{"id":3929,"date":"2013-11-10T20:39:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T20:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2013-11-10T20:39:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T20:39:40","slug":"implode-the-dome-if-it-must-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=3929","title":{"rendered":"Implode the Dome … if it must go"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The voters of Houston have spoken. The Astrodome, once called the Eighth Wonder of the World, appears headed for destruction.<\/p>\n

Houston voters said “no” to a plan to turn the Dome into an exhibit hall. It would have saved the place, kept it erect and standing proud.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/burka-blog\/doom-astrodome<\/p>\n

It’s not going to happen. Destruction appears imminent.<\/p>\n

Allow me this one request if that’s the fate awaiting the Dome.<\/p>\n

Blow it up all at once. Implode the place. Knock it down with one fell swoop. I’m thinking “big bang” here.<\/p>\n

The alternative to imploding the structure would be too difficult to watch over the long haul. Knocking it down with a wrecking ball would take an interminable length of time. I don’t know if I could stand seeing pictures of the place being taken down piece by piece. <\/p>\n

It’s kind of like watching a prey animal being eaten alive by a predator.<\/p>\n

I get that Houston’s voters have the final say on the Dome’s future. I also get that New York watched as the House that Ruth Built — aka Yankee Stadium — was taken down to make way for a “New Yankee Stadium.” The Dome isn’t even as elegant as the old Yankee crib.<\/p>\n

I’m still saddened by the result of the vote in Houston.<\/p>\n

So, if it’s meant to be that the Dome must go, do it quickly. Please<\/p>\n\n

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