Notes and Trends

Abstract

The Sand Palace, a home in Mexico Beach, Florida, survived the destruction of Hurricane Michael almost unscathed. It was built to exceed the building codes required in the Panhandle, which are less stringent than those for buildings on the Atlantic side of the state. Given the severity of the hurricanes, such results may have states rethinking their building codes. The New York Times, October 14, 2018 (https://www. nytimes.com/2018/10/14/us/hurricane-michael-floridamexico-beach-house.html)