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"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.
“I wasn’t nervous at all,” Paulson said, recalling the warning to evacuate. Her
house lost only a few shingles, with photos taken after the storm showing it
standing whole amid the wreckage of almost all the surrounding homes.
Some developers are building homes like Paulson’s with an eye toward making
them more resilient to the extreme weather that’s increasing with climate
change, and friendlier to the environment at the same time. Solar panels, for
example, installed so snugly that high winds can’t get underneath them, mean
clean power that can survive a storm. Preserved wetlands and native vegetation
that trap carbon in the ground and reduce flooding vulnerability, too. Recycled
or advanced construction materials that reduce energy use as well as the need
to make new material."
Via
What Could Go Right? November 9, 2023:
https://theprogressnetwork.org/work-life-balance-gen-z/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
