1.   Food distribution systems will crash and store shelves will go bare within days.

2.   Home Depot is ruthless when a supplier lets a shelf go bare.

3.   In the two months since the new shelves went in, I have acquired four new pairs of shoes.

4.   New shelves have gone up, with books unpacked and arranged on them.

5.   Shelves of rum went untouched since Gov. Pedro Rosello on Sunday banned liquor sales during the passage of the storm.