When the people of Punta Gorda on Florida's Gulf Coast rebuilt Charlotte High School, they vowed it would never be pulverized by a hurricane again.
, one of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S. mainland in years.
On Thursday, after withstanding fierce winds that took down trees and power lines throughout Punta Gorda, the school served as a reminder that the relatively onerous building codes adopted by the state after prior hurricanes had their benefits. Siettas, who works with children with special educational needs, said her home had taken a little damage from Hurricane Ian.
Ian's winds and floods damaged buildings across the city, and streets on Thursday were covered with fallen trees and debris. Down at the harbor's edge, there were massive chunks of broken masonry strewn about at a building complex that houses Hurricane Charley's Grill, Sushi & Raw Bar.Joseph Barr, a 33-year-old HVAC technician, said Ian seemed more frightening than Charley, in part because its wall-rattling winds lingered longer than with the more swift-moving 2004 hurricane.
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