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And this is all material stuff at the end of the day. >> reporter: more than a week after irmas crushing surge, islanders like the clients are adjusting to a new reality. ravaged longer lines, fewer essentials and a future overflowing with uncertainty. >> thank god im okay. but there are others that you see everything has gone. yet they keep on doing whatever needs to be done, standing in line, doing whatever they need to do to keep on surviving. >> governor kenneth map seeking help from all cor...

>> reporter: karen kline and her mother, donna, in survival mode. their roof giving way to rain, though their spirits still high and dry. >> so i feel blessed. and weve got life. and this is all material stuff at the end of the day. >> reporter: more than a week after irmas crushing punch, virgin islanders like the klines are adjusting to a new reality. ravaged roadways, battered boats, longer lines, fewer essentials, and a future overflowing with uncertainty. >> thank god im okay, but there are...

Longer for folks that live here. while theyre very patient, their patience is being put to the test. they and her mother in survival mode. their spirits high and dry. >> i feel blessed. and weve got life. and this is all material stuff at the end of the day. >> reporter: more than a week after irmas crushing surge, islanders are add gisting, ravaged and battered boats, long lines and a future overflowing with uncertainty. >> thank god, im okay. but there are others that cant come out of the stor...

Is. >> helping now on the u.s. virgin islands, recovery is under way in the devastating wake of irma. nbc news ron mott is there on how they are trying to recover. good day to you. >> reporter: hi there, it was ten days ago irma slammed into st. thomas and feels ten times longer for the people that live here. whale they are very patient, by and large, that paisht patience is put to the test. they are in survival mode, the roof giving way to rain. the spirits high and dry. >> so i feel blessed. w...