Butler street roof vs metrodome Minnesota.

[maninasuitcase]

Was the butler street roof collapsing as dramatic as this?

[bayernoatcake]

Minnesota is a pretty cold place, You'd think they'd have a system to stop snow building on the roof so that sort of thing doesn't happen.

[interestedobserver]

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[maninasuitcase]

Jesus is that bridge made of rubber?

[benthestokie]

On a different note I talked to someone who worked at the insurance firm that we insured the Butler stand roof with. He said they paid for the repairs in full and we didn't actually have to sell Greenhoff.

[interestedobserver]

Dec 13, 2010 19:44:58 GMT maninasuitcase said:

Jesus is that bridge made of rubber?

Something about the vibration from the wind causing the bridge to hit its natural harmonic resonance, so every vibration caused the bridge to sway a little more until it finally collapsed.

Not a high point of american civil engineering.

[lawrieleslie]

Dec 13, 2010 19:48:59 GMT benthestokie said:

On a different note I talked to someone who worked at the insurance firm that we insured the Butler stand roof with. He said they paid for the repairs in full and we didn't actually have to sell Greenhoff.

This muddies the water somewhat. Rumour had it at the time that the stand was uninsured. However the official line was that it was partially insured. Now this.......the plot thickens.

[Mason_Stokie]

Was listening to ESPN radio on the 265 mile drive from Cincy to Shitsville, MI. They were basically taking the piss out of the engineers and how strong they should make the roof.
It's a city that gets shit loads of snow. The 2 feet that they had the other day is the most for 27 years... but I mean... it's pretty fucking obvious it needs to be strong enough to stand at least triple that!

[maninasuitcase]

Looking at the structure of the roof I'm thinking a few bin bags will repair the damage.
Maybe we should put some over the Brit to keep the rain off the first 20 rows in the boothen

[JoeinOz]

Strangely compelling!!