If so that would have been wise. But that's not what the headline says, and not what this picture shows
Posted on 12/12/2010 7:32:11 AM PST by mandaladon
MINNEAPOLIS – A storm that spanned parts of eight states continued to dump heavy snow in the upper Midwest on Sunday, collapsing the Metrodome in Minneapolis and forcing numerous road closures.
The storm was moving eastward a day after it dumped 20 inches of snow in some places. A Sunday NFL football game between the New York Giants and the Minnesota Vikings had already been pushed to Monday because the Giants couldn't get to Minneapolis to play when the inflatable Metrodome collapsed Sunday. It's uncertain when that game will now be played.
A blizzard warning was in effect Sunday for Chicago and much of northern Illinois, all of Iowa, large sections of southern Minnesota and Wisconsin, and smaller areas in North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri and Michigan, according to the National Weather Service. Most of the rest of the region was under a winter storm warning or a hard freeze watch.
Wisconsin authorities issued a statewide no-travel advisory Saturday, citing blizzard and winter storm warnings in nearly every county.
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It’s no wonder Republicans aren’t either...only 1 in 20 is a Republican. :-(
The NFL is currently hauling in 3 billion dollars a year from the TV contracts. Damn right driven by TV.
Want free tickets, be at the Ford Field box office at 9 AM.
BTW, Lions won 7 to 3.
The building didn't collapse, they de-inflated it as a safety precaution.
There are thousands of these kinds of structures all across the country, few, if any, have the enormous financial backing needed to melt the snow that may accumulate on the surface.
Yes, both numerically and analytically.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K4tbc-UEkE&feature=related
Here’s a fun video from 1969. The Vikings and how they played and dealt with the weather. (Bud Grant banned heaters, shoveling snow off the markers, etc..)
LOL I like that!
Not after today, He's not.
This stinks to high heaven. The airport's open -- fly in cold weather gear, open up the $300 million taxpayer-funded stadium at the U of M and make the Giants play outside.
I don’t think it is and I think SI is a joke.
Since the dish has not actually collapsed during a hugh storm since the 80’s and the 90’s brought us a Halloween storm with the largest snowfall in the recorded history, then this time they did something different.
BTW, my understanding was this was actually a light snow, not a wet heavy one so what stuck should not have been excessively heavy. Did they get a lot of ice in a lull that made it stick to the dome? Still working at digging out completely around here. LOL
The poor Vikings. First they become the latest victim of Brett Favre, now this.
That's how football is meant to be played, no wimpy domed stadiums and artificial turf....meh!
I don’t know if they had ice first, like the southwestern part of the state did. There were also heavy winds which would have added to the load, but who knows.
Huh?
Freezer Bowl
Jan. 10, 1982 - Riverfront Stadium - AFC Championship Game: Cincinnati Bengals vs. San Diego Chargers
Air temperature: −9°F (−23°C)
Sustained Wind: 27 mph
Wind Chill: −37°F (−38°C) 
(Note bare-armed Bengals)
Ice Bowl
Dec. 31, 1967 - Lambeau Field - NFL Championship Game: Green Bay Packers vs. Dallas Cowboys
Air temperature: −13°F (−25°C)
Wind Chill: −36°F (−42°C)
Let's get rid of domes.
ugh...about -38C for the Ice Bowl wind chill.
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