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Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

A military truck carries uniformed marines through a deeply flooded street past a partially submerged Suzuki Motocicletas storefront, with a palm tree in the foreground; date stamp reads 2005 10 23.

While in Cancun, Mexico on our honeymoon, Hurricane Wilma came and churned over us for 32 hours, while moving a whopping 3 miles an hour. There was no FEMA that ever came, no national guard to save us from the intense looting - just the people that lived and worked in the city.

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“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2065.