not so safe
I lived in Humble, TX (north of Houston, which is itself not on the coast). I think we were 50-60 miles from the coast, when Hurricane Alicia struck the coast in I think 1981 - probably Galveston first, since that is the barrier island. This was only a Category 1 hurricane (the mildest rating). It was awful. Cannot imagine how bad Hurricane Andrew was in Miami/Homestead (I think that was a Category 5, the worst).
Even though there is plenty of warning with a hurricane, we did not leave. Should have. Tall pine trees snapped halfway up - 1 neighbor across the street had a pine tree crash between 2 twin beds in an unoccupied guest room. Huge live oak in another neighbor across the street uprooted, fortunately into the street and not into their house. We had 1 pine snap about 8 feet up from the ground, again fortunately into the street. Also had wood shingles blow off and 1 or 2 sections of a 6 foot wood fence blow off - watched that go board by board. Ex-husband decided to drive to his manufacturing plant (he was manager) about 20-30 miles away and got blown around on the freeway 180 or 360 degrees .
So, if a hurricane is coming the way of The Villages, get out of town.
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