Xosh! long island hit with whipping winds and snow and a massive storm surge along the beaches, steve leavey, county executive on the eastern half of long island and, welcome and thank you and, tell me, off the bat, what would you say is the biggest challenge in terms of trying to offset what mother nature has thrown your way. well, this isn t the biggest snowfall we have ever gotten, but it has been quite treacherous, due to the incredible winds that have been along with the snow. as soon as we clear our roads, the wind is blowing the snow, right back onto the major roadways and between that and, the power outages, that we have experienced, due to the winds, not being over the telephone poles, it creates quite a challenge for us. but we are up to it and we have our crews out there and we hope to get back to a sense of normalcy by the afternoon. arthel: is it manpower that is the challenge, or actually getting to and fro, getting to