We used to live in Tampa and still have friends all along the Gulf Coast, so I am watching this with a sense of what you are feeling.
If you haven't met your neighbors, now is the time to go out and talk to them- find out who else is riding out the storm nearby so you can promise to check on each other. Make sure you have a can opener! Plan to share dinner tomorrow with your neighbors, when this will all be history!
And fill up your car with gas. If your flashlight and radio batteries fail, you can always go out (when its not dangerously windy) and listen to updates on the car radio.
God Bless!
We just got one of Grundig crank shortwave radio dealies. Handy little thing. I heartily recommend it. Even has a little flashlight.