Don't look now...but the latest forecast has Florence as a strong Category 2 storm hitting Bermuda in 96 hours. Of course, that's still a long range outlook subject to the usual caveats and uncertainties. I don't know how vulnerable Bermuda is to hurricanes due to geography and such. But you know they've got to be watching this one closely.....
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Bermuda's fairly resistant. Construction standards are quite high. Bermuda was hit by Fabian as a Cat 3 in 2003, which killed 4 (someone trying to cross the causeway from the main island to the airport and the would-be rescuers) and did some damage. Most of it was roof damage with very few buildings totalled. The low-lying buildings had their windows broken out by the surge, but after clean-up and new glass, the businesses were back open fairly soon after it. The high ground in the middle of the islands is easily high enough to get out of the surge's way.
Supplement to Harold's info about Fabian:
There was substantial to drastic beach erosion, and both houses and roads on the shore were undermined.