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To: cyborg

Oh. thanks. I have been checking back in vs. following verbatum.


2,741 posted on 08/29/2005 9:30:09 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,167289,00.html


Excerpt:

Water was dripping in and people were being moved away from about five sections of seats.

General Manager Glenn Menard said he didn't know how serious the problem was. He said there was no way of getting someone up to the roof to examine it.

Outside, one of the 10-foot, concrete clock pylons set up around the Superdome blew over.

"The Superdome is not in any dangerous situation," Gov. Kathleen Blanco said.

Electrical power at the Superdome failed at 5:02 a.m., triggering groans from the crowd. Emergency generators kicked in, but the backup power runs only reduced lighting and cannot run the air conditioning.

About 370,000 customers in southeast Louisiana were estimated to be without power, said Chenel Lagarde, spokesman for Entergy Corp., the main energy power company in the region.


2,780 posted on 08/29/2005 9:34:09 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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