They are actually quite impressive.
Which brings up the question of just WHO would be allowed in those gates in the event of a catastrophe.
It may interest you to know that entrance to mormon temples is dictated by the issuance of a "temple recommend" and only the select members that obey all the mormon rules to the letter are given one.
I, for one, doubt the rules would be relaxed in the case of a civil emergency.
>>It may interest you to know that entrance to mormon temples is dictated by the issuance of a “temple recommend” and only the select members that obey all the mormon rules to the letter are given one.
I, for one, doubt the rules would be relaxed in the case of a civil emergency.<<
I firmly agree. I think it is the main point of the things.
In fact there are even parts of the temple that take further rank to enter. I remember asking why all of us non-mormons were allowed in and although I don’t remember the specifics of the reason, it had to do with something of the lines of “it wasn’t officially a ‘temple’ yet”. It had to go through some sort of ceremony or something and was still “just a building”.