Live Super Dome report ... a piece of the SD roof has blown off we are looking at daylight from the floor of the SD the roof started vibrating you can see straigth out to the sky it ... 3ft x 5 ft chunk has blown offf it looks like there could be more
... getting rained on inside the SD they are moving us into a covered area we have to leave the field area no longer safe for us to stand on the field
Reporter on live says Superdome's Lightning Rod fell through roof onto field.
FOX now reporting the sky can be seen from inside the Superdome.
From the map I see at post 878 it seems the eye is passing directly over the Superdome.
The only other time a domed stadium's roof had a breech was the year Dallas played in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. In that incident, a huge wind and rain storm blew through and ripped the fabric roof. that allowed rainwater to flood one end of the field. All that took place a day or two before the Cowboys/Vikings game. The fabric had a temporary repair by kickoff. the SuperDome is a horse of another color. That's a metal roof, I believe. On another thread, I stated that I hoped the people in charge wouldn't let the people inside the main arena. If the roof did have a breech, there is a lot of things hanging above their head that they wouldn't want to fall on their heads. Hope that they're under the stands in the concources. That would be far safer than the field area.
Godspeed to all those in harms way.