I'm in Collier county (Broward before that). In the summer, you'll get an brief but hard afternoon shower or storm just about every day, but it's usually very short lived. A lot of times only for a few minutes. Winters are really nice (no rain).
The power outages are intermittent (it depends - time of year), but usually are only for a split second, and then it's back to business.
As far as hurricanes go, You get a couple warnings a year, but it's only enough to get the victims of paranoia all worked up, and enough to blow the garbage cans around a bit. It's kind of fun watching the p. victims run around with craze to board up their windows. Plywood, water, and ice get scarce. But the eased know it's time to stock up on the hard beverages and get ready for the party.
Oh yeah, if your buying (or not for that matter) make sure that your dwelling isn't in a flood zone. In some areas, the row boats are drug out so they can get down the street.
... and I use cable and works fine without any problem
