Never mind that she inherited a city with creaking infrastructure, gaping budget deficits and voters who demanded she address homelessness and crime more than fire mitigation.

Scores of mangled and cracked vessels sit on stacks, gaping holes in their hulls, their rudders snapped off and cabin windows broken.

The jetty where we were dropped had huge, gaping holes in places.

Entire sections are still jagged cityscapes of grey rubble and gaping ruins.

For The Times and virtually every other paper in America, incremental increases in online subscriptions have not been enough to fill gaping budget holes.