Hurricane Sally may have faded from the radar more than five years ago, but its slow, churning crawl across Baldwin County still shapes the region’s public policy decisions.
The storm’s legacy echoes most clearly in the millions of federal emergency grants flowing into cities to build fortified shelters designed to keep first responders safe when the next major hurricane bears down.
These concrete structures, known as Safe Rooms, are engineered to withstand the fiercest winds from a hurricane. Many have already risen across Baldwin County, while others are still on the way…