I read all of the comments here. Some good stories and great points. BTW Hurricane Camille was 1969. I remember it. Yes, I am older. But I believe what some are leaving out about Dome homes is this, it can save your life. I realize these comments were written 3 years ago. And since that time there have been some serious storms. Some of the bigger ones, Irma, Maria, Michael. I have been doing research on Dome homes off and on since 2004. How many times have people had to replace their roofs? How much money did people spend in those direct hit areas, even with home owners insurance? How long were those people without a house to live in? Or had to live with others or in a different place until their house was repaired or rebuilt?. So what,,,,if there a leak occurs from a ton of debris slamming into a Dome at 200plus mph during a cat 4 or cat 5 Monster. What about when the people who own domes walk outside the next day and look around and more than half the tree's are gone or broken into twigs, and the Smith's, the Jones's and the Johnson's homes are gone off the slabs, vehicles found 1 mile away that was tossed in the air like a football?. There maybe repairs to be made to a dome. But what about all the expense and upkeep and maintenance of reg traditional built homes and all the rebuilds?? To me, to be able to live and not have to worry 6 months out of the every year if a Hurricane is going to come in my direction and destroy my traditional built house and maybe take my life or my family's life (because it was to late to leave, because the storm changed over night and turned into a Cat 5 plus), would be a relief. I will take a few leaks and sticks penetrated my dome over no home or no life any day. Just saying.
P.S. To give people an idea of how well the Monolithic homes held up during Hurricane Michael. A Humane Society that was built in 1970 round dome was not a Monolithic home per say, because the founders of Mono came out in 1976. But the Humane Society looks like the Mono's. The people that works there stayed there with the animals, they had some skylights blow out and water came in. Winds 185 mph, Gusts over 200. All kinds of debris hit the place. They said the sounds were terrible. But they lived and their own personal homes did not do well. They ended up staying in the Mono type Humane Society for weeks. Also, key into google,,,, Dome homes survives Hurricane Irma and Maria on those islands that were obliterated. Look at what happened to those. One had a vent break off the top. They were built a long time back. So the newer domes should last even longer. And not be prone to leaks like the older ones. I would prefer Monolithic myself. Probably the safest structure on this EARTH, if built right.
