Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida in August of 1992.
Hurricane Season begins on June 1st, but most storm "activity" doesn't occur until August; from then until late October are the prime times for hurricanes.
Of course, nobody really cares much about hurricanes, unless you live in South Florida, the Outer Banks, or live on the Gulf of Mexico. Central Florda, for example, could really care less, I noticed, because the flooding and storm surges don't occur there because they are so far form the ocean.
When I lived in Gainesville in 1999, Hurricane Floyd was a Category 4 storm that was set to hit the center of the state. Two days before the storm was due to hit, my wife and I went shopping. We filled the cart and then some. But nobody else in the store was even aware, as they all had just a few items. The next day, people finally got their act together; you couldn't even buy a loaf of bread (the one item we forgot), find batteries, or bottled water in the whole town! As it was, Gainesville hadn't been hit with a hurricane since the early 1950's!
Meanwhile, if you live on the East Coast of Florida, you get about 3 real hurricane threats a year, so you get prepared early. June 1st, if you're smart! Get those batteries, bottled water, canned goods, non-perishable items, and all sorts of extra stuff like rope, tarps, duct tape, etc...
When I worked in a grocery store just before a hurricane was set to hit (or just miss!), you'd realize about a dozen people in thew whole town were prepared, and the other 99.99% didn't think twice, and just complained about waiting 3 hours to buy stuff in a store.
