I am reminded of the admonition: Pray as if the world depended on Hashem, act as if the world depended on you.
Fidel Castro implemented a hurricane readiness program for Cuba, a country which has many more intense and more frequent hurricanes rhan here. They evacuate most of the coastal population inland at the threat of a hurricane and have cut the death tolls to small fractions of what they were. If that godless country can do it, so can we!