For now, Kate Rose’s home still stands in Wilbur-By-The-Sea following Hurricane Nicole’s devastation along the Florida coast. The walls still hold strong, and the windows seem unbroken at first glance. An autumn wreath of leaves and miniature gourds still decorates her front door as hurricane season gives way to fall.
But after the rare November hurricane carved away portions of the beach—and portions of Rose’s backyard patio, bringing the oceanfront to her back doorstep—the future of her home is uncertain.
