The coverage is hyped to the extreme. Is it gonna suck for the Keys, yes. Will all of Florida sink? Not hardly. As it moves North up the peninsula it will lose strength. Here in Orlando we are expecting no worse than a large cat one level storm here. Bad, yes. But catastrophic 30 miles inland? Not hardly.

For those of you following from afar, check the sustained winds and the mb of pressure. Note the predictions for those as it advances. This will give you a more realistic feel for the problem then the hyperbolic coverage. A large TS/Cat one hurricane windblast is not much different in strength than the gust front of a good sized thunderstorm. It does last a lot longer, but unless you get caught in one of the infrequent tornadoes that spin off the storm, you are pretty well off.