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Pensacola News Journal
Mercy Chefs come to Pensacola to provide hot meals to area residents after Hurricane Sally ravaged the Gulf Coast earlier this week.
Mercy Chefs come to Pensacola to provide hot meals to area residents after Hurricane Sally ravaged the Gulf Coast earlier this week.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Mercy Chefs come to Pensacola to provide hot meals to area residents after Hurricane Sally ravaged the Gulf Coast earlier this week.
Mercy Chefs come to Pensacola to provide hot meals to area residents after Hurricane Sally ravaged the Gulf Coast earlier this week.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Mercy Chefs come to Pensacola to provide hot meals to area residents after Hurricane Sally ravaged the Gulf Coast earlier this week.
Mercy Chefs come to Pensacola to provide hot meals to area residents after Hurricane Sally ravaged the Gulf Coast earlier this week.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Mercy Chefs come to Pensacola to provide hot meals to area residents after Hurricane Sally ravaged the Gulf Coast earlier this week.
Mercy Chefs come to Pensacola to provide hot meals to area residents after Hurricane Sally ravaged the Gulf Coast earlier this week.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Mercy Chefs come to Pensacola to provide hot meals to area residents after Hurricane Sally ravaged the Gulf Coast earlier this week.
Mercy Chefs come to Pensacola to provide hot meals to area residents after Hurricane Sally ravaged the Gulf Coast earlier this week.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Members of the Florida National Guard help provide residents with food and water at a distribution site in Brownsville on Saturday. Just under 50% of residents in Escambia are still without power following Hurricane Sally's landfall on Wednesday.
Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com