I can tell you from personal experience - we took a direct hit with Hurricane Charlie at my house. Power poles were down all over, no power for days, highway signs were gone. Yet 1 mile north of where I lived it was like absolutely NOTHING happened. They never lost power, no damage. it was surreal. I had no power for 3 days, but was out of work for over a week because my office had no power. It was like someone drew a line across the state and said - only affect those on this side of the line. It can be that close and be that much of a different affect.