Doomed!
Posted on 08/29/2005 7:23:46 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Dear Lord Jesus, have mercy on them!
There is no where else to go. At best, it is going to be a miserable day for those inside.
If I were a politician, I would refrain from making engineering judgments. Having designated the Superdome as a refugee center, I guess they have no choice.
LOok for the current thread in Breaking News!
Serious storm!
Norm! Gorgeous over here lately! It's finally Summer.
Doomed!
Praise God this thing did not hit NO straight on and as a Cat 5.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image shows Hurricane Katrina approaching the City of New Orleans in this image taken at 9:15 A.M. EDT on August 29, 2005. Gusty winds and heavy rain squalls swept across southern Louisiana on Monday as giant Hurricane Katrina bore down on the U.S. Gulf coast and threatened to swamp the city of New Orleans. At least a million people had fled the area ahead of the powerful storm, which weakened as it neared land to top winds of 155 mph and was downgraded to a Category 4 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. Photo by Reuters (Handout)
Water from Hurricane Katrina floods the road leading to the beach in Gulf Shores, Ala., Monday Aug. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Probably the flashing covering an expansion joint. BTW, I can make engineering judgements.
Is this the same Force of Nature enviro-wackos claim we can control by not using spray-cans and avoiding heavy breathing?
Yup. could have been worse tho and still will be raising much havoc all week.,, it'll hit Canada too ,, if that's any consolation. ;-)
mid 80s today here . Hope Alaska is decent next month, wifey and I are taking a few days off to float around on a big boat.
ope... cats are starting to migrate to the window sill and some sun time. Enjoy!
Thank God that New Orleans was spared a direct hit - and you have to wonder if anyone brought a football into the Dome with them to pass the time.
"Is this the same Force of Nature enviro-wackos claim we can control by not using spray-cans and avoiding heavy breathing?"
You forgot cattle-generated methane!
I've never known old sheet metal to stay attached to a structure in high winds. When I heard that the Superdome was being used as a shelter, I had visions of the roof peeling away and the interior a giant, swirling blender.
I feel badly for these folks but may I interject that if these folks had not relied on the government to provide for their every little need they would have gotten the heck out of there on their own.
Why is it the responsibility of government to house feed transport and generally take care of these folks?
When I heard they were using it I thought back to the tiles falling down off the roof in the Kingdome.
Oh, most certainly they did. It's just that, if reports are accurate, the Superdome is designed to withstand winds of 150mph -- which is just about what Katrina is packing as a Cat 5 storm. The Dome will be 'worked' to it's ultimate design limit -- which is never a comforting thought for any engineer.
Putting several tens of thousands of citizens inside the Superdome was probably the best of a list of bad options. Still, this will avail the governor little if that Dome collapses. She should avoid making statements that could boomerang on her.
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