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When [Hurricane Milton](https://www.realtor.com/news/real-estate-news/hurricane-milton-property-damage-insurance-losses/) swept through Florida’s Gulf Coast last week, many had heeded the area’s [evacuation notice](https://www.mymanatee.org/news___events/what_s_new/level_a_and_b_evacuation_orders_for_milton) and fled. Yet some residents in the [Hunters Point](https://www.hunterspointfl.com/) development in the tiny town of [Cortez](https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Cortez_FL) stayed put. After all, their homes had been built to be “hurricane-proof.” Even so, Cortez resident Marshall Gobuty, CEO of [Pearl Homes](https://www.pearlhomesdevelopments.com/)
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Is This Florida’s Most ‘Hurricane-Proof’ Home? How Hunters Point Avoids Flooding, Power Outages, and More in the Eye of the Storm
Julie Gerstein
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When [Hurricane Milton](https://www.realtor.com/news/real-estate-news/hurricane-milton-property-damage-insurance-losses/) swept through Florida’s Gulf Coast last week, many had heeded the area’s [evacuation notice](https://www.mymanatee.org/news___events/what_s_new/level_a_and_b_evacuation_orders_for_milton) and fled. Yet some residents in the [Hunters Point](https://www.hunterspointfl.com/) development in the tiny town of [Cortez](https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Cortez_FL) stayed put. After all, their homes had been built to be “hurricane-proof.” Even so, Cortez resident Marshall Gobuty, CEO of [Pearl Homes](https://www.pearlhomesdevelopments.com/)
