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It wasn't a building it was a tent. 

A bubble isn't a tent and you are mistaken if you believe that a "bubble" cannot be strong. The Dolphins' bubble is build to withstand up to Cat 3 hurricane force winds.

 The Dolphins' bubble is build to withstand up to Cat 3 hurricane force winds.

If there is a huricane outside I am not using the Dolphins practice tent for shelter even if it is only cat 1. I am going somewhere bit more solid. 

That assistant coach better get PAID by Jerry Jones + Insurance companies for being paralyzed while helping a shitty team get better. He better be set for life financially.

If nobody were seriously injured, there's something cool and kinda funny about a giant bubble collapsing on the Cowboys.  As is, though, I'm really bummed about it.

I'll try to say this as politely as I can, but I think this statement is definitely not in good taste. 

I don't think a structure collapsing on ANYONE is funny or cool at all, regardless of whether or not someone is hurt.  Imagine if you were under that thing, you'd probably be scared out of your mind. 

When my son was little, we would always have a "bouncy castle" at his birthday parties.  When he turned 3, we had a situation where the power in the neighborhood failed for a couple minutes.  I was sitting there watching him and his little buddies jump on it, when all of a sudden, it deflated and collapsed on itself, burying him and his buddies.  I ran like a madman toward it and threw back layer after layer of rubber to uncover the kids.  Luckily no one was hurt, but they were all frightened beyone belief and had tear-stained faces. 

This company (Cover-All Building Systems) looks like it could be in some serious trouble.

Seriously there is a complete difference between grown men and a three year old. I actually enjoy being scared. It's why I watch suspenseful movies, ride rollercoasters, go whitewater rafting, etc. I agree with Dave completely. This is a horrible story because of the injuries. Otherwise I would have had a chuckle. Since it occurred the way it did it is a tragedy.

When my son was little, we would always have a "bouncy castle" at his birthday parties.  When he turned 3, we had a situation where the power in the neighborhood failed for a couple minutes.  I was sitting there watching him and his little buddies jump on it, when all of a sudden, it deflated and collapsed on itself, burying him and his buddies.  I ran like a madman toward it and threw back layer after layer of rubber to uncover the kids.  Luckily no one was hurt, but they were all frightened beyone belief and had tear-stained faces. 

Fins’ Facility Can Withstand Hurricanes, And Be Stored Under A Bed
Posted by Mike Florio on May 7, 2009, 8:54 a.m. EDT
As the investigation continues into the more-stunning-as-it-sinks-in story of an indoor practice facility that, while vacant for long stretches, happened to be full of football players and coaches and media and front-office staff when a severe thunderstorm hit five days ago, more evidence is emerging regarding the construction of similar structures.

In Miami, the Dolphins use a true bubble — an air-supported dome that can withstand even the worst conditions, because it can be deflated.

“Our structure for the Dolphins is an air-supported structure and not a fabric envelope supported by large steel arches or trusts systems like the one in Dallas,” Dan Fraioli of Air Structures American Technologies told Harvey Fialkov of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

“If it deflates, it turns into a light-weight tarp and it doesn’t have any weight to it to allow it to plunge down to cause injury as if were a big steel frame collapsing.  The safest structure you can have is an air-supported one.”

Per Fialkov, the Cowboys didn’t take a bid from Fraioli’s company when preparing to build their indoor facility in 2003.  “I don’t know what their reasoning was for avoiding the air-supported structure,” Fraioli recently told the San Antonio Express-News. “If [former coach Bill] Parcells had a say, I’d think they’d have gone with an air-supported structure.”

We don’t currently know the difference between the cost of the steel-framed structure and the true bubble-type facility.  One ongoing factor, of course, is the electricity cost associated with keeping the thing inflated.

Still, it’s a much safer proposition to be standing under a large tarp instead of a nest of steel beams if Mother Nature decides to huff and puff and blow the house in.

“Sure, in our pioneer years we had lesser quality fabric and lesser quality inflation blowers but you grow by learning from mistakes,” Fraioli told Fialkov.  “Any failure today wouldn’t do much more than turn the fabric shell from a very rigid shell to a slackened tarp and collapse very slowly.

“With an air-supported structure there’s never been in the United States injuries like the Dallas Cowboys [had], just a slow deflation.  The next day, do some patchwork and reinflate the building.”

I do all that thrilling stuff too.  But again, imagine if a structure was coming down on you.  It's not like you're playing "hide under the blanket" with your kids.  There's always the fear that you could be seriously hurt or lose your life. 

You're talking to a guy who was running from room to room in his house as the ceilings were coming down the night of Hurricane Andrew.

And when all is said and done and you weren't hurt and you didn't lose personal possesions (unlike during the hurricane) you wouldn't sit back and think that is a bit of a rush? I likely would.

I have seen the name of the company reported in two different articles as Summit Structures.