Comments on: October 2012 memo warned of “chance of failure” for Superdome power http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Sat, 25 May 2013 00:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: footballchic777 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2319143 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:11:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2319143 I love the fact that the game is going to a cold weather, non dome stadium! All of these domed, warm weather stadiums favor the domed, warm weather teams. About time the same advantage is given to a cold weather, non dome team. Brings a whole new “element” to the game!

]]> By: jwcarlson http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2319107 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:56:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2319107 We all know it was a guy who took the over in Vegas on “number of power outages”.

Not hard to figure out.

]]> By: developermannola http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2319009 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:27:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2319009 I read somewhere that they spent nearly a million bucks changing feeders in November. Are these the same ones you’re talking about?

]]> By: swagger52 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318597 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:22:56 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318597 I bet there are some Mercedes people with heavy german accents flying to New Orleans as we speak to ask some very difficult questions.

No problem…just blame George Bush.

]]> By: sailbum7 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318538 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:06:05 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318538 This article is BS because it fails to mention that the concerns in the memo were addressed back in December. This event requires no elaborate investigations and it was not the result of any negligence, failure to make repairs, conspiracies, or anything else the pundits and internet rumor mongers try and throw out there. There was a power surge in one of the circuits feeding the Superdome. To protect the electrical equipment, and everyone in the building for that matter, the power management equipment functioned as it was designed to and opened the circuit breakers. The system is designed to work this way in response to a surge to keep from damaging equipment and possibly causing a fire or transformer explosion. Had the equipment not worked, it could have resulted in an inability to continue the game at all as equipment could have suffered major damage, not to mention people could have been injured. As it were, everything worked as it should and they were able to restore power in a relatively short period of time. I am sure that they will look for the cause of the surge that triggered the safety shutdown, but they may never be able to say with certainty what caused it. Unfortunately, with high power demand systems like the one at the Superdome, surges like this will happen once in a while. They are expected and this is why there are safety systems in place to deal with them.

]]> By: Beezo-Doo-doo-Zippity-Bop-bop-bop http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318451 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:46:48 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318451 While Sunday night’s power outage won’t remove New Orleans from the list of potential Super Bowl cities

I think Saints fans bashing of Goodell have done enough already.

]]> By: harrisonhits2 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318382 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:25:15 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318382 “fanofevilempire says:
Feb 5, 2013 6:57 AM
I would like to know who and what stadium can guarantee they would/ could not have a power outage. You can have back up power or generators as a precaution but there is absolutely no way anyone will guarantee 100% this could not happen. This is the most ridiculous topic.”

You’re quite wrong about this. Electrical overloads are simple mathematics. The mains coming into the stadium carry x amount of power. Which means you can put as many devices, lights etc drawing that power as long as the amount they draw does not equal greater than x.

Most venues can guarantee this. I have toured for many years doing lighting at concerts and the first thing I ask whenever I have a large rig is how much power I have available and is there enough to turn everything on at once which I usually do at the end of the show.

Engineers and electricians are paid a lot of money to make sure this sort of thing doesn’t happen. If the league was aware of faulty equipment and then loaded the system to the max they got what they asked for.

]]> By: ickky http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318337 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:05:44 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318337 New Orleans isnt very good at dealing with memoes

]]> By: trinityyachts http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318295 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:42:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318295 This was all over the local news this morning. WWL 870 am.

What the AP report fails to, uh report, is that the city of New Orleans spend over $1,000,000.00 to repair any deficiencies found during this investigation. The AP and that four letter company only report half the info. Typical.

Go Saints, Beat the Falcons and Roger Goodell

]]> By: 44mpo http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318282 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:39:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318282 I thought it was the NFL’s efforts to make folks aware about global warming. Kind of like all the pink they wear in October. It’s all about awareness you know!

]]> By: sb44champs http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318279 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:38:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318279 If I see one more ‘Drew needs an explanation’ comment from amatuer comedians, I just might puke a little in my mouth. Its way overblown people, get a life..

]]> By: SeenThisB4 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318277 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:36:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318277 Where’s the rest of the memos and purchase orders that show that those feeders were replaced before the Super Bowl?

]]> By: chacochicken http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318241 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:22:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318241 What did Obama know and when did he know it?

]]> By: lbijake http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318197 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:06:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318197 As long as Tony and the rest of the boys at the Bada Bing are taken care of, there will be no problems. Evidentlt, the forces that be in NOLA were not properly remunerated.

]]> By: Shinnbone http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318193 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:05:29 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318193 This report might have had about 1% of credibility if you posted this article last Friday.

]]> By: Shinnbone http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318188 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:03:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318188 We need some congressional hearings to get to the bottom of this national security breach.

]]> By: ZeroDarkThirty http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318152 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:17:44 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318152 ’9ers happen to be in the two stadiums and play in the two games where the power fails? Coinikidink? Maybe, maybe not….

]]> By: 1uniquename http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318147 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:11:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318147 I like the hacked theory, anonymous strikes again. Ya I’ll run with that at work n see what everyone thinks, internet terrorism striking at the super bowl.

]]> By: fanofevilempire http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318139 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:57:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318139 I would like to know who and what stadium can guarantee they would/ could not have a power outage. You can have back up power or generators as a precaution but there is absolutely no way anyone will guarantee 100% this could not happen. This is the most ridiculous topic.

]]> By: redmanalishi http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318136 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:51:56 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318136 Anyone else find it hypocritical that the NFL (and many others for that matter) is so serious about getting to the bottom of an ‘unforgivable’ 34 minute delay from a power outage but no one sees a problem in a 36 minute delay for overblown halftime show? Put your damn dancing and fireworks on after the superbowl if you want, or during the 5 hour long pregame. Yeah, lets plug in every three times as many cameras and other junk for one game, THEN have 30+ minute concert. What could possibly go wrong?

]]> By: wolfmanpatriot http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318093 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:30:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318093 The fact that you stopped the sentence and said, ah, forget about it, made me actually laugh out loud. Or, at least chuckle out loud. Good man!

]]> By: buttfumbles http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318013 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:53:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318013 Drew Brees needs…ah forget it.

]]> By: randomcommenter http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2318012 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:53:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2318012 Only a matter of time before they blame George Bush.

]]> By: sdisme http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2317996 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:36:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2317996 Really you are not going to repot the feeders were changed in December?

]]> By: kevpft http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2317979 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:24:57 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2317979 “some decay and a chance of failure” – the cynical could see this as a metaphor for city, state, region…

]]> By: snaxdsp http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2317978 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:24:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2317978 It never ends with this garbage

]]> By: Gordon http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2317972 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:19:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2317972 Any chance the system was hacked? That’s the first thought I had when it happened.

]]> By: pravin68 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2317939 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:00:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2317939 If the SB took place in NJ this year, guess what. It would have gone just fine without a hitch.

]]> By: 2greatgoldens http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2317937 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:58:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2317937 The plot thickens…

]]> By: stampnhawk http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/04/october-2012-memo-warned-of-chance-of-failure-for-superdome-power/#comment-2317936 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:58:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1707712#comment-2317936 You have to figure that electrical system was renovated after it became a homeless shelter and lawless shanty town after Katrina…and now craps out in well under a decade?

Regardless, not the best advertising if Mercedes wishes to come out with an electric car. Audi on Twitter during the blackout offering to send LED lights last night was gold.

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