Port Jefferson is in arguably the hardest-hit area on Long Island the Town of Brookhaven.

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Several other towns topped 2 feet: Setauket, Smithtown, Port Jefferson, Mount Sinai, Islip, Huntington and Commack.

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"It's getting better every day, " said Rosa Abbate, 42 years old, of Port Jefferson, a village on Long Island.

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"A lot of cars stuck, a lot of roads not plowed, mainly the side roads, " said Chris Bornemann, 32, of Port Jefferson, as he put gas in his car after a rough drive around the Ronkonkoma area.

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