puzzled Don't they get tired of having to evacuate every summer, and
having their houses destroyed?

The Floridians, whose Public Schools rank #45-49 out of 50 states in every
survey of schools conducted since 1845, keep hoping that the corrupt
scumbags who run the County and State governments will finally create
Building Codes that are Hurricane Proof. So they keep coming back for more,
and their houses keep getting blown away.