Gators football team preparing for Hurricane Irma

UF wide receiver Brandon Powell lines up during Florida's 33-17 loss to Michigan on Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.Brandon Powell isn’t fazed by hurricanes.

He’s been through plenty of them before.

Growing up in Deerfield Beach, Florida, the wide receiver has endured everything from imposing Category 5 storms to meager tropical cyclones.

“You know, my family, we’ve been through Katrina and Hurricane Wilma,” Powell said. “There’s not too much to worry about.”

Ask around the rest of UF’s locker room and you’ll hear the exact same thing. Most of its players are from Central and South Florida and are used to the annual murmurings of devastating whirlwinds and catastrophic natural…