After Michael, A Call For Stricter Building Codes In Florida's Panhandle
Florida has some of the nation's toughest building codes. But the rules are looser in the pandhandle, allowing construction that couldn't stand up to Hurricane Michael's 155-mile-per-hour winds.
In Mexico Beach, Fla., Lance Erwin is one of the lucky ones. His house is still standing. He stayed in his home during the Hurricane Michael, several blocks from the beach in a part of his house he calls his "safe room."
"The garage door was shaking," he says. "I knew the roof was gone at that point because everything was shaking. I thought, just hang in there. I had faith everything was
