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Build disaster-proof homes before storms strike, not afterward

  • Written by T. Reed Miller, Researcher in Environmental Engineering & Technology Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
imageFEMA photograph by John Fleck taken in Mississippi.Wikimedia Commons

On Breezy Point in Queens, New York, construction will start soon on Diane Hellreigel’s new house. Dubbed the #HurricaneStrong Home, it will replace a house built in 1955 by Hellriegel’s grandfather that was wrecked during Superstorm Sandy in the fall of 2012.

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