I live in Michigan now but I was born and raised in Florida. A lot of my coworkers or friends that are native to Michigan will ask me about hurricanes when I mention I grew up in Florida, and I'll comply with a horror story or two of losing power for weeks at a time or having water flood up to our front door or trees falling around the house, all the usual things. People are usually amazed anyone can live through stuff like that.

The actual secret is I grew up in Tallahassee. It was that bad there, and we might as well be in middle Georgia for how much hurricanes actually affect the area. Living by the coast you might as well kiss your property goodbye. There's not much long term you can usefully do.