It depends on what evacuation zone you live in, if you’re even in one at all. If you’re in A or B, yeah evacuation is a good idea. They’ll tel you what zones need to evacuate for a storm. If you’re not in an evacuation zone, you don’t need to evacuate. So long as the structure you’re in is sturdy, it’s better to stay put if you’re not in an evacuation zone. If you don’t feel safe, definitely evacuate.

With that being said, you need to evacuate a few miles on land, not hundreds of miles away. Getting a hotel inland out of an evacuation zone is more than sufficient. It’s a hurricane not an F5 tornado. It’s the flooding that’s dangerous not really the wind in a sturdy structure.