We just suck it up and hunker down and pray for early spring to arrive. After throwing another log in the wood stove.

Winter sucks, that's for sure, but I find hurricane season more repulsive then winter. After the winter season is over, my home is still intact, I still have my belongings and I'm still alive...There's a price to pay regardless of where one lives.

My retirement plan is to spend my winters in Florida, and when hurricane season arrives head back north.
With this plan I don't have to deal with winter or hurricane season.