I "rode out" a hurricane in Williamsburg, Virginia, a few years back. Looking out from my hotel room at the aftermath, it was interesting to see a marked patrol car of the Williamsburg police department stop in front. The officer, wearing a rain slicker, got out, popped the trunk, pulled a chainsaw out, cut a fallen tree into several sections, lashed a chain to the trailer hitch on the back of the patrol car, and moved the tree out of the street, to allow traffic to pass. Over here on the Left Coast, removing fallen trees from the road is NOT part of the job description of law enforcement officers.