Na. You have to respect it, but luckily my area they typically turn away from. Knock on wood. But you have a ton of notice. From other parts of the country they hear hurricane and are like omg!! But we have hurricane parties. Ive seen SO many normal everyday storms WAY worse than hurricanes. South florida is much more at risk. Im mid west. Like I said you have to respect what they can do but I've lived here my entire life I never had one that was horrific in my general area. Again knock on wood