North Carolina gets hurricanes too and like Florida you get costal damage but when they move inland, they create even more havoc because North Carolina is not flat like Florida is and you get flash flooding.
True, it washes out the mountain roads and creates lakes in the valleys. It’s a Noah’s ark event right…..
My sister lives in eastern Willmington very close to the Cape Fear mouth to the ocean, cousins in Raleigh and friends around Charlotte.
Hurricanes for North Carolina are a bit less than Florida. Often the coast of the Carolinas get hit and how bad it is is kind of subjective to where you live. Always more or less worse than others.
My sister has been in her house 25 years and has never had an issue that prevented her from conducting normal activities after a hurricane.
None of my inland family have had issues. I’m not and can’t speak for every part of the state like you are. Your statement is a blanket.