Damn, Damn, Damn. . .before and after pics of N.O.

[wndycty]

From the Hyatt website


From Yahoo


A tattered U.S. Flag flies in the foreground of the Hyatt, in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, where dozens of windows were blown out when Hurricane Katrina made land fall. ( (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050830/480/laeg11808300124



The North side of the Hyatt hotel in New Orleans was shredded by 140mph winds when Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Louisiana coast on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050830/480/ladm14708300012



The entire North side of the Hyatt Hotel in New Orleans was blown when Hurricane Katrina devastated the area on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050829/480/ladm13608292345

[progmom]

1. i've stayed at that hotel

:scared:

[Schema Thing]

2. "the Hyatt Hotel in New Orleans was blown"

I thought that looked like a smile on the Hyatt's facade.

[MissB]

5. .

:spray:

[liberaltrucker]

9. NOT funny

:spank:

[ecoflame]

3. Should've taken the drapes down, I guess

Look at that flag - damn!

[benito]

4. That's the expensive curtains flapping around

Unless their gear was stored in the bathroom, it probably got wrecked.

[halobeam]

6. One of our members two buddies were in the Hyatt as I recall....

I can't remember who it is... anyone remember? He said they couldn't get return flight out, so they were there ....

[yojon]

7. Kinda shaped like a sail

isnt it?

[BamaLefty]

8. Stayed There Before

Glad it wasn't today. . .

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

10. There's going to be a lot of glazing done down there...

That was all tempered glass, it took a hell of a lot of pressure to break them, but I'd bet that the pressure actually pulled the windows from their channels.

It would have been deadly to anyone below.

[Roland99]

11. Day-um

[DoYouEverWonder]

12. How many people were staying in that hotel

while this was happening? I heard there were a lot tourists stranded in NO because they canceled all the flights out yesterday afternoon and they couldn't get rental cars anymore? It must have been terrifying to be in there when those windows blew out. Any word on injuries?