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Katrina batters roof of Superdome Monday, August 29, 2005; Posted: 12:34 p.m. EDT (16:34 GMT) Thousands of people try to find a place to rest at the Louisiana Superdome on Sunday night. Katrina bears down on Mississippi NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- The Louisiana Superdome, where about 10,000 people have taken refuge from Hurricane Katrina, reportedly began leaking Monday as winds damaged the roof, letting daylight and rainwater in the darkened arena. "I can see daylight straight up from inside the Superdome," said Ed Reams of WDSU-TV in New Orleans, reporting from inside the Superdome. "This is only going to get bigger," Reams said. "We have another two hours before the worst of the storm gets to us." (Watch Ed Reams' report from the Superdome) But Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco insisted the structure "is not in any dangerous situation," according to The Associated Press. Katrina made landfall Monday between Grand Isle, south of New Orleans, and the mouth of the Mississippi River with 140-mph winds at about 7 a.m. ET. The worst of the storm hit the Crescent City less than three hours later. Inside the home of the New Orleans Saints, the National Guard moved people to the other side of the dome, while others were relocated beneath concrete-reinforced seats on the terrace level. Reams reported people were not panicked. "I would describe it as concern for their neighbors," he said. "They've been here all night. This is where they've got to be whether the roof comes off or not." He said the problem started with a leak and grew larger until sounds of the roof banging could be heard. Authorities cannot fix the problem in the middle of the storm, said Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana, but the command center is on stand-by with resources. "It's going to be very terrifying for a lot of people, but the command center is fully aware of what is going on," Landrieu said.

Dr. Kendrick said that groups of volunteer students would be heading from North Texas towards New Orleans on Monday to help in emergency assistance.

Unfortunately, this could be a test of engineering theories. When the Superdome was constructed 30 years ago, it was designed to survive up to 175 MPH winds. This storm is currently sustaining winds at 175 MPH, and the wind speed has been gaining intensity. Katrina almost looks like one of those doomsday models that weather experts have always said could happen. Let's pray for the best but prepare for the worst. Our neighbors in Louisiana may need our help very soon. ******************************************************************** from weather.com: Hurricane Katrina 4th Strongest Atlantic Hurricane 3:17 p.m. ET 8/28/2005 Hurricane Katrina is an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Maximum sustained winds are at 175 mph. Katrina continues not only grow stronger, but it continues to grow larger. Hurricane-force winds extend 90 miles from the center on the eastern side of Katrina, 75 miles to the northwest and 50 miles to the southwest. Sustained tropical storm force winds are not far from the Gulf Coast and should move in later this afternoon. Katrina has turned and is moving northwest at 13 mph with a turn to the north expected tonight. Everyone along the northern Gulf of Mexico should be completing preparations for a major hurricane and take heed of evacutation orders. Hurricane warnings are up from Morgan City, La., to the Florida-Alabama border. This includes the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. A tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch have been issued from the Alabama-Florida border eastward to Destin, Florida and from west of Morgan City to Intracoastal City, Louisiana. A storm surge of 20 to 25 feet or more is possible along and to the east of Katrina's landfall point Monday. On top of the water rise, pounding waves of 20 to 40 feet will produce catastrophic damage at coastal locations. Effects from Katrina will not be confined to coastal areas. Once Hurricane Katrina makes landfall, it will progress inland Monday into Tuesday with a trail of flooding rains and damaging winds across Mississippi and Alabama and then into Tennessee. Torrential, flooding rainfall is possible with the remnants of Katrina well inland, possibly into the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes and the Northeast later this week.

Eulesseagle, I agree with you 100% on this subject.

Although I don't agree that TCUs basketball attendance is really that much larger than ours (in actual BIS), they do have the advantage of a better schedule. In the 2001 season listed above, what was their conference slate? If it was loaded with Memphis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Houston, DePaul, Marquette and SMU, then I think they have a pretty reasonable chance to sell quite a few season tickets. Any one of those would have been a "marquee" home game for North Texas.

Hey, I'm really shocked that we're wearing red jerseys this season. Seeing that Cobbs is now returning kickoffs, I now miss Kevin Moore more than I thought I would. Somebody please go down to Houston and drag him off his mother's sofa. The stadium is named Eagle Stadium. They only started referring to it as Fouts Field in the early 1970s. Even in the 1980s, much of the university literature still referred to it as Eagle Stadium. Maybe some of our more senior board members can elaborate as to when/if there was ever an official name change, and if it was for the entire complex, the track facilities, or just the football playing surface.

(article is from this past spring) Student Focus - by Ashley Herrin of The Panther's Paw Sibling rivalry takes on a whole new meaning with sophomore DeMikel Shankle and his sister freshman Ashley Harris. The two have grown up together, shared many of the same friends, and have had their fights and arguments like most siblings. But if one of them is in trouble, the other is always there to help. They also share the same athletic talents. While Ashley is on the basketball team and DeMikel plays football and powerlifts, they share a common interest in track. Besides competing in the same events, they also have the same goal in mind while racing past their opponents. "I plan on making it to regionals and placing in the top two so I can go to state," Ashley said. "It would be awesome if I could make it to state as a freshman." Ashley and DeMikel both run the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash and the 400-meter relay, as well as competing in long jump. "DeMikel and Ashley fight and act like typical brothers and sisters," Coach Tammy Bailey said. "But when they are competing they are each other's biggest fans." Although they do not compete against one another at meets, there is always a feeling of rivalry between the two. Each one feels that they should do as well or better than the other does. "There is a lot of competition between me and DeMikel," Ashley said. "If he gets first place in a race, I feel like I should too." The two are off to a great start this season and have already competed in six meets. At the last meet DeMikel placed second in the 100-meter dash and long jump and first in the 200-meter dash. Ashley placed first in the 100-meter dash, fifth in the 200-meter dash and her team earned third place in the 400-meter relay. Their latest competition was district, April 13-14. "I am doing pretty good so far," DeMikel said. "I am going to regionals in the long jump and will know about running finals tonight." DeMikel and Ashley both started running track when they were in seventh grade and have continued throughout junior high and into high school. They plan on competing in the sport in college as well. "I want to get a track scholarship but I'm not sure to where yet," DeMikel said. "I want to go to a school where I can get a lot of playing time in football too." Both he and his sister love the feeling that comes from winning a race and know the benefits from track are worth the effort. "I love the feeling of beating my opponents," Ashley said. "But most of the time I am just trying to reach the finish line as fast as I can so I can breathe again."

Maybe we could just politely ask the LSU fans to be quiet when North Texas has the ball. That way we will not have to alter our practice methods.

Korey Washington has been wearing the #10 jersey. At least that's what he had on this past Saturday for the scrimmage.

Are they selling tickets to people that want to be at the game, or are they giving away tickets to people that don't really care about the game. One of those is a solid strategy, and I bet Tulsa is doing it right. Are we. Oh well, bring on the high school band nights, exploited orphans nights, and disinterested kids with pulse nights.

How are we doing in season ticket sales as compared to other division 1 schools with a similar size enrollment, and how about donation levels? Bingo. Please don't get me wrong, I have nothing against giving away end zone tickets to children's groups, bands, space aliens, or whatever else. I consider those seats to be an unsellable commodity anyway, and we may as well have children running around down there. Where I see a problem is that this promotion appears to be the basis for the plan to raise attendance. We need to be PROMOTING TO ALUMNI. The product is good, and there are a whole lot of alumni out there. Is there enough being done to bring them to the product? I guess we will only know through monitoring ticket sales and donation levels.

Wichita State is currently going through spin control explaining how they lost Wooden. Apparently, they were convinced he would be going there, but this summer the star player stopped returning calls from Wichita State coaches and had his Arizona State transcripts sent to a different college. GoShockers.Com

4500 to 7000 parents are going to show up and spend their money to park, buy tickets, and buy concessions because their kid was given a free end zone bleacher seat ticket to some college game that they have absolutely no emotional connection to...... NOT GONNA HAPPEN. The majority of promotions MUST be geared towards people that will want to buy tickets in the future.

I have an idea, but it may be too radical for consideration. Why don't we gear promotions towards people that may actually buy tickets. This promo is all cute and everything, but these low hanging fruit promotions, (kindergartners, orphans, band days, cub scouts, prison inmates, political detainees, etc) do NOTHING to help build the fan base. At best, it only gives the illusion that fans are in the stands. We have got to start targeting those people that have the potential interest to buy tickets. Until then, we're just fooling ourselves.

Are they considering unlocking the attic and letting you out for a little while?

Please take a moment and drop a note to Steve and Barry's. admin@steveandbarrys.com Thank you.

Here's the skinny on Adrian from a Giants board. Adrian Awasom was a three-year starter at North Texas. Very productive. Accrued 41 tackles, 8 tackles for a loss, and 8 sacks in 2002; 44 tackles, 7 tackles for a loss, and 4 sacks in 2003; and 52 tackles, 13 tackles for a loss and 6 sacks in 2004. Also finished with 5 pass breakups, 3 forced fumbles, and 2 fumble recoveries in 2004. Two-time All-Sun Belt selection. Has nice combination of size and athleticism. Has long arms and is quick and agile. Can be stout at the point of attack when he uses proper technique. Can play with leverage but tends to play too high. Awasom sheds well but needs to do so more consistently amd use his hands better. Works hard to push the pocket and get to the quarterback. Tips a lot of passes at the line of scrimmage. Not an explosive rusher - lacks first-step quickness - but he closes quickly. Still learning the game. Needs to become a more dedicated worker.

The turf at Fouts should be completed on Thursday. Right now, the only work left is spreading the little rubber bits.

So, let me get this straight. After 2015, North Texas should be able to schedule football games, basketball games, and events like quarterly meetings on weekdays before 7:30 PM. Until then, let's just hope that everybody schedules accordingly.

I think Patterson has proven to be a pretty good football coach. Maybe he's not going to be the next Urban Meyer, but then again, if his teams have the same type success in the the Mountain West that they had in CUSA for several seasons.....

Washington was listed as #18, but played wearing the #10 jersey.

True, but our conference mates do.

Thank you. Thank you to everyone that had a part in making the 2005 GOMEANGREEN.COM Kickoff Barbeque such a successful event. Thank you to everyone that donated money, everyone that contributed food and drinks, and to everyone that volunteered to help set-up and serve. Special thanks have to go to Firefight'nRick for his outstanding effort in making the event happen as well as smoking 260 pounds of brisket, and to Coach Mike Barela for all the assistance coordinating the event from the Athletic Department's side.

I think that it was up, but has been taken down temporarily to perform some routine seam reenforcement.

Please stop before someone decides to include them in one another 'involuntary attendants' ideas to boost attendance.