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Questions follow disaster that killed 8 students; 12 others
also lose lives 
Updated: 7:50 p.m. CT March 3, 2007
ENTERPRISE, Ala. - On a mournful mission, President Bush
climbed over piles of concrete, roofing, insulation, broken glass and
textbooks Saturday that littered Enterprise High School, battered by a
tornado that killed eight students.
Down hallway three, lined by blue lockers, he went in private,
the corridor where the students died and scores more
were trapped in Thursday's storm. The president also saw the wing "now
just rubble" where students had hunkered down as the tornado approached.
"Today I have walked through devastation that is hard to
describe," he said, standing with students, one of whom had a tear
running down
her face. "Our thoughts go out to the students who perished. Thank God
for hundreds who lived," he said.
If the Enterprise High School
which was hit by tornadoes on March 1st 2007 would have had the
following type of building, 8
students would still be alive.
How safe are the children in your school buildings?
If you could influence the type of structure that you may build in the
future, what would be some of the major
considerations in the type of structure?
- Safety?
- Long life?
- More building for the dollar?
- Low cost of operation and maintenance?
- Open design options (no interior supports}?
- A structure that could serve as a community emergency
shelter?
As a school board member, I feel people ought to know about a construction method
that can provide SAFE,
energy efficient (Energy
Star Rated), low maintenance, open design opportunities, and long
life buildings to
house our schools.
As I attended the National School
Boards Association Annual
Conference in 2005 and 2007. I moved about the commercial exhibits
at the National School
Boards Association Conference in 2005
and 2007, I asked people, at each booth at which "Architectural
Design" firms were touting their expertise in school architectural
design and engineering, if they were aware of monolithic type
construction or
monolithic dome construction.
Without fail, no one indicated more than a brief awareness of domes, such as Buckminster
Fuller's geodesic dome design. Not one spokesperson indicated any
knowledge of a technology that has been proven in the United States, as
well as worldwide,
over the last 30+ years, a technology that
produces structures FEMA has judged
as
virtually
indestructible. Structures that offer almost absolute protection
from natural and manmade disasters.
In 2008, most "Architectural Design" firms expressed the same opinion,
however,
Dome Technology did have a display booth.
When I ask people what is the most important consideration in
considering a new school building, without fail, parents say
SAFETY!
- These buildings are:
- Tornado Proof,
- Earthquake proof,
- have Type II fire rating (almost
fire-proof)
- have Lower initial cost (and shorter construction time),
- Lower operating cost, and have a
- Life span measured in centuries rather than in
decades. AND
- Energy savings can pay for the building in 20 or fewer
years!
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- (built about
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and
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