The chances are very good that East Biloxi, Missippi will be hit again by a future hurricane at least as severe as 2005's Hurricane Katrina. Rising ocean temperatures due to global warming are already creating more intense coastal storms, many climatologists say, and that's likely to just get worse in coming decades.

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Here are a few videos about the project and some of the designs, which are available for free use and adaptation at the Open Architecture Network:

1. Porchdog

Porchdog is one of the designs created for the East Biloxi rebuilding project.

2. Principal Voices: Design for good

Architecture for Humanity founder Cameron Sinclair (a fellow former Worldchanging blogger) explains his "design for good" philosophy, spotlighting the Biloxi Model Home Program.

3. Caesarstone Video

Describes the destruction left behind in Biloxi by Hurricane Katrina, and visits the site of one of the Biloxi Model Homes to describe how their designs meet the challenge of living as safely as possible in the storm zone, while[...]

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