I have been trying to explain to my Midwestern friends and relatives I will be okay. These people know tornadoes but are clueless on how a cane works.
Chill and save your prayers for the people who need them. There's nothing to worry about.
When it comes to hurricanes below the Midwestern plains of America... As long as you're to the West of the eye, you just don't get the big damage that develops to the East of the eye.
Hurricanes pull an enormous amount of air from very, very far away. All the air pressure from the Northwest, gets sucked "down" towards it and then continues to move down in the the Southeastern direction, after it hits the eye.
Time after time, hurricane after hurricane, for decades... The immediate left of the eye is practically a "safe zone". When hurricane Michael hit Mexico Beach/Panama City a couple of years ago, all we got was rain and some blown around garbage cans. But Panama City, which is roughly an hour away, got demolished.
Only if a hurricane eye of a Cat 4 + directly hits the Destin area (where we are), or even worse, hits Pensacola (an hour to the West of us), would even consider evacuating.
Right now, the skies are a beautiful dark blue with no clouds in sight. It's as dry as a bone. Normally the sky is light blue, due to the humidity. But because the hurricane is sucking ALL the moisture into it, all we have is a pleasant 70° breeze, crystal clear skies and fresh, dry air from the North.
We'll be fine.
Tampa and Orlando are f*cked, though.
