Hurrican Alicia was almost 25 years ago, and it wasn't huge when it landed. There are a lot of young adults here with no memory of that whatosever.
It's complacency, fueled by a lack of historical perspective, that is the killer. Floridians should be a little more attuned to it this year, but I wonder if anyone else is.
I was living in the Richmond area at the time. That was the first hurricane that scared me.