[IMRight]

If the roof comes off, I think they are in big trouble. The whole structure will be compromised and the rest of the interior will likely sustain catastrophic damage.

I rather doubt it. It doesn't look like the roof is in any way structurally supporting the rest of the building.

[mrobison]

Are you kidding? Without the roof, the whole interior of the structure is directly exposed to the hurricane.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Here in Fla. when there was a lull, people would run out and cover the leaks in their roofs with tarps and put bricks on to hold them.

[EBH]

If I read the report correctly on the dome posted last night, it said each piece of the dome is structurally dependent on the parts. The roof being one of the key parts. If I understood the report last night.

[jeffers]

""If the roof comes off, I think they are in big trouble. The whole structure will be compromised and
the rest of the interior will likely sustain catastrophic damage.""

"I rather doubt it. It doesn't look like the roof is in any way structurally supporting the rest of the building."

Per discussion and technical data in earlier thread, roof and walls are integral to each other.

Still, it important to note that roof panels are not the same as roof trusses/supports, which do not appear to have been affected yet.

Hurricanes take roofs frequently, and while people get wet, they can and have survived.

[Zechariah_8_13]

I rather doubt it. It doesn't look like the roof is in any way structurally supporting the rest of the building.

Actually, I read an article on the Superdome construction yesterday, and the roof is an integral part of the support structure. That's why people are getting so nervous.

[Ingtar]

Someone posted an engineering report on the construction of the Superdome yesterday. Most of the structural integrity comes from the roof. That the walls are pushing outward and the roof holds them in place.