{"id":15275,"date":"2019-06-10T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/blog\/?p=15275"},"modified":"2023-11-08T08:57:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:57:24","slug":"inside-the-hurricane-of-shaneka-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.cubesmart.dev\/blog\/real-life\/inside-the-hurricane-of-shaneka-baker\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Hurricane of Shaneka Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_Shaneka-B-1-1-1014x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Shaneka B sitting in the CubeSmart lobby\" class=\"wp-image-15296\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is one of a series of stories we are sharing to show what&#8217;s inside CubeSmart. You not only get a peek inside our customer&#8217;s storage unit, but also a peek inside what is important to them. 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