It depends where the hurricanes hit as well. Here in New York we just got hit with a little tropical storm (Isaias) and that caused a lot of damage and pain because the electric infrastructure is barely equipped to dea with a stiff breeze, much less a storm. Its like how Atlanta descends into anarchy when there's a little bit of snow. On the other hand if a cat 2 hit anywhere in the gulf I get the impression they'd know how to deal with it. Also helps that a lot of the trees down there are nice aerodynamic palms, while the trees here are just begging to be blown over