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In extremely Florida news, several outposts of the grocery store chain Publix are selling hurricane-themed cakes (why aren't they called Hurri-cakes?) as Hurricane Irma nears the state's coast.  。

The internet, of course, is divided. Some people think the cakes are a classic bit of Floridian gallows humor. Others actually appreciate the message -- one cake, after all, says "Go Away, Irma." 。

Plus, who couldn't use a tasty slice of fondant-engulfed cake during a trying time?

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Others, however, worry that the cakes are trivializing a deadly storm that has already taken numerous lives.。

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