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Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


It doesn't take much to make the snow slide down the side.

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Azathoth
Apr 3, 2001

RyokoTK posted:

I don't know about that one specifically but the Metrodome (referenced earlier for its roof collapsing) had two layers and hot air was pumped between them to keep the upper layer warm enough to melt snow.

The tents are massive and able to support a fair amount of snow, but not enough for what actually happens to fall in Minnesota :v:

That was a crazy winter, even for Minnesota. If memory serves, that was the same year that the Twin Cities had to start hauling snow out of where they dumped it because there was so much that there was a possibility that it wouldn't​ all melt over the spring and summer. It was a whole bunch of big storms that did in the Metrodome roof, in quick succession, so the normal heating process couldn't clear it all off before the next storm hit. Basically a perfect storm kinda thing.

As for how common those bubble domes are, they were in vogue back when I was a kid, but they're all gone now, as far as I'm aware. The one at the nearby college got taken out by a tornado, and they ended up being more prone to spring and summer storm damage than expected (airborne debris is a bitch), so the cost was higher than expected over the life of the building.

RyokoTK
Feb 12, 2012

I am cool.

Azathoth posted:

That was a crazy winter, even for Minnesota.

It definitely was, but the amount of snow we got that year was definitely not outside the realm of possibility. If you're going to build a roof like that in Minnesota, it had better be able to withstand a hell of a lot of snow.

Ornamental Dingbat
Feb 26, 2007


The guy at 6:02 totally got a shameless 1940s boob grope in. :pervert:

Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

wiggle wiggle




MausoleumExtremist posted:

The guy at 6:02 totally got a shameless 1940s boob grope in. :pervert:

Given the foundation garments of the time, he might as well grope a manicure.

Lime Tonics
Nov 7, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
https://i.imgur.com/1jIhYVw.gifv

Volcott
Mar 30, 2010

People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.

You're gonna be sorry if you don't give it a name.

RyokoTK
Feb 12, 2012

I am cool.

This is an actual pro-click :lol:

Seems like something you would see on MST3K.

Pingiivi
Mar 26, 2010

Straight into the iris!

Well... poo poo.

Ape Has Killed Ape
Sep 15, 2005

Volcott posted:

You're gonna be sorry if you don't give it a name.

I just want you to know that this was appreciated.

The Dark One
Aug 19, 2005

I'm your friend and I'm not going to just stand by and let you do this!

There is more and it is shittier:

https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/869626662715052034

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right
I wish we could see what happened to the pedestrian who was walking past at exactly the wrong time

Azhais
Feb 5, 2007
Switchblade Switcharoo

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

I wish we could see what happened to the pedestrian who was walking past at exactly the wrong time

See the documentary "Tremors" for examples

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

I wish we could see what happened to the pedestrian who was walking past at exactly the wrong time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxxGoDsvMjo

heres video of the aftermath

Bloody Hedgehog
Dec 12, 2003

💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something
http://i.imgur.com/DTtWL52.mp4

dregan
Jan 16, 2005

I could transport you all into space if I wanted.

Facebook Aunt posted:

Given the foundation garments of the time, he might as well grope a manicure.

You really nailed that joke.

Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

wiggle wiggle




dregan posted:

You really nailed that joke.

D'oh. Autocorrect! :argh:

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right

Facebook Aunt posted:

Given the foundation garments of the time, he might as well grope a manicure.

Facebook Aunt posted:

D'oh. Autocorrect! :argh:

I'm trying to guess what you meant to type. Grope a manticore? Grate a monsieur? Trope amen core?

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin
Mannequin

Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

wiggle wiggle




Snowglobe of Doom posted:

I'm trying to guess what you meant to type. Grope a manticore? Grate a monsieur? Trope amen core?

A manicure.

poo poo, no. A manicure.

Not again. Manicure. poo poo. gently caress. Autocorrect! :argh:



Mannequin

To be fair to autocorrect, my guess at the spelling wasn't even close.

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right

Memento posted:

Mannequin

Yeah that's what I said.



Edit: loving AUTOCORRECT

Powered Descent
Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

I'm trying to guess what you meant to type. Grope a manticore? Grate a monsieur? Trope amen core?

Grope a covfefe

Enfys
Feb 17, 2013

The ocean is calling and I must go

dregan posted:

You really nailed that joke.

:golfclap:

Humbug Scoolbus
Apr 25, 2008

The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
Clapping Larry

Volcott posted:

You're gonna be sorry if you don't give it a name.

:perfect:

evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

Powered Descent posted:

Grope a covfefe


dmnz
Feb 14, 2012

BNNRROWNWNWOWOWOWO

Spice Blow located.

Pigsfeet on Rye
Oct 22, 2008

I'm meat on the hoof

Ukrainians need to stop throwing dynamite down the shitter to unclog it.

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

SLOSifl
Aug 10, 2002


Hehe, idiot left his top down during a storm.

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Art installation via Superman.

Frinkahedron
Jul 26, 2006

Gobble Gobble

HairyManling
Jul 20, 2011

No flipping.
Fun Shoe
Oohm Shai Hulud
Bless the maker and his water

Obsurveyor
Jan 10, 2003


Miniature version of what Yellowstone is going to do some time between now and an eon or so.

Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


Obsurveyor posted:

Miniature version of what Yellowstone is going to do some time between now and an eon or so.

All that bear and moose poop mixed with hot lava flung for miles around. Not a bad way to go out.

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

Zil posted:

All that bear and moose poop mixed with hot lava flung for miles around. Not a bad way to go out.

Don't forget the human stew added in for extra flavor.

jamal
Apr 15, 2003

I'll set the building on fire
I wondered if I was in the immediate kill zone the other day and then didn't look it up.

Based on some of the maps I'm seeing from a quick search, it would be close.

Imagined
Feb 2, 2007

jamal posted:

I wondered if I was in the immediate kill zone the other day and then didn't look it up.

Based on some of the maps I'm seeing from a quick search, it would be close.

Might be better to die immediately than to live in a scenario where the bread basket of the world is under two inches of acidic ash.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

Imagined posted:

Might be better to die immediately than to live in a scenario where the bread basket of the world is under two inches of acidic ash.

But how else am I gonna play Mad Max and Fallout at the same time? :(

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right

Imagined posted:

Might be better to die immediately than to live in a scenario where the bread basket of the world is under two inches of acidic ash.

Two inches? Try more than 3 feet in the closest states. The entire southern 50 will be covered by ash to some extent as well as large chunks of Canada and Mexico, plunging pretty much most of the continent into the equivalent of nuclear winter.


http://www.livescience.com/20714-yellowstone-supervolcano-eruption.html

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Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Two inches? Try more than 3 feet in the closest states. The entire southern 50 will be covered by ash to some extent as well as large chunks of Canada and Mexico, plunging pretty much most of the continent into the equivalent of nuclear winter.


http://www.livescience.com/20714-yellowstone-supervolcano-eruption.html

Huh the one natural disaster that Miami would not be affected by. Of corse by the time Yellowstone goes, Miami would most likely be underwater completely like a modern day Atlantis.

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