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Originally Posted by DareDad
The dome itself is a tornado shelter. In 2012 there were major storms that passed through. My Durango still looks like a golf ball from the hail denting it. But yeah, for teams that aren't familiar with tornado prep, they might want to do some reading.
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This is a bit of a misconception. The dome is not so well engineered that it would survive, unharmed, a direct hit from a moderately powerful tornado. It is quite likely that the roof of the dome would fail in addition to the windows around the outside of the dome, causing a flurry of flying debris and hail to rain down on the dome. The walls of the dome wouldn't necessarily collapse or anything, but it would be far from a safe situation. Tornadoes are scary, powerful things.
Severe storms in the Midwest aren't exactly uncommon and even when tornadoes do touch down, their path of destruction tends to be fairly narrow and short. So it's not exactly the most likely thing in the world that the Dome is directly hit by a tornado, but it's something to be aware of. Everyone is hit by hail though...