For Chick, building a hurricane-resistant property comes down to a handful ... In either case, hurricane straps help make sure that the roof doesn't fly off during a storm. "A lot of the houses ...

Dave and Maria Blancett moved to Babcock Ranch, a solar-powered, "hurricane-proof" community near Fort Myers, Florida.

Every house in the community was built with reinforced roofs and impact-resistant windows to withstand hurricane winds up to 150 mph or a Category 4 storm. And the towns power lines were installed ...

Dutch company Cubicco has created a flat-pack, modular, prefabricated, hurricane-proof home that can be built ... spots for solar panels on the roof, and open slats that allow for geothermal ...