Bad Weather Umbrella

It seems to have escaped the notice of the entire world for however many centuries umbrellas have been in production, but the basic design doesn't actually work in the real world. The sort of rain you have a genuine need to shelter from tends to be accompanied by chaotic, howling winds, huge dark clouds and occasional lightning. To combat this we have a damp metal stick supporting a small, opaque canopy that needs both arms to control, generally needs to be positioned over your field of vision, functions as an excellent wind catcher and sail, and will be savagely torn apart into a pathetic skeletal tangle of sodden, flapping rags if you lose concentration for a moment.

What is needed is an almost completely spherical umbrella made of a transparent material in a structure engineered to take a few knocks, which offers genuine protection. I would like to suggest, as an experimental prototype, an inflatable clear plastic geodesic dome with a pump-action handle, although if anyone knows of a collapsable, snap-open dome structure.. ?