A co-worker of mine moved from Mountain View, CA last year to Orlando, just in time to be hit by three hurricanes. He's now back in CA, more willing to put up with earthquakes and high real estate prices than hurricanes! We all blamed him as being a hurricane magnet.
I used to live right on the coastal barrier island in Melbourne Beach, FL at a whopping 8 feet above sea level (basically the dune line). At least in Orlando we don't have to worry about the tidal surge.