When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle five years ago, it left boats, cars and trucks piled up to the windows of Bonny Paulson's home in the tiny...
When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle five years ago, it left boats, cars and trucks piled up to the windows of Bonny Paulson's home in the tiny coastal community of Mexico Beach, Florida, even though the house rests on pillars 14 feet above the ground. But Paulson's home, with a rounded shape that looks something like a ship, shrugged off Category 5 winds that might otherwise have collapsed it.
Other companies are developing entire neighborhoods that are both resistant to hurricanes and contribute less than average to climate change. That resonates with Paulson, in Mexico Beach, who said she didn't want to “live day to day worried about tracking something in the Atlantic.” Besides greater peace of mind, she says, she's now enjoying energy costs of about $32 per month, far below the roughly $250 she said she paid in a previous home.
In 2022 Hurricane Ian churned over Babcock Ranch as a Category 4 storm. It left little to no damage, Kitson said. Back in the Panhandle, Natalia Padalino and her husband, Alan Klingler, plan to finish building a Deltec home by December. The couple was concerned about the future impacts“We believe we’re building something that’s going to be a phenomenal investment and reduce our risk of any major catastrophic situation,” Klingler said.
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