pile on Tullamore Road in Garden City as his sister Kathryn, 11, slides down on her tummy, January 27, 2015.

Dolly Barone, of West Babylon, clears snow from her vehicle on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Nicole Acevedo, of West Babylon, clears snow from her vehicle on Herzel Boulevard in West Babylon on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Merrick resident Vinny Grippa digs out of the snow on Jan. 27, 2015.

East Farmingdale volunteer firefighters help a resident dig out during the remaining hours of the first major snowstorm of 2015 on Tuesday, Jan. 27.

Santos Chiappone, of West Babylon, plays in the snow with his Goldendoodle Sparrow during the first major snowstorm of the year on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

A view of a vineyard in Peconic after the snowstorm on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

A group of friends attempts to make it down the hill together in a single sled at Herman Griem Park in Wheatley Heights, Jan. 27, 2014.

Shopping carts remain idle and collect snow in The Bridgehampton Commons Shopping Center in Bridgehampton as the complex remained closed throughout the day on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

LIRR workers brush snow off the platform at the Babylon station Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

The Long Island Rail Road's snow clearing vehicle known as "Darth Vader" clears the snow from Monday night's storm from the tracks east of the Ronkonkoma station on the afternoon of Jan. 27, 2015.

People make their way through the snow on Eastwood Boulevard in Centereach in an ATV Jan. 27, 2015 after Monday night's snowstorm.

Sledders and snowboarders enjoy rides down a hill at Herman Griem Park in Wheatley Heights on Jan. 27, 2014.

A young boy walks back after an afternoon of sledding in Wheatley Heights on Jan. 27, 2014.

A man uses a snowblower toward the tail end of the storm in Merrick on Jan. 27, 2015.

Chris Bondarchuk with his dog, Sam I Am, walk down Village Lane in Orient after the snowstorm, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Two swans on the frozen Setauket Millpond as a storm dumps large amounts of snow across Long Island on Jan. 27, 2015.

Long Island took its share of the snowstorm that covered the Northeast on Jan. 26, 2015. The East End was hit hardest on the Island.

Children and parents enjoy the snow by sledding down a hill at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow on Jan. 27, 2015.

Levittown resident Sean Agular, 5, rides a sled as his father, John, follows behind at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

John Tabone, left, Jessie Tabone and Tyler Carrasquillo walk along Montauk Highway during a blizzard in Amagansett, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Gracie and Juan Zhao of Williston Park made a 10-foot snowman on their property instead of shoveling the snow into the street on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Matt Brancato, 19, shovels a pathway at a house on North Court in Roslyn Heights on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Road signs on the Long Island Expressway near Exit 62 on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, warn of road icing after Monday night's storm.

Harrison Yoo, 2, plays in the snow outside his Syosset home as the storm finally subsides Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone helps a stranded motorist on the eastbound service road of the LIE near Route 112 in Medford on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Jennifer Staehle plays in the snow with her dog Sophie on 14th Street in West Babylon on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Natalie DiMasi, front, Emily Londono, and Carissa Graziosa ride an ATV through the snow on 14th Street in West Babylon on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Suffolk County police help a motorist stuck in the snow on Middle Country Road in Selden on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. The military vehicle used by the police is designed to help rescue people during severe storms.

Marisa Terrone, 9, of Old Westbury, makes snow angels on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Anthony Terrone, 8, of Old Westbury, tries to keep his face warm while playing in the snow Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

LIRR service at the Ronkonkoma train station on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, after a winter storm brought large amounts of snow across Long Island.

Giuseppe Vitale, 11, of West Babylon, slides down a snow hill on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

East Farmingdale volunteer firefighters help shovel out a resident on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Rebecca Vitale, 9, of West Babylon, slides down a hill on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Giuseppe Vitale, 11, of West Babylon, slides down a hill on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

A man walks in the middle of the road in Garden City on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Route 347 at the Smith Haven Mall in St. James on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, where many cars were stranded in the Feb. 9, 2013 blizzard.

Eddie Rosario, 46, digs out from the storm outside his Oyster Bay home on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

A surfer in Long Beach isn't deterred by the snow on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Surfers in Long Beach aren't deterred by the storm on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Jackson Dubrosky, 4, helps clear off his parents' car in West Babylon on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Two snowmobiles drive down Christian Avenue in Stony Brook on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, after a storm dumped large amounts of snow across Long Island.

Kieran Dempsey, 10, plays in Stony Brook on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, after a snowstorm dumped large amounts of snow across Long Island.

A snowplow travels down Front Street in Greenport after the snowstorm on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

A Suffolk County Dept. of Public Works snowplow gets stuck during plowing in Southold after the snowstorm on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Rough surf hammers homes along the Sound in Southold after the snowstorm on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Long Island

Nicole Acevedo clears snow from her car on Herzel Boulevard in West Babylon during the snowstorm Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

A snow-covered car on Oak Ledge Lane during the snowstorm in East Hampton on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Snow removal equipment blows snow from the tracks at the LIRR Ronkonkoma train station Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, 2015.

Bob Bartek uses a snowblower to clear his driveway in St. James, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

A worker at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma clears snow Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, 2015.

A Dunkin' Donuts open for business in Southold on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, despite the drifts from the overnight snowstorm.

Scott Abrams works to clear snow from in front of his Centereach home on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Scott Abrams works to clear snow from in front of his Centereach home during the winter storm on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

A snow plow works to clear snow from Wagon Lane in Centereach on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Snow plows clear snow away on the eastbound LIE at Exit 60 in Ronkonkoma on Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, 2015.

Rodrigo Montoya, his wife Maria, and Ramiro Giraldo, center, of West Babylon, clear their cars early Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Snow plows clear snow away on the eastbound LIE at Exit 60 in Ronkonkoma on Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, 2015.

The Long Island Expressway at Exit 60 on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, as a snowstorm dumps large amounts of snow across Long Island.

A snow plow is used on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at the Getty gas station at the Long Island Expressway service road at Exit 62 to clean up what a snowstorm dumped.

A snow-covered Northport scene Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, 2015.

An very unofficial measurement of snow depth taken in Yaphank early Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, 2015.

A lone truck heads westbound on the Long Island Expressway near Exit 58 in Islandia at 5:40 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2014.

Plows clear Stewart Avenue in Garden City at 4 a.m. during the snowstorm.

Anthony Ilvento works to clear snow from in front of his Centereach home during the snowstorm on Jan. 26, 2015.

A plow clears snow from a street in Centereach during the snowstorm on the evening of Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

A Long Island Expressway sign showing the travel ban that will take place at 11 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2015.

A plow works its way on Route 48 in Peconic during the snowstorm, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Main Road in Southold during the snowstorm Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

A car in the parking lot at the Water Street Shops during a snowstorm in Sag Harbor, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

New Yorkers struggle to make it through icy winds and heavy snowfall during a major winter storm on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

New Yorkers struggle to make it through icy winds and heavy snowfall during a major winter storm on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

New Yorkers struggle to make it through icy winds and heavy snowfall during a major winter storm on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

An LIRR crew works on melting the ice off the railroad tracks at the Freeport station on Monday afternoon, Jan. 26, 2015. With potentially historic blizzard conditions about to hit Long Island, the LIRR may shut down before the Monday evening commute.

LIRR riders try to make their way home on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

A commuter at the Freeport LIRR station Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, during the early hours of what is predicted to be a record-breaking snowstorm affecting the area.

A woman walks on the Long Beach boardwalk during the early hours of Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

A woman walks on the Long Beach boardwalk on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, during the snowstorm.

A pedestrian crosses a snow-covered street in the Upper West Side in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

A pedestrian crosses a snow-covered Broadway in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Pedestrians cross a snow-covered street in Freeport on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, during the storm.

A pedestrian walks across a snow-covered parking lot in Freeport on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Lucao Gonzalez shovels snow in the Centereach Mall parking lot in Centereach on Jan. 26, 2015.

Snow plows clear Middle Country Road in Centereach on Jan. 26, 2015.

A law enforcement officer stands in falling snow in New York on Jan. 26, 2015.

A woman waits for traffic to pass while trying to cross Nassau Road in Roosevelt on Jan. 26, 2015.

Benito Diaz of Centereach clears snow from the windows of a car in the Centereach Mall parking lot on Jan. 26, 2015.

Commuters make their way in New York's Times Square during a snowstorm on Jan. 26, 2015.

A man uses a snowblower at 50th Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan on Jan. 26, 2015.

An entrance to the subway is covered in snow in Manhattan's Times Square on Jan. 26, 2015.

A man stops to take a picture near Union Square during a winter storm in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

A woman crosses Nassau Road in Roosevelt during the snowstorm on Jan. 26, 2015.

From left, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano at a news conference about snowstorm preparations on Jan. 26, 2015.

New York State Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, joined by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, left, and Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, speaks at a news conference.

A man who identified himself only as "Fritz" walks through the snow along Hillside Avenue in Williston Park, on Jan. 26, 2015.

Tommy Rendano tries to stay ahead of the storm as he clears his driveway as heavy snow begins to fall on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Garden City.

Tommy Rendano tries to stay ahead of the storm as he clears his driveway as heavy snow begins to fall on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Garden City.

A stark snowscape at Schmitt Farms on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, in Riverhead.

Snow blankets a quiet Greenport Village on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Snow begins to fall at Southold Town Beach in Southold on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

German Melgar shoves wet snow from his driveway at his home in Brentwood on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015.

In this photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a major winter storm is seen developing over the mid-Atlantic region on Jan. 26, 2015.

A man bikes down a street at the start of a large winter storm in Brooklyn on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. The New York metropolitan region was expected to get up to 2 feet of snow.

A woman waits to cross Centre Street in Manhattan near City Hall during a large winter storm on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. The New York area was expected to get up to 2 feet of snow.

A child is pulled in a sleigh along the snow-covered Brooklyn Promenade, with the Manhattan skyline in the distance, on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Commuters look at the departure board at Penn Station for LIRR trains out of Manhattan as a snowstorm arrives in New York City, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Commuters look at the departure board at Penn Station for LIRR trains out of Manhattan as a snowstorm arrives in New York City, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks about the snowstorm at a news conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Brooklyn on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Snowplows drive down Broadway during a large winter storm in Manhattan on Jan. 26, 2015. Parts of the New York area were expected to get up to 2 feet of snow.

A man walks by the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan on Jan. 26, 2015, during a snowstorm expected to dump 24 to 36 inches of snow.

Commuters wait in line for buses during a winter storm in New York on Jan. 26, 2015. Areas of the New York metropolitan region were expected to get up to 2 feet of snow.

Heavy snow falls on the eastbound LIE near exit 56 in Hauppauge on the afternoon of Jan. 26, 2015.

Eastbound traffic on the Southern State Parkway at Wellwood Avenue begins to slow as the snow begins to pick up Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Traffic begins to slow as snow falls on Old Country Road in Plainview Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Southbound traffic moves past a blizzard warning sign on the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway as snow begins to pick up Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Snow begins to pick up as shoppers come and go outside Fairway in Plainview Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

People find refuge at a bus shelter on Willis Avenue in Albertson, as snow falls on Jan. 26, 2015.

Heavy snow falls on the eastbound LIE Monday afternoon on Jan. 26, 2015.

snow begins to pick up as traffic moves eastbound on the Southern State Parkway Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Suffolk County police highway patrol officers keep watch with their Humvee along the eastbound LIE between exits 52-53 in Brentwood Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Geese seen enjoying the light coating of snow Monday morning on a soccer field on the westbound service road of the LIE in Holbrook on Jan. 26, 2015, before a blizzard expected to impact the area with over 2 feet of snow.

A Department of Public Works vehicle sprays salt down along Portion Road in Ronkonkoma Monday afternoon, Jan. 26, 2015, before a blizzard expected to impact the area with more than 2 feet of snow.

Snow storm 2015 preparations

A Town of North Hempstead truck treats North Court in Roslyn Heights with some sand on Jan. 26, 2015.

Commuters at the Ronkonkoma LIRR station Monday morning, Jan. 26, 2015, as snowflakes begin to fall.

LIRR commuter heads to a train at the Ronkonkoma train station as snow falls Monday morning, Jan. 26, 2015.

A woman waits for a train at the Ronkonkoma LIRR station Monday morning, Jan. 26, 2015, as snowflakes begin to fall.

LIRR commuters at the Ronkonkoma train station as snow falls Monday morning, Jan. 26, 2015.

Drivers line up at the Mobil station at South Oyster Bay Road in Syosset Monday morning, Jan. 26, 2015, in anticipation of the blizzard.

A woman boards a train at the Ronkonkoma LIRR station Monday morning, Jan. 26, 2015, as snowflakes begin to fall.

Snow storm 2015 preparations

A sign along the westbound LIE between exits 62-61 in Holbrook Monday morning, Jan. 26, 2015, warns drivers of an impending blizzard.