Pamela Jones-Morton, 78, and Barbara Siebert, 79, built their house in southwest Florida’s Estero in 2000 with the intention of growing old there. It was a fortress, even by Florida standards.
Foam sealed the roof’s plywood panels onto special joists, which were rebarred into cement bricks. If the house ever flew away, it’d be in one piece, like “The Wizard of Oz,” Jones-Morton joked.
Estero hadn’t had a hurricane in over 40 years, but the couple, originally from Maryland and Ohio, weren’t taking any chances…