Irma’s mean to Tommy!
I’m from FL and have been through 3 hurricanes. If you don’t live on the coast or in a low lying area you don’t need to evacuate. The winds drop fast when the storm starts inland. My cousin is boarded up in Lutz just near Tampa. My other two cousins are in St Pete and New Port Richey. They are not leaving. My nephew is in Orange Park south of Jax. He didn’t even board up. But he should have.
When I was a kid in Jax we didn’t board up for Dora as it was supposed to run up the coast. Instead it hit Jax directly with 120 mph winds. We almost lost the plate glass window in the living room but my Dad sat propping it up with a broomstick. It was pretty scary but our house sustained no damage.