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.
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The project on the Square is an outstanding one and the new clock will certainly be a compliment to our Court Square.Doug Thornton
I'm a little more encouraged after walking through it a second time.
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It's unbelievable. All these big oak trees are just uprooted, everything is brown and the waterline is up to 7 feet on the house. It's like somebody dropped a nuclear weapon and just killed everything. There's not any sign of life. There's no greenery. It's bizarre. It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen in my life.
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We're working to make the Dome ready for the next season.
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If you were to walk through it now you would say it's not that bad and could possibly be repaired.
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That building is a little worse than I first thought. I'm a little discouraged by what we saw there.
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