May 7, 2008 9:43 am US/Eastern
A Hurricane Shelter Shaped As An Eyesore For Some
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No it's not a mountain of snow in sunny Davie, Florida, it's a concrete dome meant to keep you safe during a hurricane.
CBS
Marlena Mosby's mobile home has long been destroyed and replaced since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. She's also had a dome-shaped, hurricane shelter, concrete living facility in her backyard which her homeowner's association in Davie question if it should be allowed.
Mosby told CBS4 Joan Murray, "I lost my roof and I actually thought our lives were over."
David Pressler, who sells and installs such units, with his company Hurricane Survival said he believes the association - Park City Mobile Home Development - prefers conventional mobile structures on its property, even though, Mosby does own the land in which was built.
Pressler added, "We live in a square society, and Edison said we could live much better lives if we weren't so resistant to change."
The concrete dome weighs 8 tons, 8 1/2 high and about 10-feet round at the base, completely transportable and the company says can withstand winds of 200 mph or more.
The management said that if Mosby is in violation of the association rules, then, she could be fined $75 a day, in which Mosby argues she will contest.
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