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To: jacquej

Yes ma'am.

My brother-in-law is a guy I trust. I asked him just what part of the structure he would go to if he had to stay in the super dome. He said basically the same as your husband. He also said he would not be in a postion to have to make that choice even if he had to hitch a ride out of town.

He says he would want to see the roof stats before he went in there as well. It's the roof he would be concerned about, and also the underpinings of the structure itself.

Something he said was very telling, "Just because a structure is large and heavy does not make it safe-sometimes, the bigger they are the harder they fall. Nature is stronger than the ideas and buildings of men".

Prayers up and I am sure glad I am not there, maybe the thing will ease up as it nears land.

AR


1,537 posted on 08/28/2005 5:37:52 PM PDT by alarm rider (Irritating leftists as often as is humanly possible....)
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To: alarm rider

Too many people talking about the SD the way that others did about Titanic a century ago.


1,548 posted on 08/28/2005 5:41:23 PM PDT by lightman (The Office of the Keys should be exercised as some ministry needs to be exorcised.)
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To: alarm rider

In Hartford, CT, a relatively minor snowstorm caused the collapse of the brand new Civic Center roof. It was the middle of the night and thankfully a game had concluded a few hours previous to the collapse. It was a structural flaw.


1,553 posted on 08/28/2005 5:42:14 PM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: alarm rider
Just because a structure is large and heavy does not make it safe-sometimes, the bigger they are the harder they fall. Nature is stronger than the ideas and buildings of men
Tell him that belongs on a bookmark for the Bible. Seriously.
1,558 posted on 08/28/2005 5:42:48 PM PDT by cgk (We'll have to deal w/ the networks. One way to do that is to drain the swamp they live in - Rumsfeld)
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To: alarm rider

Something he said was very telling, "Just because a structure is large and heavy does not make it safe-sometimes, the bigger they are the harder they fall. Nature is stronger than the ideas and buildings of men".



Not an engineer, evidently.


1,690 posted on 08/28/2005 5:55:35 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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