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Panels and hurricanes don't mix. that it would turn them into projectiles. but you didn't lose any? >> no. that's the beautiful thing about engineering, right, is that you understand the wind loads and you understand the stress and the strain and you design to that. >> reporter: this place is the brainchild of sid kitsen, an nfl lineman turned developer, who bought a massive cattle ranch, sold most of it to florida as a nature preserve, and set out to build the cleanest, most resilient town in america. >> there's the elementary school in the field house, which is house lg ing people. >> i gues...

Understand the wind loads and you understand the stress and strain and you design to that. >> reporter: this place is the brainchild of cyd kissen, an nfl player, set out to be the cleanest most resilient town in america. >> there's the elementary school, we have a fieldhouse over there now housing people. it's a shelter. >> i guess it's fitting that the mascot of babcock high are the trail blazers. >> trail blazers. everything is very well thought out here. >> reporter: i've got to say, my heart still breaks, i feel a little guilty leaving the damage. >> right. >> reporter: but it's a relief ...

Numbers because i was like this is going to be bad. >> reporter: and it was. but their interconnected lakes and protected wetlands saved them from flooding and the 700,000 solar panels in their 150 mega watt array all held solid. >> i always assumed that solar panels and hurricanes don't mix, that it would turn them into projectiles, but you didn't lose any? >> that's the beautiful thing about engineering, right, is that you understand the wind loads and you understand the stress and the strain and you design to that. >> reporter: this place is the brain child of an nfl offensive lineman turne...

The first time that I became aware of the Gateway Arch was from the air. On my way to give a woodworking seminar in St. Louis, Missouri, the plane was...

Tropical storm nestor moving quickly now. winds picking up as it approaches the coast. a state of emergency in new orleans. officials concerned that winds could affect two damaged cranes at a hotel collapse site. victor oquendo starting us off in mexico beach, florida, where they're bracing for the storm. >> reporter: tonight, all eyes on tropical storm nestor, now barreling toward the gulf coast. >> a stronger tropical storm here hitting the area. >> reporter: this after category-5 hurricane michael struck the same part of the florida panhandle, making landfall in mexico beach just one year a...