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No, i'm not getting rid of it until we go through the test. and this was the test. >> reporter: this was the test? >> this was the test. >> reporter: and you could get rid of the generator. >> i did, i gave it to a friend. >> reporter: and jennifer with a phd in civil engineering she helped design this place. >> i looked at the house and the finished road elevation and i mentally was crunching numbers because i was like, this is going to be bad. >> reporter: and it was. but they're interconnected lakes and protected wetlands saved them from flooding. and the 700,000 solar panels and their 150 ...

And while this happened, anthony was sitting at home watching tv. >> i said to my wife, i don't have any fear right now. >> reporter: anthony and the families around him did not lose power and did not flood because they live in babcock ranch, a community about 15 miles from fort myers, which is 100% solar powered. >> i even held on to my generator because i didn't know what was going to happen. my wife was like "get rid of it" and i said, no. this was the test. >> reporter: now you can get rid of the generator? >> i gave it to a friend. >> reporter: with a ph.d in civil engineering, she helped...