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Mon Aug-29-05 08:48 AM
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Picture of the superdome roof leaks |
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Edited on Mon Aug-29-05 08:49 AM by dogday
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Mon Aug-29-05 08:50 AM
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1. That doesn't look too serious at the moment |
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Mon Aug-29-05 08:52 AM
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5. Any breach of a roof in a hurricane is serious.... |
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This allows the wind to uplift the roof. They could start losing the roof at any time....
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:11 AM
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Mon Aug-29-05 08:51 AM
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2. Doesn't look like 1/12th of the roof to me. |
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I hope that is the extent of the damage though.
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Mon Aug-29-05 08:55 AM
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8. I assume the roof is constructed in segments. |
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Perhaps this is part of a 1/12th segment which would have to be replaced later, rather than just patched.
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Mon Aug-29-05 08:57 AM
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10. My point is that there's a lot of hyperbole concerning this. |
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I had visions of a whole roof panel blown off. These are just a couple of relatively small holes. Serious, yes, but not the doomsday I wan envisioning.
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:07 AM
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14. The 1/12 figure was from a reporter inside talking to CNN |
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:14 AM
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17. I understand that. I blame that reporter. |
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It was irresponsible "journalism". Reporters aren't supposed to freak out and over-estimate things. Just report things as they are, don't make shit up.
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:19 AM
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18. I heard the reporter say originally |
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Edited on Mon Aug-29-05 09:19 AM by Gman
something about taking the circumference of the dome, divide by pi, and he continued to "calculate" the size of the hole(s). At that point, I said, "Huh?" I didn't give the report much credence after that.
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Mon Aug-29-05 08:55 AM
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Mon Aug-29-05 08:52 AM
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3. Since the worst winds are well to the west of NO |
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That is not going to be too bad of a situation.
They'll probably even be able to lose to the Giants on September 18.
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Mon Aug-29-05 08:52 AM
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4. The roof on the Kingdome used to fall apart for no reason at all |
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I'm not going to panic about this.
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Mon Aug-29-05 08:52 AM
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6. Is CNN saying they're considering evacuating the dome?? WTF?? n/t |
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Mon Aug-29-05 08:54 AM
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7. That's not 1/12th, can we all please stop panicking now? n/t |
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:03 AM
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12. And start complaining to CNN |
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:00 AM
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On MSNBC they said the roof is made out of a fabric and not part of the actual structure. They are moving people to the safer parts of the superdome, but not out of it.
There is no danger of the roof collapsing or anything like that. It's tears of the fabric covering it. The people there are safe.
CNN is talking out of it's ass.
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:05 AM
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13. Complete 1975-30 year old structure |
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seems to be fairing fairly well so far, considering.
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:08 AM
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15. the reporter who said it is inside the superdome |
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:40 AM
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23. CNN: The mistrusted name in news |
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:30 AM
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19. That roof structure is now compromised, will it collapse? |
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The structure is now weakened and if that roof collapses, it's going to be very ugly. Let's hope they can evacuate everyone OUT of there, soon!
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:31 AM
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The structure is sound. You want people to go out into the storm?
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:36 AM
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21. Obviously people cannot go out now, into the storm. |
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Edited on Mon Aug-29-05 09:37 AM by ultraist
I hope the worst passes by quickly though, because the roof structure is no longer sound.
There is a hole in the roof which means the entire roof structure is weakened. I'm not an engineer, but it's pretty apparent that with 1/12 of a structure destroyed, the remaining part of the structure is not as strong as it should be.
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:45 AM
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24. Where did this 1/12 number come from? |
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It looks like about a ten-foot hole.
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:48 AM
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25. no, engineers have said the structure is sound |
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Edited on Mon Aug-29-05 09:48 AM by tigereye
it was built to withstand very strong winds....
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Mon Aug-29-05 10:16 AM
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28. Yes, the engineers said it was built to withstand strong winds |
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And they said that BEFORE part of the roof was blown off. I doubt any engineers have been in there to examine the damage at this point.
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:28 PM
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31. no, the governor said that there was a structural engineer |
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on site and that the skin above a small part of the roof was partly blown off.
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Mon Aug-29-05 10:09 AM
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If someone throws a baseball through your living room window, will your whole house fall down??? No. Same situation. The part that ripped is not the actual support structure of the dome, it does nothing to keep the dome standing, it just holds water out.
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Mon Aug-29-05 10:15 AM
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27. If you had a big hole in your roof, your entire roof could come down |
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Edited on Mon Aug-29-05 10:15 AM by ultraist
Yes, the structure holding up the roof is now compromised. We don't know what structural beams are now gone but we do know, that part of the structure is weakened.
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Mon Aug-29-05 10:22 AM
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29. we are not talking wood here |
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We are talking concrete and steel. And that is now what has been hurt by these holes ripping.
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Mon Aug-29-05 09:38 AM
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22. Here is background on the Superdome roof material and construction |
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Mon Aug-29-05 10:23 AM
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30. A hole in the roof is never a good sign |
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I suppose it depends on the wind strength. But with a hole, I think the wind can attack from above and below, and possibly create much more damage at that point. I have a feeling it will hold, but I wouldn't want to be in there myself.
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