hausdok Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 By Carrie Alexander SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Sunday, February 08, 2009 When Hurricane Ike swept through the Texas Gulf Coast last September , the storm threw a knockout punch to the Bolivar Peninsula. Much of the coastal town of Gilchrist was devastated. Still standing, however, were nearly all of the homes built in Audubon Village, a community less than two miles east of Rollover Pass in Gilchrist. The reason: They were built to standards set by the Fortified for Safer Living program, which specifies design, construction and landscaping guidelines that increase a home's resistance to hurricanes and other natural disasters. Homes in Beachtown, a 260-acre community on Galveston Island's East End, also came through Hurricane Ike mostly unscathed. Those homes, too, were built to Fortified for Safer Living standards. To read more, click here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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