thedailywhat:

Damn Nature U Scary of the Day: The inflatable teflon-coated roof of the Minnesota Metrodome collapsed under the weight of piling snow, postponing the Giants-Vikings match-up scheduled for today.

From CNN:

“Obviously the weight of the snow would affect how much air pressure is necessary to keep that roof up,” [Minnesota State Patrol spokesman Lt. Eric] Roeske said. “Something caused that air pressure not to be strong enough or high enough to keep that roof at its normal position.”

Roy Terwilliger, chairman of the Minneapolis Metro Sports Commission — the group that oversees the Metrodome — said the heavy snow and cold, high winds “was too much pressure on the dome and several panels on the Teflon roof were caused to rip.”

He added that “you can look through the tear in the roof and see the sky.”

[cnn.]

UPDATE: Footage from inside the Metrodome:

[sbnation.]