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Posted on 08/28/2005 9:35:34 AM PDT by NautiNurse
They are talking about setting up refugee camps for up to a million people north of NO.
WOW!
I heard that & my stomach flipped!
I truly don't know.
I will be..
I know there are a lot of websites on New Orleans and LA, but I hope people are collecting and saving as many "before" pics as possible. My dearest friend, who died last year, was born in Orleans Parish and grew up in Jeff Parish. He was a fabulous story teller. I remember him talking about learning how to dance for the balls and performing before the King. He wanted to take me down and give me the royal tour from his childhood, but he got too sick. The best he could muster was beignets and cafe du monde at Underground Atlanta. Plus, he taught me how to make a real mean red beans and rice :)
Is that what Cantore said?
I= It.
Thanks for the link and info. This storm appears to carry high wind strength out from the eye thus making for a long duration of wind over one area and a wider area.
They're now talking about the probability of 1,000,000 refugees in the aftermath of this storm. This could be the end of NO. You sure wouldn't get me to rebuild in that swamp.
If anyone has contacts at Fox, can you ask them to please get some new video besides the one with the shaking dog and the guy putting up plywood bending over to showcase his buttcrack?
And they added, for possibly months to come.
As this monster approaches, may I suggest y'all put your current locations in your taglines?
Superdome Statistics
Total Land Area: (building, garages, and grounds) 52 acres
Height: 273 feet (82.3 meters)
Diameter of Dome: 680 feet (210 meters)
Area of Roof: 9.7 acres
Interior Space: 125,000,000 cubic feet
Total square footage: 269,000 sq. ft. (82,342 sq. meters)
Main Arena: 166,180 sq. ft. (50,685 sq. meters)
Convention Concourse: 76,711 sq. ft. (8,261 sq. meters)
Concrete: 169,000 cubic yards (131,820 cubic meters)
Structural Steel: 20,000 tons (18,200 metric tons)
Air Conditioning: 9,000 tons (8,190 metric tons)
Meeting Rooms (200 Loge Level): Four 19,000 square foot quadrant rooms (each divisible into 6 individual rooms, 28 smaller reception rooms)
Rest rooms: 102 (51 women's & 51 men's)
Private Box Suites: 137
Parking Capacity: 5,000 cars & 250 buses
Air Conditioning: 9,000 tons
Lighting: 19,507 fixtures utilizing 27,869 lamps
Video System: 2 DiamondVision panels, each 28'7"x 36'3"
Scoreboards: 4 message/scoreboards, each 8'x 88' 2 out-of-town scoreboards, each 4.5'x 46'
Electrical Wiring: 400 miles (640 kilometers), including fiber optic lines
Anodized Aluminum Siding: more than 550,000 sq. ft.
Escalators: 42
Elevators: 14 (9 passenger & 5 freight )
Steve Lyons of TWC, says Katrina has turned more north.
That is probably why he knows N.O.,he was practically next door. I think Fox puts Shep on the big stories because he is young,seasoned,cocky and thinks on his feet. I remember they got him out of bed to come in for big stories During the initial huge stories of the Iraqi war,and the Shuttle disaster.
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