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The Bulletin notes.


During a tropical storm tropical storm
n.
A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 kilometers (30 to 75 miles) per hour.



tropical storm 
, Officer Rodger Guest of the Bedford, New York Bedford, New York can refer to:
  • Bedford (town), New York
  • Bedford (CDP), New York (census-designated place)
  • Bedford, Brooklyn and Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
, Police Department responded to a residence that had partially collapsed and shifted on its foundation due to fallen trees and a mudslide. Two residents were trapped in the basement This article is about the section of a building. For the foundation, see Basement rock.

A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. Slab-on-grade buildings do not have basements.
, which was rapidly filling with storm water that already had risen above waist level. Upon arrival, Officer Guest found all normal entryways to the basement blocked. After locating a small opening in the foundation, he crawled under a porch porch

Roofed structure, usually open at front and sides, projecting from the face of a building and used to protect an entrance. If colonnaded, it may be called a portico.
 and began to break away stone and mortar. Assisted by local firefighters, Officer Guest made an opening large enough to pull the homeowners to safety. Officer Guest's efficient response was instrumental in saving the trapped residents.

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