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Desperation Mounts in Caribbean Islands: ‘All the Food Is Gone’

Mon, 2017-09-11 21:24 — Maeryn Obley

A street in St. Martin after Hurricane Irma. Residents spoke of a disintegration in law and order as survivors struggled in the face of severe food and water shortages. Credit Martin Bureau/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Image: A street in St. Martin after Hurricane Irma. Residents spoke of a disintegration in law and order as survivors struggled in the face of severe food and water shortages. Credit Martin Bureau/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

nytimes.com - Azam Ahmed and Kirk Semple - September 10th 2017

At dawn, people began to gather, quietly planning for survival after Hurricane Irma.

They started with the grocery stores, scavenging what they needed for sustenance: water, crackers, fruit.

But by nightfall on Thursday, what had been a search for food took a more menacing turn, as groups of people, some of them armed, swooped in and took whatever of value was left: electronics, appliances and vehicles.

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NYPD Emergency Service cops helping with Rockaway recovery effort

Thu, 2012-11-15 00:49 — Maeryn Obley

Members of the Emergency Services Unit joined rescue crews in pumping out basements of homes in Breezy Point, removing the remnants of Hurricane Sandy.\

Image: Members of the Emergency Services Unit joined rescue crews in pumping out basements of homes in Breezy Point, removing the remnants of Hurricane Sandy.

nydailynews.com - November 12th, 2012 - Lisa L. Colangelo

The NYPD has traded in its handcuffs for chain saws and sump pumps.

Members of the elite Emergency Services Unit have become heroes to the victims of Hurricane Sandy by removing trees and pumping out flooded basements — and Monday, officers helped out in hard-hit areas of Rockaway and Staten Island.

“It’s a slow and meticulous process,” said Lt. Matthew McCarthy. “You don’t know what’s in the water in some of these basements.”

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(READ ABOUT THE NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES UNIT ON WIKIPEDIA)

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