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Old 09-17-2008, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by papabear View Post
I saw somewhere that the stadium was built to only withstand something like 115 mph winds....or basically pretty close to what it got. That's a little stupid IF it's correct.

They are considering playing with an open roof, but the problem is that since they planned on having a roof, the drainage system couldn't handle a big rain without it turning into a lake.
Isn't the roof of Reliant some 260ft up in the air? Ike's 110mph winds are measured at ground level-up 260ft they would be considerably faster. Buoys were measuring, IIRC, 135mph winds at 122m when Ike was still a 105mph storm.
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