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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.”
Doug Thornton
“We were down to an hour-and-a-half of fuel.”
“I think it could be a symbol perhaps of the rebuilding of New Orleans. There are a lot of good memories in the dome too.”
“I think it could be a symbol for the rebuilding of New Orleans.”
“She's taken a hit. She's been given the ultimate test.”
“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.”
“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.”
“They'll tell us if we should rehabilitate the dome or demolish it and start over.”
“We don't expect to take any water. But we wanted them up higher in case.”
“I'm a little more encouraged after walking through it a second time.”
