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I live in tornado alley in a area with extremely summer temps and the occasional wild fire. These are the domes we recommend:

http://www.monolithic.com/



Monolithic domes are a wonder and a seeming paradox. You get an earthquake-proof, tornado-proof, bullet-proof, bomb-proof, collision-with-a-barrelling-semi-proof reinforced concrete structure that goes up almost instantly. But if you get a pin-prick in the vinyl airform, you have to deal with vapor-drive of water into the polyurethane foam, and your structure gets damaged.

http://www.monolithic.com/stories/vapor-drive

That said, there are ways of protecting your air-form, and if you do that, these things look to be nigh indestructible.




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