We should be fine - we always go to our house in Tampa where my son still stays. He goes to USF. We moved down here and since the housing market is so bad - just let him live there rather than putting it on the market.
We will be Ok! Tampa - Riverview area always gets missed somehow - AMEN! We are inland enough. It will be windy and spooky but other than that - a lot of hype.
Its kind of like your parents saying: we are going to the fair! Then not taking you. We get so little in this area from storms that its always a lot of hype and no action.
I dont play into it. Its a lot to do with marketing - sales - getting people in a frenzy. Not me - been here 19 yrs and been through them all and was none to impressed. HYPE!
Now - Im not stupid enough to keep my family in the Keys during a hurricane. But short of that - no fear or excitement here. Nothings going to happen. Too far inland and it never does. The Hillsborough River which could be the END TO TAMPA is actually what always saves us.
Been here far too long to even get excited or feel anxiety about storms. Its just a part of it. Just dont have wheels under your @$$ and you'll be fine! (trailer). Hurricanes use to make me full of anxiety and fear - now - just a pain because schools and business close FOR NO REASON as nothing ever happens here. And never will - not in Tampa. Never has. Thanks Hillsborough River!
IF ANYONE NEEDS A GOOD STURDY PLACE TO RIDE IT OUT - MY HOME IS OPEN TO ANY AND EVERYONE. PLENTY OF ROOM!