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Super Dome's Roof falls off.

The Saints players are in California but hopefully if only the roof is damaged on the Superdome and they can declare it structurely sound they can still play games there, just without the roof.
 
Apparently there are some other inner areas within the Dome where people are being moved to.
 
FYI, I think the roof is made of cloth. I don't think there is any structural damage to the stadium itself, it's simply that the covering for the frame of the roof wasn't quite up to hurricane force winds. I don't think this has any long-term implications for the use of the stadium. However, if the Big Easy in general gets damaged to the point of taking an extended period of time to recover (as is looking likely) then the city could discourage the team from playing their games there a la San Diego and their fires.
 
This reminds me of hurricane Camile in, I think 1969, a real catastrophic storm that devastated that area.
They just had the Governor of Louisiana and she said the Superdome structure was designed to withstand 200 mile an hour winds.
 
8:38 a.m.: Storm Rips Superdome Roof
The thousands of people who took shelter in the New Orleans Superdome couldn't completely escape the wrath of Hurricane Katrina. The storm has now torn two holes in the roof of the huge arena. People inside can hear the rumbling of the winds ripping at the metal on the roof. They can see the metal flapping, and can even see the sky through the holes. Water is dripping in and people are being moved away from about five sections of seats. General Manager Glenn Menard says he does not know how serious the problem is. He says there's no way of getting anyone up there to look at it. -- Associated Press
 
hunter5nc1 said:
What do you mean Whatever! I heard there where 10 thousand people in there. :eek:
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Please read the entire thread before you respond to a post... he's already apologized for his mis-understanding.
 
OneHondo said:
This reminds me of hurricane Camile in, I think 1969, a real catastrophic storm that devastated that area.
They just had the Governor of Louisiana and she said the Superdome structure was designed to withstand 200 mile an hour winds.
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yeah, but its older now and i dont think it could withstand 200 mile an hour winds much longer let alone 150 mile an hour winds, its to bad all of this:shakeno:
 
Dolfan73 said:
probably play at LSU
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That's probably the most likely option, assuming that LSU's stadium is available and not damaged too badly. (Baton Rouge is not far from New Orleans.)

Otherwise, it is not outside the realm of possibility that the Saints move some of their "home" games to another venue like Reliant Stadium in Houston or the Alamodome in San Antonio. (Tom Benson lives in San Antonio and I'm sure the city would cut him a sweet deal on the rental.)
 
Dolfan73 said:
Havent found the link yet but just heard that the superdomes roof is now off. My prayers are with the people in the gulf
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Geez!

The roof is not off.
It did tear a couple of holes into the roof but it is not off.
Everyone inside is reported fine.
 
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This is really a scary moment for them. I did't know that this was gonna be a really big and bad storm. I hope that they all stay safe.
 
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