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First Blizzard of 2010 Hits Riverhead
The beginning of the storm brings white out conditions.
The first flakes of snow started falling around 9:30 a.m. By around noon, the ground started to turn white as the Weather Channel reported estimates of 12-18 inches by the time the storm ends.
Not quite in time for a White Christmas, but on the holiday weekend, nonetheless.
By 1:30 p.m. the roads were getting slippery and covered with the snow. While the main roads weren't too bad to manuveur, getting around the back roads were a bit more tricky.
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Riverhead Police issued a statement around 3:15 in the afternoon notifying media that "travel conditions will deteriorate rapidly and will not improve in the short term."