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A pandemic’s effects on mental health Professionals from backgrounds as diverse as education, family therapy, social Days and weeks have turned work and substance abuse into months since Gov. Andrew counseling have found that Cuomo declared a statewide mental health issues across emergency on the board — domesMarch 17, as the tic violence, drug coronavirus panand alcohol addicdemic gained tion (including momentum, closing increases in day schools and shutdrinking), depresting nonessential sion, sexual abuse businesses. Now, as and anxiety — have families in Seaford risen dramatically and Wantagh preduring the pandempare to send their ic, although it is children back to still too soon to classrooms and as give definitive data. parents slowly From the outset, return to work, the sheltering in place effects of Covid-19- TAMrYN and social distancrelated stress on KATUJIAN i n g ch a n g e d t h e mental health have therapeutic relaCommunity become a greater tionship in chalEducation concern. lenging ways, The combination Awareness, according to Taryn o f u n c e r t a i n t y, VIBS Katujian, the comfinancial catastromunity education phe brought on by manager at VIBS, a business closures and massive Suf folk-based org anization unemployment, bereavement, that addresses a wide range of and the unknown duration of family mental health issues. the crisis is now taking a toll Speaking in a webinar sponin anxiety, de pression and sored by Seaford Democratic stress in many people, and, State Sen. John Brooks on Aug e x p e r t s s ay, n e e d s t o b e 6, Katujian said that telecounaddressed with healthy habits. Continued on page 4
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Courtesy Jenny D’Attoma
JENNY D’ATToMA poNDErED the problem of a tree that tore underground gas lines during Tropical Storm Isaias last week.
Seaford tree takes out gas line Isaias leaves family without service for days By J.D. FrEDA jfreda@liherald.com
Tropical Storm Isaias rumbled along the South Shore on Aug. 4, bringing down trees and power lines and leaving piles of debris. Homes and vehicles were damaged by falling trees and power poles, and the stor m left about 420,000 Long Islanders without power at its peak. On Monday, there were still more than 20,000 reported outages across Nassau and Suffolk
counties. PSEG Long Island and its president and chief operating o f f i c e r, Ja ck E i ch h o r n , responded to disgruntled customers in the days after the storm, and asked for more time to bring on more crews to address the many problems residents still faced. Seaford and Wanta gh appear to have fared better than most areas. Fewer than 1,000 customers remained without power early Monday morning. But for two neigh-
boring Seaford families, the storm left a nightmare that was continuing as the week began, with an uprooted tree, a damaged gas line and confusing information from the utility and the Town of Hempstead. Anne and Joseph Tumbarello, both 62, of Hollis Lane in Seaford, were working remotely at home during the storm when they heard a loud noise, and Jose ph Continued on page 10
eelings of isolation or withdrawal, the lack of proximity, can become intolerable.