Yep, I wouldn't fancy being in front of one of those.

It looks pretty bad despite the fact it was not quite the full monty...

When I heard the roof of the dome was opened up fairly early on I reckoned it could have turned nasty.....once something that size is breached the lot can go. Anyway, I did a bit of research on the Superdome and there was a bit of a technical wizardry in the design that seems to have saved them.

Its a steel superstructure with a solid foam shell, and they must have been expecting just this when they designed it.

What came off was only the teflon covering, and a small part of the foam.

Well done to the engineers.

I think that's what you call a live test....

Dave L





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