I lived in South Miami and Fart Louderdale in the 70's, where the highest elevation above sea level is 10 feet. They haven't had a 20 foot storm surge there since before it was built up with condos and high-rise buildings. I guess in the center of the state you're on higher ground, so don't have to worry about flooding or storm surge? The deadliest U.S. hurricane so far killed 2,500 people in central Florida. In 1928, when 145 mph winds blew the 730 square miles of water of Lake Okechobee to the north end of the lake. After the eye passed over, all that water sloshed back to the south end of the lake as a 20 foot wave, wiping out several towns south of the lake. Now there's a 20' dike around the lake, so that "can't happen again." I hope you and the Mrs will weather this storm without calamity.