A Florida community built specifically to withstand powerful storm-force winds made it through Hurricane Milton with barely a scratch — never even losing power as the tempest ran roughshod on the Sunshine State. Babcock Ranch, a town about 15 miles northeast of Fort Myers, bills itself as “the Hometown of Tomorrow” on its website, a claim bolstered by its ultra-resilient structures and high-tech solar farms which ensure uninterrupted power for its roughly 10,000 residents.
