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Old 05-15-2018, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by twoplanekid View Post
As the hurricane season is almost upon us, I present this information for new residents as seasoned Floridians have experience with this. And the safest city in Florida is Leesburg according to Homeinsurance.com. If The Villages were a city I believe we would be the safest!

Read about it here -> 10 safest Florida cities from hurricanes | WeatherPlus
The article does not explain the methodology by which the statistics were assembled.

I would lean towards working from history. Tampa has not experienced a direct hurricane hit since 1921. In contrast, Hurricane Irma struck Lake County in September 2017, doing two million dollars worth of damage in Leesburg, and thirty-five million dollars worth of damage in Lake County. The southeast portion of The Villages is in Lake County.

Who has been safer?
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