Metrodome roof collapses

[nismodave]

:stare

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/12/heavy-snow-collapses-metrodome-roof/

[nismodave]

Maybe they will play the Game in Green Bay!!!!

[Prince Valiant]

they should have used extra heavy duty glad bags....

[jbiscuit]

Who cares

[Josepy]

first the giants stranded in KC. now the roof. someone is helping favre let his shoulder heal so he can start.

[Russ Jerome]

I lived within sight of the dome during construction, happend so often back then it was dubbed the "scoop dome". Interested to call my mom this morning, 1-1/2' of snow on her end of Mpls.

[Prince Valiant]

someone must have left a door open.

[Deggy]

Time for the Vikings to move for sure.

[Reverend Cooper]

the obvious joke here.deflated just like favres peter

[PB86MCSS]

Keep playing in that craphole stadium....time for them to pony up and pay for a new stadium, preferably outdoor the way god intended football to be played :D .

If they play at the U of M that would be kinda cool, outdoors and all.

[WI_Dave]

The other thing now is that since the giants are stuck and were supposed to play in a dome they have no warm gear and cant play in Min. tomorrow night without a roof.

[Russ Jerome]

Fox 6 sports just showed the filming of the roof falling thru at 5am!

[RanJer]

"The NFL then moved the game to Detroit, where it will be played at 7:20 p.m. ET on Monday."

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/12/metrodome-roof-collapse-minnesota-vikings-new-york-giants-/1

[Deggy]

I was hoping I could watch the game. Now only Minnesota and New York markets are going to have it.

[Lash]

What kind of dumbass engineer doesn't design a roof in the midwest to hold a 24" snow load?24" is an engineering standard.

[Russ Jerome]

What kind of dumbass engineer doesn't design a roof in the midwest to hold a 24" snow load?24" is an engineering standard.

The year was nineteen hundred and seventy nine....car of the year?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/95-99_Buick_Riviera.jpg/250px-95-99_Buick_Riviera.jpg

I was driving a given to me free 1970 Ford XL500, manual brakes and steering, gas was under $1 a gallon....the Hubert H Humphrey dome was gonna be a short term stadium with electric fans running 24/7 to hold the tent up...20yrs later the tent is nearly transparent to the sun above when inside :)

edit: I remeber public hearings about the questionable dome construction when I moved there, probably 10yrs before it was built! So the design was provbably from the 60's...not long after "I" was born...realy f-in old!

[flyin_blue_egg]

first the giants stranded in KC. now the roof. someone is helping favre let his shoulder heal so he can start.

Thing is the Giants being stranded wasn't going to even delay the game. The reason the game was postponed until tomorrow (but still in MIN) was b/c of how much snow was on the roof and the fact that due to weather conditions they couldn't get up there to clear it off. But it turns out they didn't get up in time.

[Russ Jerome]

Here ya go! The tent cost less to build than a crooked Milwaukee alderman spends of our money in Vegas in a week!
http://www.msfc.com/history.cfm
Pretty cool watching it go up but was obviously not gonna be a monument for future generations to copy :)

[Nix]

I believe they said the game will be televised for everyone on fox? Maybe I heard incorrect.

[PB86MCSS]

The year was nineteen hundred and seventy nine....car of the year?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/95-99_Buick_Riviera.jpg/250px-95-99_Buick_Riviera.jpg

I was driving a given to me free 1970 Ford XL500, manual brakes and steering, gas was under $1 a gallon....the Hubert H Humphrey dome was gonna be a short term stadium with electric fans running 24/7 to hold the tent up...20yrs later the tent is nearly transparent to the sun above when inside :)

edit: I remeber public hearings about the questionable dome construction when I moved there, probably 10yrs before it was built! So the design was provbably from the 60's...not long after "I" was born...realy f-in old!

A late 90's Riviera was car of the year in 1979? Kewl.

[Crawlin]

What kind of dumbass engineer doesn't design a roof in the midwest to hold a 24" snow load?24" is an engineering standard.

it is pretty funny. although I didn't think it was "inches" they based it off of, but more mass/area based on location.

just one of those weird things that happens I guess. right level of snow, wind, ice, etc...

sounds like the same engineers who built that bridge in MN that collapsed years ago.

[flyin_blue_egg]

it is pretty funny. although I didn't think it was "inches" they based it off of, but more mass/area based on location.

just one of those weird things that happens I guess. right level of snow, wind, ice, etc...

sounds like the same engineers who built that bridge in MN that collapsed years ago.


The thing you gotta realize is they knew it was getting close to the load it could hold w/o failing. The problem was the fact that due to the blizzard conditions that lasted for 12+ hours the crews weren't able to get up on the roof to clear it off.

[Lash]

it is pretty funny. although I didn't think it was "inches" they based it off of, but more mass/area based on location.



You're absoulutely right. They do figure in a certain amount for snow weight per sq.ft. into their calcs. It's not a specific inch measurement but a weight measurement. They base the weight measuement off an expected 24" 'moderate' snow (not light and fulffy and not extremely wet... somewhere inbetween). I think the weight is around 52lb. per sq.ft. IIRC. On top of that you add roofing and decking materials.... and the + 50-80% safety facotor(depending on engineer).
It's even more when you consider building architecture and where a drift might build. I know our engineers take it into consideration when setting large HVAC untis on the roof. Extra roof reinforcing might be needed if snow drifiting is expected to form on a side of the unit. I see a lot of guys who don't even think about that stuff.


Anybody remember the Pick'n'Save roof that collapsed a few winters ago....and the HVAC unit sitting in the middle of the rubble....lol...

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/45550547.html

[GTSLOW]

Where's the video of it giving in?

[MoCkiN U]

http://msn.foxsports.com/video/shows/nfl-on-fox?vid=ca15cffb-3b66-49a0-84ca-20ed0a175567&from=msnhp&gt1=39002


the early story I was hearing at work at 8am didnt portray a story that this video does. That looks as if a game wont be played there this year

[WI_Dave]

Where's the video of it giving in?


I saw it on the pre game show several times.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuxNLf87_Y

I guess I cant embed it

[Korndogg]

Anybody remember the Pick'n'Save roof that collapsed a few winters ago....and the HVAC unit sitting in the middle of the rubble....lol...




My old boss was there when that happened, working on the refrigeration stuff.

[nismodave]

A late 90's Riviera was car of the year in 1979? Kewl.

I was thinking the same thing!!:rolf

[nismodave]

Did anyone notice the 2 guys running on the sideline as the roof colapsed?? They were fuckin BOOKIN!

[GTSLOW]

Did anyone notice the 2 guys running on the sideline as the roof colapsed?? They were fuckin BOOKIN!

:rolf I didn't even notice them the first time I watched it.

[Teufelhunden]

Did anyone notice the 2 guys running on the sideline as the roof colapsed?? They were fuckin BOOKIN! or was it a gator? :headbang

[Al]

Could you imagine if that happened during a game!

[Russ Jerome]

1979 Riviera was car of the year....wrong link :)
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR04S8Wz_QV1SA3uWKr0EO6r8GLsyK2c K0IL-EfoXtL04Ac8EvS

[Josepy]

Thing is the Giants being stranded wasn't going to even delay the game. The reason the game was postponed until tomorrow (but still in MIN) was b/c of how much snow was on the roof and the fact that due to weather conditions they couldn't get up there to clear it off. But it turns out they didn't get up in time.

Yeah I know this was more of a joke. :thumbsup

[Exitspeed]

A late 90's Riviera was car of the year in 1979? Kewl.

I bet he was involved some how.
http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/1955_doc_a.jpg