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Re: Southern Hurricane survivors scramble for bullet proof housing,

Steve Spence

2005-12-14, 9:21 pm

ebpros@gmail.com wrote:
> HURRICANE SURVIVERS FOUND A SECRET TO STOPPING HIGH COST DAMAGES
>
> Southern hurricane survivors found a secret, only problem is there is a
> bit of a waiting list. Recently an open house hosted over 150 people in
> St. Louis, Missouri standing in line to test the materials themselves.
> FBI Agents say "This is unbelievably awesome, I have never seen
> anything like it".
>
> For full story and video: http://customsuperhomes.com/myk
>

http://www.monolithicdome.com/ has a more weatherproof home.

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Steve Spence
Dir., Green Trust, http://www.green-trust.org
Contributing Editor, http://www.off-grid.net
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Anthony Matonak

2005-12-14, 9:21 pm

Vaughn wrote:
> "Steve Spence" <sspence@green-trust.org> wrote in message
>
>
> Probably so, but there is no hint of dome homes ever becoming mainstream.
> We just spent a small fortune retrofiting to impact windows. Some of the newer
> homes here are including a solid concrete "saferoom" somewhere in their internal
> floorplan. Our building code is the toughest in the nation, but it still does
> not address Cat 5 hurricane winds. We will be watching those from a distance!

The most bulletproof (or hurricane proof) home isn't going to do
much good if it's 15 feet under water. They just have to build them
a little higher next time.

Anthony

Steve Spence

2005-12-14, 10:21 pm

Jake wrote:
> The noisiest house I was ever in was a dome. A whisper could be heard
> anywhere in that place. NO THANK YOU!
>

That's a failure of the indoor treatments, not the shape.

--
Steve Spence
Dir., Green Trust, http://www.green-trust.org
Contributing Editor, http://www.off-grid.net
http://www.rebelwolf.com/essn.html

nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu

2005-12-15, 7:21 am

Anthony Matonak <anthonym40@nothing.like.comcast.net> wrote:

http://www.monolithicdome.com/ has a more weatherproof home.

>The most bulletproof (or hurricane proof) home isn't going to do
>much good if it's 15 feet under water. They just have to build them
>a little higher next time.

Monolithic domes can be waterproof. They are sometimes used as tanks.

Nick

Anthony Matonak

2005-12-16, 1:21 am

The Alien wrote:
> nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu used recycled pixels to say:
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> Great for the home, what about the car? Do they come with protected
> garages?

Perhaps folks could simply park on the roof.

Anthony

Steve Spence

2005-12-16, 11:21 am

The Alien wrote:
> X-No-archive: yes On 15 Dec 2005 05:16:49 -0500,
> nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu used recycled pixels to say:
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>
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> Great for the home, what about the car? Do they come with protected
> garages?
>

A second smaller dome?

--
Steve Spence
Dir., Green Trust, http://www.green-trust.org
Contributing Editor, http://www.off-grid.net
http://www.rebelwolf.com/essn.html

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