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After a competitive 3-month process the SEED grants, each representing $50k in non-dilutive funding, have been awarded to six small businesses across the state.

Today third-party developers had a lot of news to share about upcoming and released add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Were you surprised by that? >> at that point when i was seeing the video, all the construction decisions were fresh in my mind, the house was completed in april of this year. we built it for the big one but had no it would no idea it would come so soon. all of that was fresh in my mind. i was looking at the roof and watching the force of the wind and thinking about those tiedowns and all the structure of the roof and the wall and how much wind the wall must be taking at that moment. i won't say i watched that media seeing ideal confidence but i didn't have that at all. i had all the worries an...

I was amazed at things you did to make sure it could. can you tell me a couple things you did that are different in this house versus others? >> the pilings the house rests on our 40 feet long and go 20 feet below, at the top of those pilings steel brackets create union with the girders, made of the same reinforced concrete. those girders have vertical rebar and concrete walls are on that and the walls are mounted and united by steel and concrete 28 feet down in the ground, that goes all the way to the roof. in the roof we used tiedowns, the company is simpson strong tie, a great company and t...

Here to see how they rode the storm last night. how are you? i understand you were here for the storm. can you let me know real quick? how was it? there was a lot of tree damage. >> i want to talk to you and show people your house if you walk with me. and shawn did creative things and duct taped his roof and i wonder if the camera man can pan over here. >> tie downs. the ratchet tie downs. the anchors into the five-foot stakes in the ground. they are not coming off. >> for shawn over here, that strategy might have worked. we are in the middle of the street so i want to get out of the road here...