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Metrodome roof collapses in Minesooota; Too much snow
Topic Started: Dec 12 2010, 07:04 AM (175 Views)
George K
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http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/winter/2010-12-12-metrodome-roof-collapses_N.htm

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis Metrodome, where the Minnesota Vikings football team plays, has collapsed during a snowstorm.

The Metrodome is operated by the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. Its executive director, Bill Lester, said Sunday morning the damage is being assessed and the agency will issue a statement later. He says he has no details yet on what happened.

Minneapolis and much of the upper Midwest have been hit by a blizzard that has dumped up to 20 inches of snow in some areas.
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o my... so much for having a place to congregate in a natural disaster.
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Mikhailoh
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Wow. Good thing it wasn't during a game. What a nightmare that would have been.
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George K
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I'm surprised that it collapsed under the weight of "only" 20 inches of snow. After all, it's Minesooota. Shirley, there must have been some kind of design/structural flaw.
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Copper
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It's inflatable.

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The Metrodome roof has failed three times before. It deflated in 1981, 1982 and 1983, each time due to tears caused by heavy snow. The April 14, 1983, collapse forced the postponement of the Twins' game with California, which had been the only postponement. A slight tear also delayed a Twins game briefly in 1986.

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George K
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Copper
Dec 12 2010, 07:20 AM
It's inflatable.
Ah, I see.

Not enough hot air in Minnesooota. They need to go to DC to get some.
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Copper
Dec 12 2010, 07:20 AM
It's inflatable.
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Mikhailoh
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George K
Dec 12 2010, 07:22 AM
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Dec 12 2010, 07:20 AM
It's inflatable.
Ah, I see.

Not enough hot air in Minnesooota. They need to go to DC to get some.
Ah, yes. They have but to recall the big gasbag they sent there.
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Are you referring to Al Franken?
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Winner winner, chicken dinner.

(I really have no idea WTF that means, but hey..)
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George K
Dec 12 2010, 07:22 AM
Copper
Dec 12 2010, 07:20 AM
It's inflatable.
Ah, I see.

Not enough hot air in Minnesooota. They need to go to DC to get some.

George - I hope all your girls are OK.

The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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George K
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Copper
Dec 12 2010, 09:13 AM
George - I hope all your girls are OK.

Thanks for your concern. I'll see if I can get a picture later on this afternoon. :lol2:
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HOLY CARP!!!
brenda
Dec 12 2010, 07:29 AM
Copper
Dec 12 2010, 07:20 AM
It's inflatable.
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That looks what what we had in Vancouver. It also collapsed due to snow.
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We're getting a fancy pancy new retractable roof now.
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George K
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAyLX2hY7E0



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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
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Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

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Mark
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HOLY CARP!!!
Wow!
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