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more than likely they will...
but do you really think it will be this disasterous?
Now I understand the levity of the Hurricane going twords New Orleans.
I understand there are alot of people that are going to perish.
Just curious.
If the Hurricane is as bad as they think.
What will the New Orleans Hornets do?
Their arena is downtown, it could be heavily damaged by the hurricane, and flooding will no doubt ruin the bottom of the arena area.
This is especially true about the Superdome
WIll the NBA have to set up an alternate hometown for the New Orleans Hornets, say like, St Louis? Nashville? Tampa Bay??
I know no one will want to talk about it, but, its something that we can talk about that will at least somewhat be a bit of a distraction of the impending disaster.
more than likely they will...
but do you really think it will be this disasterous?
Hey that baseball SIG is gone...
It could ineed be that bad. Who knows what could happen? I imagine it would be very difficult to schedule games in an alterate location since they are booked so far in advance. Maybe a mix of alternate locations (I would think they'd stay in state) or maybe more road games.
Category 5.but do you really think it will be this disasterous?
Strongest in the history of our country.
Yes, I think while sports is the last thing on our mind, that the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Hornets will be the Montreal Expos so to speak this year.
maybe they can move and actually make money and win if they get out of new orleans
They will prob forfeit the season, how many wins would they have gotten anyway.
the hardwood floor is probably temporary, like at SBC and other multi-activity arenas, so it has been removed (if it was even down at the time of the year).
Saints to the motha funkin' AlamoDome!
Thats fine.the hardwood floor is probably temporary, like at SBC and other multi-activity arenas, so it has been removed (if it was even down at the time of the year).
But, if the lower level of the arena is flooded and ruined, how do still hold events in said arena????
I would imagine the arena (sans the wood floor) is mostly concrete and metal, so structurally it'll probably be fine. But, they're forecasting months without electricity or clean water. I think it's an interesting question. I doubt very much the club would forfeit the season; most likely they'd have a temporary home arena until theirs is ready again. But, yeah, definitely a minor problem compared to how many people are about to lose their homes, jobs, etc.
Ksat 12 news just reported that the Saints, along with most of the people facing the wake of this disaster, have evacuated the area. They also said that the officials at the Alamodome were going to be looking at the upcoming schedule to see if it would be possible for us to accomodate some their home games, the first of which wouldn't be until the second week of the NFL season, Sept. 18.
So even though it kind of comes by sucky means, the city of San Antonio might get to see a little pro football in the near future.
Yeah, it's much easier to move football games since there are relatively few home games and their venues are vacant so often -- especially ours. Could be much more difficult for the Hornets.
The Saints season is RIGHT around the corner, whereas the Hornets don't start until November. Somehow, I think that both teams would be a lower priority than getting water pumped out of the entire basin so that tens of thousands don't die of dysentary, typhoid or other diseases caused by raw sewage backup. It will takes weeks or even months just to get the flooding controlled. I think both teams will be on the road for months, if not their entire seasons.
WOAI 10 PM news just showed video of people laying out on pallets and bedrolls inside the Superdome. Hundreds of families in there. I guess New Orleans considers the Superdome a safe haven.
160+ MPH Cat 5 Hurricane with a direct hit on New Orleans projected soon.
When the Chargers had to relocate their game with Minny out to Arizona after the wildfires in San Diego, we got to see the game for free since it was less than a day's notice. Maybe SA will get to see some free football. Hope everyone in NO is doing ok. That hurricane is going to be a mofo, for sure. Much bigger than the last one I was in, and hurricane Allen (back then) was no pushover...
The SD can take up to 200 mph winds, so the only worry obviously is the water.
hurricane ginobili should reach miami sometime next June
I hear there's people going to hang out in the Superdome for shelter from the Hurricane...
Would you look at that, it takes a natural disaster to fill up the arena. The Hornets should play during the Hurricane so they can feel like they have fans.
But seriously, good luck to NO.
See the thread in the club. AHF has inside sources at FEMA, and they estimate the odds of the Superdome surviving the hurricane at 60/40. They are also planning on 50,000 dead., and 1 million homeless for up to a year. Kinda makes free football seem unimportant.
I've been in that thread, I was just saying what was reported in the local news service. the 60/40 basis it that a wind tunnel will cause greater winds then it has been proven to withstand.
I have witnessed a 1st hand Cat 5 hurricane with hurricane andrew in miami, fl 13 yrs ago so yes its really bad and rips houses right out the ground
Tom Benson always bring the Saints over to SA when something like this goes on. New Orleans is below sea level and a cat. 5 hurricane could be very damaging. The thing is no one knows because we have never seen anything like this. The Saints have already evacuated by the way.
It might take a nautral disaster to finally get SA a NFL team.
TPark, I realize you were trying to be serious so what exactly did you mean by the sentence above? I don't see any levity in the situation with Katrina. Did you mean to say severity?
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