A beachgoer walks past a writing left in the sand Oct. 21, 2005, in Naples, Fla. Hurricane Wilma was lashing the Yucatan penisula and is expected to make landfall in Florida sometime this weekend or Monday.
Tourists hang out by the beach as a red warning flag flies due to the approach of Hurricane Wilma in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Oct. 20, 2005.
Waves batter the coastline of the resort city of Cancun, Mexico, as hurricane Wilma approaches Oct. 20, 2005.
Tourists walk on a Cancun beach Oct. 20, 2005, as Hurricane Wilma threatens the shores of the Yucatan peninsula.
Chairs and office furniture hang from a store destroyed by the winds of hurricane Wilma in downtown Cancun, Oct. 21, 2005.
A message spray-painted on the boarded-up windows of an insurance company is shown Oct. 20, 2005, in Port Charlotte, Fla., as the area prepares for the possible arrival of Hurricane Wilma.
Rain bands start to reach the Florida Keys as Father "Paco" Hernandez leads a congregation in prayer in the Grotto at St Mary Star of the Sea Church in Key West, Fla., Oct. 20, 2005. The grotto is said to protect Key West from hurricanes and a Mass is traditionally celebrated there before an impending storm.
A storefront window is broken, despite being boarded up, as Hurricane Wilma approaches the area on Oct. 21, 2005, in Cancun, Mexico.
Palms trees bend down as Hurricane Wilma lashes Cancun, Mexico, Oct. 21, 2005.
Local firemen remove tree branches at the Kukulcan avenue in the Cancun beach area Oct. 21, 2005. Hurricane Wilma turned the popular resort city of Cancun into a ghost town, as thousands of tourists who did not evacuate were whisked from luxurious, air-conditioned seaside hotels to hot, crowded emergency shelters.
Local workers cross a flooded patch of Cancun beach area Oct. 21, 2005.
People walk along the pier Oct. 21, 2005, in Naples, Fla.
Tim Rud from Atlanta, Ga., gets ready to pack up from his day of fishing Oct. 20, 2005, on Sanibel Island, Fla. Hurricane Wilma might make landfall in southwest Florida sometime this weekend.
A bird flies off a rock Oct. 20, 2005, on Sanibel Island, Fla.