After Hurricane Michael, A Call For Stricter Building Codes In Florida’s Panhandle
In Mexico Beach, Fla., Lance Erwin is one of the lucky ones. His house is still standing. He stayed in his home during Hurricane Michael, several blocks from the beach, in a part of his house that he calls his “safe room.”
“The garage door was shaking,” he says. “I knew the roof was gone at that point because everything was shaking. I thought, ‘Just hang in there.’ I had faith everything was going to be OK.”