 Re: Superdome Roof Update
NEW ORLEANS A Texas company has tackled the job to replace the Hurricane Katrina-damaged Superdome roof.
Katrina hit the Gulf coast last August -- swamping New Orleans.
Tom Keller and Wally Scoggins own Brazos Urethane of Texas City.
Their workers must go up 27 stories to get to the Superdome roof. The crews must take an elevator to the sixth level of the Dome.
To cover the last 21 stories, the workers climb stairs and catwalks behind the acoustic ceiling.
Workers go up in the morning, and unless a storm blows in, they don't come down until eight hours later.
The stadium is home to the N-F-L's New Orleans Saints and the Sugar Bowl.
The Saints temporarily relocated to San Antonio after Katrina.
Their first game in New Orleans is September 25th.
The cost to repair the roof has been put at 32 (m) million dollars.
Time to say goodnight to the Superdome...my favorite Dome memory was watching punter Ray Guy hit the "gondola TV screen" with a punt in an All-Star game in the late 70's...anyone remember that?  | 
05-08-2006, 09:00 PM
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