Not sure what Cat 5 hurricane you were in. There has never been a Cat 5 hurricane hit Florida going back over 100 years. Sure there has been one, maybe within last 100,000 yrs, hi. Kertina was Cat 5, but down to Cat 4 before hitting New Orlenes.
I remember Charley in 2004. Was headed right up the west coast headed right for us in Tampa area. A few of my friends went to Orlando to wait it out. Got to about Sarasota and made right turn and followed my friends to Orlando. They spent the next week operating a chain saw, 73, ron, n9ee/r