What cities/regions of Florida Rarely get Hurricanes?

[Nolefan34]

Originally Posted by vigo

I don't know about you, but Hurricane Wilma hit MY house in 2005.

Ok 2005. So I was one year off. Big deal. It doesn't change the facts I presented in my previous post.

[SouthAfrica75]

NOLEFAN34

According to the National Weather Service reports after Hurricane Charley, there is NO mention of any widespread damage done in Tampa....... Infact Hillborough County only saw a peak wind gust of 61 mph in Plant City..... Where do you get your information on widespread damage in Tampa from ?

Also, where do you come off stating that "they are always wrong and just make those predictions to scare people"....... I don't ever remember any of these scientists stating that any place will be hit by devistating hurricanes during a busy season....... All they predict is how busy a season it will be, not where they're going to go... ...... YES, last year they predicted a Hyper Active season and guess what, IT WAS !!!!... Perhaps not at your door step as no hurricanes hit the United States in 2010, so you feel that it was a bust of a season and these guys were ALL WRONG

[Craziaskowboi]

Jacksonville.

[allniter89]

Definitely NOT the NW Florida panhandle!

[Nolefan34]

Let me rephrase it. Charlie caused widespread damage, but only minimally affected Tampa. However, it did cause a significant amount of damage in Orlando and then jumped across the state and came out of the other side somewhere around Daytona as I recall.

Do you realize that nobody thought a hurricane would hit New Orleans until Katrina did? The same type of thinking is being applied that a storm cannot possibly hit Jacksonville or NE Florida. Somewhere along the line, a hurricane will hit there and then you'll be feeling like an idiot. The homes in NE FL are not built under the same codes as SE FL. So a substantial storm would cause quite a bit of damage compared to South FL.