Dome school is always a wonderful event. There were 3 people (in addition to two of us from Dome Inc) who regularly follow the dome news groups in attendance. Two are from your group, DK. The award for greatest distance traveled to get to Dome School went to Marco from Australia. We had several people from Atlanta, one from upstate New York, a couple from Nashville, a couple from St. Louis, most of the rest from within 100 miles of Mobile. 4 of us from Minneapolis were at the seminar. We built two domes, the one Friday AM was a hurricane frame, and Saturday's was a standard steel frame. The newly revised dome school book was well received, and already there are some updates for the next printing (extras are soon to be available on eBay). We're considering another school in Ft. Lauderdale this summer, and we have to make that decision quickly. We're building the hurricane frame at a home show in Ft. Lauderdale at the Broward County Convention Center over Memorial Day weekend, and it should be a great way to advertise another school. This home show is featuring hurricanes, go figure.
Most of the attendees were potential home owners, although there were a few builders. I sold one of the display domes at the school. We made the Friday and Saturday NBC evening news, which brought a few additional walk-ins. The newscasters were genuinely enthusiastic about the hurricane dome the class built.
Mobile was a clean city, but downtown was slightly depressed as a lot of businesses were closed from the storm surge. The convention center was a great venue, and we built the hurricane frame so anyone driving by on the highway along the river could see it. Mobile was the original home of Mardi gras, and there were still beads and confetti hanging from trees and buildings as Fat Tuesday was only two weeks earlier.
Immediately next door to the convention center was a seaport. There was a HUGE crane that had been rammed by a cargo ship two weeks earlier, and it flipped and killed the operator. It crushed a stack of SEALAND containers like you can crush a pop can, and was still sitting untouched, most likely waiting for insurance and lawsuits.
Places to visit downtown Mobile: Veets most assuredly, Hero's, and Felix's on the Bay.
Dome school is always a wonderful event. There were 3 people (in addition to two of us from Dome Inc) who regularly follow the dome news groups in attendance. Two are from your group, DK. The award for greatest distance traveled to get to Dome School went to Marco from Australia. We had several people from Atlanta, one from upstate New York, a couple from Nashville, a couple from St. Louis, most of the rest from within 100 miles of Mobile. 4 of us from Minneapolis were at the seminar. We built two domes, the one Friday AM was a hurricane frame, and Saturday's was a standard steel frame. The newly revised dome school book was well received, and already there are some updates for the next printing (extras are soon to be available on eBay). We're considering another school in Ft. Lauderdale this summer, and we have to make that decision quickly. We're building the hurricane frame at a home show in Ft. Lauderdale at the Broward County Convention Center over Memorial Day weekend, and it should be a great way to advertise another school. This home show is featuring hurricanes, go figure.
Most of the attendees were potential home owners, although there were a few builders. I sold one of the display domes at the school. We made the Friday and Saturday NBC evening news, which brought a few additional walk-ins. The newscasters were genuinely enthusiastic about the hurricane dome the class built.
Mobile was a clean city, but downtown was slightly depressed as a lot of businesses were closed from the storm surge. The convention center was a great venue, and we built the hurricane frame so anyone driving by on the highway along the river could see it. Mobile was the original home of Mardi gras, and there were still beads and confetti hanging from trees and buildings as Fat Tuesday was only two weeks earlier.
Immediately next door to the convention center was a seaport. There was a HUGE crane that had been rammed by a cargo ship two weeks earlier, and it flipped and killed the operator. It crushed a stack of SEALAND containers like you can crush a pop can, and was still sitting untouched, most likely waiting for insurance and lawsuits.
Places to visit downtown Mobile: Veets most assuredly, Hero's, and Felix's on the Bay.
Dome school is always a wonderful event. There were 3 people (in addition to two of us from Dome Inc) who regularly follow the dome news groups in attendance. Two are from your group, DK. The award for greatest distance traveled to get to Dome School went to Marco from Australia. We had several people from Atlanta, one from upstate New York, a couple from Nashville, a couple from St. Louis, most of the rest from within 100 miles of Mobile. 4 of us from Minneapolis were at the seminar. We built two domes, the one Friday AM was a hurricane frame, and Saturday's was a standard steel frame. The newly revised dome school book was well received, and already there are some updates for the next printing (extras are soon to be available on eBay). We're considering another school in Ft. Lauderdale this summer, and we have to make that decision quickly. We're building the hurricane frame at a home show in Ft. Lauderdale at the Broward County Convention Center over Memorial Day weekend, and it should be a great way to advertise another school. This home show is featuring hurricanes, go figure.
Most of the attendees were potential home owners, although there were a few builders. I sold one of the display domes at the school. We made the Friday and Saturday NBC evening news, which brought a few additional walk-ins. The newscasters were genuinely enthusiastic about the hurricane dome the class built.
Mobile was a clean city, but downtown was slightly depressed as a lot of businesses were closed from the storm surge. The convention center was a great venue, and we built the hurricane frame so anyone driving by on the highway along the river could see it. Mobile was the original home of Mardi gras, and there were still beads and confetti hanging from trees and buildings as Fat Tuesday was only two weeks earlier.
Immediately next door to the convention center was a seaport. There was a HUGE crane that had been rammed by a cargo ship two weeks earlier, and it flipped and killed the operator. It crushed a stack of SEALAND containers like you can crush a pop can, and was still sitting untouched, most likely waiting for insurance and lawsuits.
Places to visit downtown Mobile: Veets most assuredly, Hero's, and Felix's on the Bay.
