As Hurricane Ian made its way to southwestern Florida on Sept. 28, Mark Wilkerson put up his metal hurricane shutters, locked his door and hunkered down to wait out the Category 4 storm.
Wilkerson’s home, in the center of the entirely solar-powered town of Babcock Ranch, was made for this. But he still feared the worst. Â
As Ian’s 150-mile-per-hour winds swept through the neighborhood, Wilkerson’s home creaked so loudly he wasn’t sure if the house would make it through the 10 hours of whipping winds in one piece.  Â
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