Tim Johnson

Less than 72 hours after it intensified into a named tropical storm, Michael made landfall as a strong Category 4 hurricane and obliterated portions of the Florida Panhandle.

While the fate of the communities exposed to this monster will become apparent, here is what we can expect in terms of performance of the building stock in this part of Florida.

Following Hurricane Florence I accompanied members of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) disaster assessment team to evaluate the wind performance of building stock.

AIR's damage survey team was in Naples and Bonita Springs on Wednesday, September 20 in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma's track through Florida.

On Saturday, September 16, an AIR damage survey team headed to southwest Florida to conduct damage surveys following Hurricane Irma's second US landfall on Marco Island.

Within a week of Hurricane Matthew's close bypass along the southeastern coast of Florida on October 7, an AIR damage survey team was on its way south.