content: Yeah, if any of that were true it would be a great story.   Good structure, a little luck Warren Adams insists that there is nothing special about the way the home was constructed. It was built to Galveston County code, he said, which anticipates 130-mile-per-hour winds on the seaward side of the county. But the elevation may have helped. Adams said he built high, in part, to get a break on flood insurance. The home sits 15 feet above ground. "The piece of land my house is sitting on was probably one of the highest above sea level in the area, about 8 or 9 feet above sea level before we even started the house," he said. "I think the house is about 16 inches higher than it needs to be." The couple credits Aran & Franklin Engineering in Galveston with retrofitting their home to meet the county's building codes, and the builders who finished the home, AM Coastal Construction. Warren Adams is worried that he and his neighbors won't be able to rebuild or recoup their losses. "Our closest friends want to rebuild," he said. "A lot of people want to come back. Beach people love beach."