Remember when Joe Romm said the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis was related to”climate change”?
And again…
The truth, never reported on Climate Progress, is far different:
In fact if you search for the keywords: “heat, weather, climate” as a factor for collapse in the NTSB press release here: http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2008/081114.html or in the full report here: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/i35wbridge/ntsb/finalreport.pdf
You won’t find them. That’s because the failure is completely unrelated to them.
Well now another structure in Minneapolis has collapsed. 21 inches of snow in a short period was a factor.
The snowfall that ended Saturday night was one of the five biggest in Twin Cities history, National Weather Service meteorologist James McQuirter said. (source)
Fortunately it appears no one was killed or injured. Was it Weather, not Climate? Or “climate disruption? Climate blamers, get your game on. Watch the video below of the actual collapse.
Inside:
Outside:
The Vikings were displaced:
It appears Viking history has repeated itself:
The Viking Hvalsey Church in Greenland, abandoned when it became too cold to live there anymore.
Interior view:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QYLJ8zH5E&fs=1&hl=en_US]
Perhaps this time as Romm tries to take people for a ride on his baloney pony, they will just laugh at his two fisted death grip on such nonsense.
Minneapolis might want to consider a new roof on their current facility’s base . . . like this
http://www.bcplacestadium.com/index.php/construction.html
click on the “View Live Webcams”.
See solidified dihydrogen oxide is extremely hazardous. No wonder they signed that petition.
Jeez, heavy snowfall in Mipple City. Who’da thunk?
The history of the American midwest is replete with architectural engineering design failures hinged upon underestimating what wind and rain and snow can do to fixed structures, and the Metrodome is just another one of ’em.
Heck, those of us with fond memories of the Kansas City Kemper Arena roof collapse in 1979 were predicting that the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (named after yet another enormous Minnesota gasbag) was going to offer plenty of Wonderful Big Weather-Related Fun long before the damned thing opened in1982, and certainly hasn’t disappointed, has it?
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Does this prove gloabal climate disruption? It never used to snow in Minnesota.
According to wikipedia, the inflatable Metrodome has collapsed/failed 5 times from heavy snowfall. Nothing to see here ….move along.
“Breaking News”, how appropriate!
Same thing happened to all the recent appearance of mobile home and side carport roofs in Elgin two years ago. Elgin, Oregon got buried in snow two years ago, completely covering cars, dog houses, landscaping and all semblance of curbs down mainstreet. Prior to the mobile home invasion, steep house roofs withstood all kinds of weather. But our recent couple of decades of warming have lulled folks into a mobile home and cheap flat roofed housing market slumber soon to be awakened by the vagaries of completely normal weather pattern variations.
The roof here is holding up real good despite the “Big Chill”.
http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/43/89/780e217c491bb8b289d0a31fa230.jpeg
http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/article/905748–attendance-record-falls-as-michigan-beats-michigan-state
I have pictures of the shelf cloud going over the West Bottoms in Kansas City when the Kemper Arena roof collapsed. The gust front was indeed very powerful that day. The wind has not let up here in Iowa either. We did not have at lot of snow but it is blowing and very cold.
I can’t wait for the M4GW next video on the dome collapse.
I would think that because the Metrodome roof did not collapse during MWP or even during the warming period of the 1920’s-1940’s, proves that the current warming period is more intense and causing greater climate disruption.
REPLY: I can’t tell if you are being sarcastic or just your usual ridiculous self. If making sarcasm, please use a /sarc tag afterwards. -Anthony
It might not be a good idea to consider the new roof at BC place. It is costing over 500 million, and is retractable, sort of, as long as its not windy or rainy. Plus I think its butt ugly.
Well, it was a little silly to build a sports arena in an area that is scraped clean by glaciers every time the planet has an ice age. The stadium will probably be rebuilt further south several times (at taxpayer expense) before they decide to move the team to Miami.
a better video
REPLY: Thanks I’ve adding it to the main story – Anthony
This is a tricky one. Alarmists have an underlying urge to blame everything on global warming aka climate change aka climate disruption. It is what they live for, what they long for. And yet, snow is not the warmists favourite weapon. By drawing attention to warmings nemesis – cold – it is too exposed to the obvious conter attacks.
There are some expert players however, who have been quite succesful with this gambit They link snow not with cold, but with moisture, and therefore protect their pieces from the usual attack. This is advanced play though, and not for the simple troll.
Joe Romm is an idiot. Big surprise! 🙂
WOW! Crazy stuff but what would they have done had there been no dome? Would they have postponed the game as well? Edan Aharony. The football gods must love Brett Favre, now he can rest his injury and hope to keep his streak alive. Edan Aharony.
Interesting article from March, 2010, on snow buildup on roofs in Minnesota rural / agricultural areas. This is from the University of Minnesota Extension. Says the authors are researching the causes of the numerous roof collapses recently. Looks like they will have plenty of research opportunities.
http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/2010/03/11/bullseye/production_news/prod4.txt
Was it designed by a climate scientist by any chance?
Is the Metrodome supposed to be an all-weather venue? ;O)
Vince Causey says:
December 12, 2010 at 11:00 am
This is a tricky one. Alarmists have an underlying urge to blame everything on global warming aka climate change aka climate disruption. It is what they live for, what they long for. And yet, snow is not the warmists favourite weapon. By drawing attention to warmings nemesis – cold – it is too exposed to the obvious conter attacks.
There are some expert players however, who have been quite succesful with this gambit They link snow not with cold, but with moisture, and therefore protect their pieces from the usual attack. This is advanced play though, and not for the simple troll.
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Tis indeed “advanced play” if one would try to ascribe any single event to AGW. No respectable scientist would and no knowledgable amateur “warmist” would. The coldest regions of the earth are not the snowiest as in general it takes energy in the form of heat to create the conditions for snow and rain storms. The low pressure systems normally associated with large snowstorms and rainstorms are incredibly energetic events the likes of which the coldest region of earth, Antarctica, rarely if ever sees, as that region also remains among the driest in terms of actual precipitation.
I really like your connection to the Greenland Vikings!
R. Gates says:
December 12, 2010 at 11:18 am
“Tis indeed “advanced play” if one would try to ascribe any single event to AGW. No respectable scientist would and no knowledgable amateur “warmist” would.”
In that case, the ‘respectable’ ‘scientists’ should be all up in arms about the MSM journos who do exactly that all the time. Fun thing is, i don’t hear them protesting much…
R Gates, while you are correct, sir, it will still be amusing to watch the warministas talk about the cold being weather while the collapse of the dome is the result of CO2 weather disruptions.