[spanalot]

If the winds blow hard enough on the Superdome structure and create extremely LOW PRESSURE zones, like wings on a plane create low pressure on the wing and cause it to lift UP, then the SuperDome structure will also create LIFT into the low pressure zone as the internal air pressure (under the wing-roof-walls) reacts to the lift...poof, one dome opens up like a JiffyPop!!

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Don't quit your day job. You are spreading emergency weather myths (about opening windows) and structural engineering ignorance.

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Well let me muddy things - I know that most storm tree damage happens just BELOW the crest of a mountain on the DOWNWIND side - and I am led to unsderstand this is due to turbulence or such.

Also, I recall that domes structures that do not have coners to create such turbulence can withstand more wind - e.g. the geodesic domes at the antartic

[NautiNurse]

FReeper report: There are already sustained power outages in the Baton Rouge area.

[spectre]

"The Superdome is built to withstand catastrophes; the roof is built to stand up to 200 MPH wind and even deep flood water wouldn't reach the second level 35 feet from the ground.

It has thus been used as an emergency shelter but is not designed for the task; in 1998 during Hurricane Georges problems included looting and supplying 14,000 people with necessities."

We'll see how right this article was..

[U S Army EOD]

If you get strong enough winds across a dome, it will cause lift.