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DarrinS
12-13-2010, 09:00 AM
Did Al Gore pay a visit?

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George Gervin's Afro
12-13-2010, 09:35 AM
what yoni'esque thread..
CosmicCowboy
12-13-2010, 09:43 AM
Damn

I wanted to see the youtube.
Drachen
12-13-2010, 10:16 AM
Damn

I wanted to see the youtube.

LOL!!!!

On a sidenote, there is a video. Apparently FSN's cameras were recording. I heard about it this morning on the radio, but haven't looked for it.
Viva Las Espuelas
12-13-2010, 01:00 PM
D'oh!!!
ChumpDumper
12-13-2010, 01:47 PM
Douche uses YouTube of single weather event to try to disprove climate change.
LnGrrrR
12-13-2010, 06:53 PM
The video of the collapse is pretty amazing.
Hemotivo
12-14-2010, 01:03 AM
wow
boutons_deux
12-14-2010, 04:46 AM
I wonder if the investors can't the design fees back from the architect?
The Reckoning
12-14-2010, 05:06 AM
not the architects fault. its the contractors and architectural engineers.
boutons_deux
12-14-2010, 05:29 AM
could be. We don't know. I'm sure the lawyers will be on this like flies on shit.
Slomo
12-14-2010, 06:40 AM
The video of the collapse is pretty amazing.

True!

When I saw it for the first time on TV I was looking very hard to see if it wasn't an animation. The part when the roof starts to deform/cave-in looks fake like hell :lol
DarrinS
12-14-2010, 08:40 AM
Hard to believe air pressure alone was keeping that shit up.
Wild Cobra
12-14-2010, 10:27 AM
[QUOTE=DarrinS;4817294]Did Al Gore pay a visit?

He at least had to be somewhere in the area.
Wild Cobra
12-14-2010, 10:28 AM
I wonder which engineers will have a hard time finding jobs in the future?
Wild Cobra
12-14-2010, 10:31 AM
not the architects fault. its the contractors and architectural engineers.
Actually, that's not necessarily true. It probably is the engineers fault, but such a roof requires the entire stadium to be pressurized. If the pressure was set too low, or too many doors open for the system to compensate, this could occur. It could also happen if one of my fellow Parts Changers didn't maintain the system correctly.

How much snow was there?
Crookshanks
12-14-2010, 11:06 AM
How much snow was there?

From what I understand - about 17 inches.
Wild Cobra
12-14-2010, 12:48 PM
From what I understand - about 17 inches.
OK, that much wouldn't accumulate on a domed roof. I wonder what the pounds per square inch were were it collapsed at?
Wild Cobra
12-14-2010, 03:51 PM
Here's an interesting read, staring page 4 section iii) Capital Improvements Committee:

METROPOLITAN SPORTS FACILITIES COMMISSION; Regular Meeting; Thursday, July 15, 2010 (http://www.msfc.com/images/dynImages/071510mw1.pdf)
Yonivore
12-15-2010, 12:35 AM
what yoni'esque thread..
Wow! I've been "'esqued." How flattering...
Wild Cobra
12-15-2010, 10:25 AM
Wow! I've been "'esqued." How flattering...
That is cool!

You're famous!