How bad are hurricanes actually?

Question

I'm thinking about moving to Florida, and I want to know if hurricanes are really as bad as they are hyped up to be. (trying to convince husband to want to go to Florida) And how do you survive a hurricane with as little injuries and as little property damage as possible?

Answer 1

Well, exactly which part of Florida? You see in Central Fl. or the Panhandle hurricanes really don't hit land as much as they do down in South Fl., so that's something else to consider. In the past 10 years or so the worst year for hurricanes was 2004 when they was hurricanes: Jean, Charlie, Francis and Ivan.

Just weight your options do a little research about what city or area and then tell you husband everything. Hope everything works out.

Answer 2

hurricanes can be almost harmless to killers

Answer 3

I lived in Florida for over 20 years with no hurricane problems...you just never know.  Since i left, one hit the city where I lived.  But, nature happens everywhere...you cannot avoid every risk.You evacuate when they tell you too. you buy a house that is built with as many hurricane resistant features as possible, you do not live right on the beach, you go to Home Depot and get their flyers on how to prepare your house.

Answer 4

Hurricanes are all they are made up to be...........you loose everything and possibly your life in a Cat 1...........lots of people left Florida after the last one.........insurance is outrageous because of the risk.

Answer 5

This depends on where you are, how strong the hurricane is, how long it stays in one place, etc.  Florida does get a lot of hurricanes, but so do most of the Gulf states and, ironically, one of the most disruptive hurricanes for me happened about a month after I moved from Florida to the middle of PA.  Central PA was shut down for days.  Florida knows what to do.  Then again, Florida has no clue what to do in a blizzard.

It's asking how bad are tornadoes (which can happen in Florida). Florida has a great readiness program and they know what to do before/after it hits. Many people survive hurricanes without injury by taking proper precautions.  However, sometimes things happen that are out of human control.  Listening to evacuation notices are important. Usually Florida doesnt issue a warning unless it's valid.

As for property damage ... there are some things you can do.  First, don't buy a manufactured home.  Second, make sure your roof is up to date, bring in lawn furniture, keep trees trimmed, and you can have metal shutter-like things installed to your house.  But if it is a bad hurricane, no amount a precautions help.

Some years the hurricanes are fine.  Some years they are bad.  It's all up to mother nature.  But for the most part they dont disrupt life too much.  

Answer 6

The first year I moved to the Orlando area (2004), we had 3 hurricane hits.  Now, I'd been thru a Level 1 disaster area hurricane somewhere else in the South, so I sort of knew what to expect.  Thing is, about 45 minutes before one hurricane hit, the news said that the eye would pass thru my area as a level 2.  It was kind of short notice for me to want to run off.

I was very scared, but my building held out better than most because of the concrete roof tiling.  The resort next door didn't have that kind of roofing and the roof was torn right off of a 3rd story unit.  The area became known as "blue roof city" (blue being the color of the tarps)