In 2018, Hurricane Michael became the first category five hurricane on record to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle, sweeping entire buildings off their foundations, and affected almost 50,000 structures. 

But Margaret Clayton’s dome, “Golden Eye”, was fine. She had designed and built it in 2015 in a small Gulf-front community, with a construction company called Monolithic Domes. 

“I was not a bit afraid during Hurricane Michael,” she said.. “A South Florida newspaper said there were sustained winds of 185+ mph and gusts of 201 mph. I believe that as I watched the neighbor house explode and saw trees twist and fly apart. Debris pounded the dome viciously. My hurricane windows were fractured but held so no rain entered. My large hurricane garage door held, but was a bit bent at the bottom as it faced the full force of the hurricane. All the homes around me were destroyed or are uninhabitable. Except for the transformer and a board which wedged in the dome—like a spear or javelin—GOLDEN EYE is fine. The other side of the dome is perfect! Living in a dome is a dream!”