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I was stuck in a shelter with 2,500 other people in Cancun, Mexico for hurricane Wilma. The hurricane actually sat on top of us for, I believe, it was about 3 days. The building made it through the storm but it was slowly being torn apart. The air conditioning units were torn off the roof so water penetrated through the huge holes left behind. The ceiling started collapsing in places. Balcony doors on the second floor were blown in and water flooded half the conference room upstairs. The first floor had glass doors that were shattered and therefore flooded that floor. The entire resort ended up being destroyed.

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Tsunami’s in south Japan were pretty intense. As a native new yorker, the endless rain for damn near 2 months made me pretty pissy.

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Earthquake with severe wind AND summer hot days (Coincidence. It was a windy day). California’s a b*tch, man.

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Black Saturday in Melbourne Australia. 46 degrees Celsius and massively strong winds, caused some of the worst fires we’ve ever had.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.