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Crazy pic of super dome

#1 Postby windnrain » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:51 am

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That's how it looks right now.
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#2 Postby Roxy » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:53 am

WOW! :eek:

Thanks for posting it.
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#3 Postby NFLnut » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:54 am

I'd hate to be the guy who finds those pieces on his lawn!! :eek:
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#4 Postby HurricaneGirl » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:16 pm

:eek: Holy Crap! :eek:
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#5 Postby blueeyes_austin » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:45 pm

Well, I guess that settles the "it can it handle a 200 mph wind" debate.
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#6 Postby dwg71 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:53 pm

blueeyes_austin wrote:Well, I guess that settles the "it can it handle a 200 mph wind" debate.


To be fair, its a thin sheeting that was blown off. There was not any structural damage to SD.
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#7 Postby CronkPSU » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:00 pm

dwg71 wrote:
blueeyes_austin wrote:Well, I guess that settles the "it can it handle a 200 mph wind" debate.


To be fair, its a thin sheeting that was blown off. There was not any structural damage to SD.


tell that to the people getting wet inside the dome right now
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#8 Postby dwg71 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:03 pm

CronkPSU wrote:
dwg71 wrote:
blueeyes_austin wrote:Well, I guess that settles the "it can it handle a 200 mph wind" debate.


To be fair, its a thin sheeting that was blown off. There was not any structural damage to SD.


tell that to the people getting wet inside the dome right now


It was leaking before the sheeting came off. The official that I saw said it was just cosmetic.
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#9 Postby Swimdude » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:12 pm

dwg71 wrote:
blueeyes_austin wrote:Well, I guess that settles the "it can it handle a 200 mph wind" debate.


To be fair, its a thin sheeting that was blown off. There was not any structural damage to SD.


That's exactly what I was going to say... Check MSNBC.com... The Superdome structure isn't in danger.
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#10 Postby gtalum » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:23 pm

That's just the watertight membrane coming off.
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#11 Postby TexasStooge » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:03 pm

HurricaneGirl wrote::eek: Holy Crap! :eek:


That's what I said!
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