I was gonna laugh at the idea of basements in florida...lmao. Water table is way too high there. Heck...I cant have a basement where I live. My water table is about only about 6 feet deep if that.
Florida gets thunderstorms quite often. Depending where you are, get prepared for them almost as a daily afternoon occurrence. When I used to visit my grandmother in Daytona in the spring and summer, she had afternoon thunderstorms almost daily.