Oct 8, 2024
When
hurricane Ian tore through Florida in September 2022, it left a
trail of destruction—but not at Babcock Ranch, a 2,000-home
development designed to be both sustainable and to withstand the
worst natural disasters. Today on the podcast, we speak to an
engineer who lives in and helped design Babcock Ranch about the
community’s unique features, as well as the growing trend toward
building resiliency and what it could mean for the future of
disaster recovery (3:46). This episode first aired in November
2022.
Links
NBC News list of local and national charities to help victims of Hurricane Helene
Watch
the 60 Minutes segment on Babcock Ranch
Read a
2015 NFPA Journal cover story on the concept of disaster
resiliency