1 big thing

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President Biden is in Florida today, to survey the extensive damage from Hurricane Ian. One community northeast of Fort Myers escaped much of it. The new community was built with hurricanes in mind, and residents never lost power during Ian and saw minimal damage otherwise. What would it take to make every community this resilient?

  • Plus, the GOP doubles down on abortion.

Guests: Axios' Alexi McCammond and Notre Dame University's Tracy Kijewski-Correa.

Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Robin Lin, Fonda Mwangi and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

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  • Republicans double down on Herschel Walker (pls edit link)
  • Herschel Walker's son accuses father of lying about his past
  • This 100% solar community endured Hurricane Ian with no loss of power and minimal damage
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