Several hurricanes. Saying I lived through it makes it sound like tons of people died around me, which was not the case, but parts of the area had devastation. I went through Andrew, but I was about 50 miles north of the worst of it. Still we had very high winds, electricity out everywhere, trees downed, curfews in place. Many many many people lost their homes in that storm, and were stranded. I don’t remember the count, but I am pretty sure fewer than 100 people died in that crazy violent storm.
In Wilma I had damage to the screen around my patio and pool, whole thing caved in and ripped apart, it was a real mess.
Those are just two, I think I have been through about 7? Prep for the hurricanes is kind of a big deal. We never know exactly where the eye will hit, so we prepare as though it is going to be right over our heads. Fill the cars with gas, have cash on hand, water, packaged foods, stop up the bath tubs full, working flashlights and a battery operated radio, put up hurricane shutters if you have them, cut down any coconuts on the trees, or anything that can easily become a flying object, bring all lawn chairs inside, and if you live close to the shore, probably have to evacuate. Then you wait, wait wait, for the thing to come. During the worst part of the storm you hear everything banging around outside, it can sound anywhere from very high winds with or without rain, to a freight train, depending how strong the winds are. Finally after it is over, you still have to wait if your area was hit hard, or if there is a lot of standing water, etc. Dusk curfew for cities with big power outages.
Most hurricanes in FL in the last 20 years have very few deaths, and some of the deaths actually happen after the storm, not during it.