I was thinking about this today and realized that another way besides living underground and growing food underground would be building geodesic domes made of bulletproof glass or bullet proof plexiglas that could withstand 300 to 500 mph wind gusts without being blown down or lifting off the ground and blowing away. However, you likely would have to anchor these things pretty good with cement and metal to give them enough weight to not blow away in these winds because if the wind got up under the dome at any point it would act like a big sail on a ship and the whole thing could blow away (literally).
For example, there was a bridge over Highway1 there on the Carmel River here in California where the trees came down the river and this metal and cement two lane bridge then in the flooding was pushed all the way to the ocean about 1 mile away which seems impossible but many people witnessed this. And everyone south of there from Carmel Highlands to Big Sur couldn't get out by car or on foot for a month or more while the Army Core of engineers put a military temporary bridge and then they got a contractor to put in the bridge within a couple of months so they could take away the temporary military bridge they put in there.
So, in really high winds like we are likely to see more towards the end of the 2000s could upend any glass or plexiglas dome nor properly anchored down. Also, you likely would need at the base of the domes ways to let fresh air in and likely a top vent on the very top of the dome to let the hot air out as well.
So, I'm beginning to see how glass or plexiglass domes could be a part of the future of mankind in the higher winds that are coming.
By the way the incident on Carmel River and the Bridge being washed a mile into the sea was around 1995 I believe.
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