I have lived in Fla. all my life and have to say I agree with what she said, you have ALOT of advance warning for a hurricane and even then after you have run out and bought everything they usually always hit some other state and you actually got kind of excited there was something exciting going to happen for once...lol. But as far as tornadoes, I live in central west fla. Hernando County, which is 1 hour norht of Tampa. When and If a tornadoe has hit here, it will blow over dead trees, knock some power lines over and that is about it!! WHOOPI!!! Relax and tell your mom to relax, once you move here, you will have relatives calling to come stay with you because you live in FLa.!!LOL By the way I live 15 mins from the Pasco line. The only thing I would tell you about Pasco County is DON"T live WEST of HIGHWAY 19 unless you like to evacuate alot and get flooded alot. That is the low lying areas!! Other than that you will proably love it here!! Good LUCK!!