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Wilma. right now i can t believe that this is a lot higher water than wilma gave. reporter: people are going to be watching this from across the country and say, how are they ever going to come back from this. i would say that just watch and you ll see amazing things happen. reporter: that optimism is what jim and laura stoner residents of the island a bridge away from everglades city are banking on too. you got to look at it from a standpoint of at least we didn t lose any friends or, you know, we were safe. we care about our neighbors in this community. it s a small tight knit community. and people struggle down here to make a living. we don t want to see them hurt. reporter: residents today submerged in this water hoping to be living peacefully alongside it again soon. all right. nbc s jacob soboroff there. we ll look at irma s devastating impact in the caribbean. ....

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