Babcock Ranch, FL is an all solar community just 12 miles away from Fort Myers.
And yet . . . during Hurricane Ian, none of the 2,000 homeowners in Babcock Ranch lost any of their utilities, despite uprooted trees, stripped off siding etc.
This is the way forward:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/02/us/solar-babcock-ranch-florida-hurricane-ian-climate
The storm uprooted trees and tore shingles from roofs, but other than that Grande said there is no major damage. Its residents say Babcock Ranch is proof that an eco-conscious and solar-powered town can withstand the wrath of a near-Category 5 storm.
“We have proof of the case now because [the hurricane] came right over us,” Nancy Chorpenning, a 68-year-old Babcock Ranch resident, told CNN. “We have water, electricity, internet — and we may be the only people in Southwest Florida who are that fortunate.”
Grande said Hurricane Ian came through southwest Florida “like a freight train.” But he wasn’t afraid that he would lose everything in a storm, like he was when he lived in Fort Myers.