Doug Thornton Quotes

That would cost $30 (million) to $40 million. - Doug Thornton

That building is a little worse than I first thought. I'm a little discouraged by what we saw there. - Doug Thornton

She's taken a hit. She's been given the ultimate test. - Doug Thornton

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. - Doug Thornton

It's very early at this point to speculate about the future of the Dome and whether it can be repaired. - Doug Thornton

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. - Doug Thornton

It is a symbol of the recovery and rebirth of New Orleans. - Doug Thornton

I'm a little more encouraged after walking through it a second time. - Doug Thornton

If you were to walk through it now you would say it's not that bad and could possibly be repaired. The thing you don't know is how many of those electrical panels and transformers have been damaged beyond repair and have to be completely replaced; the same thing for the plumbing. And we still don't know what we're going to find when we start tearing down that Sheetrock. - Doug Thornton

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