A light blanket of snow covered Three Village Thursday morning, a small indication of what is to come later on tonight.
The National Weather Service predicts that Long Island will see between 8 and 10 inches of snow, starting Thursday night, and has issued a blizzard warning for 6 p.m. in the area.
Temperatures are expected to drop Thursday night into the mid-teens, and stay below freezing into Sunday.
If residents learned anything from last year's February blizzard, which crippled most of Long Island, it's to be prepared. Here is a list of local stores to find shovels, snow blowers, batteries, generators and other weather-related items.
Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse
2150 Nesconset Hwy, Stony Brook
(631) 406-2015
ACE Hardware
1366 Route 25a, East Setauket
(631) 751-9500
Home Depot
255 Pond Path, South Setauket
(631) 580-7849
Snow Removal and Emergency Service
- Four-D Landscaping Commercial snow removal 631-331-4933
- Swan Cove Landscaping Residential snow removal 631-689-8089
- Setauket Landscape Residential snow removal 631-689-6082
- Precision Irrigation Residential snow removal 631-473-6648
- McIntosh Plumbing & Heating Plumbing & heating service 631-689-3702
- ServPro of Port Jefferson Station/Stony Brook Emergency Clean Up & Restoration 631-476-5302
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