I am originally from Puerto Rico, which has many hurricanes too. So I remember my parents freaking out and getting the whole family involved in order to get ready for the hurricanes when they came. This meant buying food and supplies, taking everything from the yard to inside the house, covering all doors and windows, and more. Of course, since I was a little kid, all this was a lot of fun and exciting. Plus we had no school. :-)

Remember, the west coast has earthquakes, and the mid west has tornados. As far as I know, you don't know in advance when they are going to hit. You do with hurricanes, so you can get ready. At least that's what my mother told me when she said she could not understand how could I live in California with all these earthquakes, and I told her she had hurricanes.

My thoughts are with all the people in Florida.