Doug Thornton
Doug Thornton
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If you were to walk through it now you would say it's not that bad and could possibly be repaired.
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It's very early at this point to speculate about the future of the Dome and whether it can be repaired.
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It's in bad shape. Whether it can be rehabilitated in nine or 12 months is not something I could tell you about now. There's severe damage to the roof (70 percent exposed), severe damage to the electrical distribution systems and a lot of the interior spaces are damaged.
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They'll tell us if we should rehabilitate the dome or demolish it and start over.
We were down to an hour-and-a-half of fuel.
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You get the feeling that if you could take this thing down to the bare walls and replace some of the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (systems), you could be back in business. I don't know how long that would take, but structurally the building seems to be in pretty good shape.
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One guy asked me why we wouldn't just want to tear down the Dome because it harbors so many bad memories of the storm, but we had 30 years of good memories here before the hurricane. It could be a symbol for the rebuilding of New Orleans, something people could rally around.
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The Superdome is covered through risk management. We have $100 million for flood protection and $500 million for storm damage.
I don't get that. What was that all about?
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She's taken a hit. She's been given the ultimate test.
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I'm a little more encouraged after walking through it a second time.
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It's unbelievable. All these big oak trees are just uprooted, everything is brown and the waterline is up to 7 feet on the house. It's like somebody dropped a nuclear weapon and just killed everything. There's not any sign of life. There's no greenery. It's bizarre. It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen in my life.
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We've not had the opportunity to discuss what role SMG will play, but we've offered our assistance to the extent that it is necessary. LSU and the Saints want our help.
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This will make this a better building for all the users, whatever happens to the Saints.