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Old 02-04-2011, 10:59 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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In the Northern states they put little spike like things on the roof that helps to keep the ice from sliding off as much. Maybe that's what this stadium needs.
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Old 02-04-2011, 11:22 PM
 
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Eh...anyone who thinks it will be like this in 2016 is an idiot. Everyone knows this isn't normal Texas weather.
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Old 02-04-2011, 11:43 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Eh...anyone who thinks it will be like this in 2016 is an idiot. Everyone knows this isn't normal Texas weather.
Of course its normal Winter weather for North Texas.

What's not so normal about it?

It ices, sleets, or snows at least once a year here.

A couple of years back it even snowed in March.
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Old 02-05-2011, 06:50 AM
 
Location: North Dallas
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No, it's not normal but don't let facts get in the way. It is pretty easy to find what's normal if you know how to use Google.

Dallas Weather In February:
The highest recorded temperature for Dallas for the past 57 years in February was 95 degrees Fahrenheit, registered on February 14, 1996, while the standard high temperature is 60. In the last 57 years the lowest measured February temperature in Dallas was 2 most recently encountered on February 19, 1910, while the mean low daily temperature during the month is 39.

United States NWS historical Dallas February Weather data records that on February 4, 1989, the high temperature did not exceed 17 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest high measured in Dallas in the past 57 years. The Weather Service additionally indicates that on February 8, 2001, the low for the day did not drop below 67 degrees, the highest low recorded in Dallas in the last 57 years.

Weather Service historical data shows that the average daily high temperature in Dallas on February First is 57 degrees Fahrenheit and the average high on the last day of February is 64 degrees. The average recorded low temperature in Dallas on February First is 35 degrees Fahrenheit and the average low on the last day of February is 42 degrees.

Dallas usually receives an average of 2.37 inches of precipitation during February. February Dallas Weather records indicate that on February 19, 1997 Dallas received 3.35 inches of precipitation, the highest amount of rain recorded in a single day in February. Dallas averages 1 inches of snow in February. The highest snowfall measured in a single day in February was 6 inches on February 17, 1978.
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Old 02-05-2011, 07:09 AM
 
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I can see lawsuits in the works already.

Heard 1 person died, is that true?
Lawsuits? Over an accident? How exactly would that work.

I love the stories about the "debacle" this is a freaky storm and not a normal pattern (as far as I know). Record setting across the entire country, but somehow, Dallas should have known better. Whatever...
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Old 02-05-2011, 10:10 AM
 
Location: Richardson, TX
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Lawsuits? Over an accident? How exactly would that work.
Have you read a paper?
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Old 02-05-2011, 11:49 AM
 
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In the Northern states they put little spike like things on the roof that helps to keep the ice from sliding off as much. Maybe that's what this stadium needs.
Which northern roofed stadium? The Metrodome, Lucas Oil or Ford Field? None of them have it.
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Old 02-05-2011, 02:34 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Lawsuits? Over an accident? How exactly would that work.

I love the stories about the "debacle" this is a freaky storm and not a normal pattern (as far as I know). Record setting across the entire country, but somehow, Dallas should have known better. Whatever...
Are you retarded?

Seriously?

Have you never seeked out legal advice before?

If someone can sue McDonald's over hot coffee & Happy Meals what makes you think one couldn't sue for a potentially deadly accident involving a multi-billion dollar stadiums sporting event?

Jerry Jones is loaded & everyone knows it so stop playing a fool.

They could've done preventative measures like spraying the roof with de-icer like they do the airplanes at D/FW & Love Field every winter, especially since they knew this thing was coming weeks ahead of time.

There are many methods of doing it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deicing

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Old 02-05-2011, 03:23 PM
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No, it's not normal but don't let facts get in the way. It is pretty easy to find what's normal if you know how to use Google.
It's extremely normal. Ice and sleet occurs every year in the winter in North Texas, more than once. And it snows every year.
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Old 02-05-2011, 05:36 PM
 
Location: North Dallas
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I am pretty sure that we have had years without Ice or Snow. I could not find any data to support his one way or another so I sent an email to a local weather person asking the question. I will post the answer when i get it.
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