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FROM DEVASTATION TO RESORT DESTINATION Two Days of the Most Powerful Hurricane Turned into Eight Months of Full-Speed Restoration
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hen Landscape Architect Malcolm Miller, president of Land Form Design Group Inc. set foot on the One&Only Palmilla resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, he was shocked. After assessing many hurricane-hit resorts in Florida, the Bahamas and Mexico for landscape insurance claims, he thought that this one would be similar. It was worse than he had ever experienced before. Hurricane Odile made landfall in Baja, California, Sept. 14-15, 2014, and was named the most powerful storm to hit the region—with an estimated damage of $1 billion. Malcolm was called by colleagues
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