Hurricane shelter

A shelter design to provide an internal safe space in which to house and protect human life from the dangers of storms having high velocity winds and extremely heavy rain fall, such as hurricanes, comprising:

• (a) a foundation resting on and covering a portion of the earth, said foundation forming a floor for said shelter,
• (b) a base wall being closed on itself and defining said safe space within the closure of said base wall, said base wall lying within the area of and resting on said foundation and said base wall being secured to said foundation,
• (c) a column positioned vertically and having an upper and lower end, said column generally passing through the center of the safe space and also passing through said foundation at said column's lower end, and said column extending upward above the base wall at said column's upper end,
• (d) a dome extending about the top of said base wall to provide a cover to said safe space, said dome having a dome port passing in a vertical direction through it's center, said dome port having an aperture that is configured to pass closely about said column and said column extending through said dome port to enable said dome to be raised to an upper position above said base wall to provide access to said safe space, and lowered to a lower position where said dome rests on said base wall to provide overhead closure to said safe space, said dome remaining centered about said column while being raised and lowered, and
• (e) means for detachably connecting said dome to said base wall to enable said dome to be raised to its upper position when detached from said base wall to provide access to said safe space and to be lowered on to said base wall and connected to said base wall to secure said safe space from intrusion of wind, rain and flying debris occurring during a storm.