Why we need to rebuild all hurricane/tornado prone areas with Geodesic Domes

"The Aidome shown at bottom of this data was built in the British Virgin Islands & in 2017 withstood Hurricane Irma’s 200 mph winds with no damage.

Also shown below is photo of an Aidome in St. Croix US Virgin Islands which withstood two category five hurricanes (Irma and Maria) in 2017 with no damage to the dome.

The strongest and most efficient shapes are spherical in nature. The spherical shape allows for enclosing the greatest volume with the least amount of surface area. The design of diatoms, honeycombs, and molecular structures of nature often utilize this energy efficient shape which is also a structurally sound configuration.

The geodesic dome is a copy of a structure called a Fullerite or Bucky ball, a small geodesic shaped carbon molecule, which exists in nature. Most organic compounds form complex geometric shapes in relation to the strongest chemical bonds, examples would be pentane and hexane molecules. The geodesic dome also utilizes pentagon (five triangles make a pentagon configuration) and hexagon configurations (six triangles make a hexagon configuration)

The bases for the geodesic shape comes from early attempts to understand pi. Triangles were truncated in circles and spheres. Ratios were then developed in regards to the actual geometry used. The Triangulation’s in the sphere can also be seen in certain structures utilizing a truss1. Trusses are composed of triangles (simplest, strongest, most efficient building shape). Trusses make up most roof structures. Trusses may also be seen at work in exotic structures such as suspension bridges, the Eiffel tower, radio towers, space stations, geodesic domes, and even oil rig platforms2. "

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Seriously - this is just a small bit of info on the design of these homes, which use less materials and are more energy efficient.

Please consider having the insurance companies and building permits on the same page here.

It will save them money. Lots.

How many times have homes been rebuilt just to be torn down again from the elements.

The storms are not going away.

These houses that have been destroyed have to be rebuilt.

And everyone can go to bed at night knowing they did something for another's safety. Win Win.

People could create companies with this idea too.



Please take some time and look into Buckminster Fuller.

Genius!!!