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    It's understandable, really. It's pouring outside, so you grab your umbrella, because, well, that's what you do. Except you're heading into a full-blown hurricane, and your umbrella really wasn't built to withstand 70-plus mph winds. Of course, by the time you remember this, it's too late.

    But wait. It gets better: A news photographer is about to snap your photo. Say cheese.

    Click through to see umbrellas in hurricanes -- and their soggy, chagrined owners. 

    At left, Hurricane Isaac obliterated this poor thing in New Orleans, La, in August 2012.

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    Is that an umbrella or a surrender flag?

    A victim of Hurricane Isaac, mangled in August 2012 in New Orleans, La.

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    This red umbrella looks like an inverted parachute as Hurricane Isabel hits Old Town Alexandria, Va., in September 2003.

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    This colorful number was probably an upstanding citizen in the umbrella world. Then Hurricane Dennis barreled into Pascagoula, Miss., in July 2005.

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    Is that an umbrella or one of those new-fangled hats? 

    Hurricane Gloria hits New York City in September 1985.

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    This umbrella has the blues, and they were delivered by Hurricane Emily, which hit South Padre Island, Texas, in July 2005.

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    Hurricane Irene turned this umbrella inside out in Annapolis, Md., in August 2011.

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    This umbrella is holding up remarkably well as Hurricane Wilma slams into Trujillo, Honduras, in October 2005. 

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    We've heard the new iPhone has something called Face Time, but this umbrella had Face Time way back in 2005, when Hurricane Wilma's remnants hit New York City.

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    RIP, purple-and-yellow. You no doubt served your owner well before Hurricane Wilma's leftovers hit New York in October 2005.

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    Now this is an umbrella built for a hurricane. The beach umbrella appeared to be holding up well as Tropical Storm Irene soaked Barre, Vt., in August 2011.