Adam B. Cordover: ‘I was overwhelmed, my mind was racing in a million different directions, and I realized I needed to start somewhere.’

Adam Cordover had reason to believe his St. Petersburg home, where most of his virtual law practice is based, would survive Hurricane Helene’s deadly storm surge.

Before he bought the three-bedroom, two-bath home, built in a flood zone a block from the bay, he pulled the FEMA reports.