[Howlin]

I thought it could hold 70,000 people; is that all that showed up?

[deport]

I thought it could hold 70,000 people; is that all that showed up?

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People are mixing up post and what is being discussed... Army and I were discussing the deaths from the 1900 Galveston hurricane in which 8,000 out of 38,000 residents were lost. That is some 21%. That is what the numbers were referring to.

[southernnorthcarolina]

I thought it could hold 70,000 people; is that all that showed up?

Well, 70K+ show up there to see the Tar Heels win national roundball championships, as they did in 1982 and 1993. :-)

Obviously, hurricane evacuations are somewhat less entertaining. The SuperDome will be accommodating mostly those who, for whatever reason, can't (or won't) leave town. Good luck to them.