As the author indicates, “Hospitals have to be designed to ride out whatever a storm might throw at them—literally. The design of these ultra-durable buildings is becoming increasingly important as storms get stronger and more frequent, as climate change accelerates, global temperatures inch higher and sea levels rise. Critical pieces of infrastructure like hospitals have to plan for extremes, because what was once considered a storm that might happen once in 100 years is happening far more frequently—as often as once every few years."