The common proposed solution there is putting it in a specific bit of ocean in the western equatorial Pacific where there are far fewer chances (now, with clima

The common proposed solution there is putting it in a specific bit of ocean in the western equatorial Pacific where there are far fewer chances (now, with climate change who knows) of hurricanes and other storms. I imagine if we ever have the means to actually construct one though we'll probably also have good super conductors and crazy super capacitors and could probably just build superconductor lightning rods up and down the length of it that dump into super caps which then power the climbers and HVAC.