It is a very sad situation adding to the risks and distress that the flooding and wind damage have themselves caused.   I write to say I am very lucky and grateful that when Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Fred hit my neighborhood near the Mohawk River back to back in 2011, our city sent the garbage trucks every single day to collect the immense amount of mud and water soaked items we had lined up along the curb.  (In that neighborhood, some of us did not even have lawns to put it on...)

It made so much difference to have the city come 7 days a week for about three weeks.