Snow Accumulation Causes Roof Collapse At Dulles Jet Center

February 7, 2010 - On Saturday morning about 8 AM, the Fairfax County Fire Rescue of Virginia was called out to Dulles International Airport on a roof collapses at Dulles Jet Center. The hanger roof at Dulles had fully collapsed destroying several business jets.

Joshua Temple Church collapses under snow, downed tree limb - washingtonpost.com

"All of our equipment, the Hammond organ, the pulpit, everything is gone," Rowe said.

Rowe said emergency officials told her that the 100-year-old church could not sustain the weight of the snow and a tree limb that fell on it during the weekend blizzard.

Fairfield mom, daughter escape Va. ice rink collapse - StamfordAdvocate

Just hours after arriving for the competition, the rink they were to compete in was in ruins. It was not the only building to collapse under the weight of snow dumped in the Mid-Atlantic states by a huge storm.

One thousand pigs survive barn roof collapse - The Local

And it wasn’t enough that human beings had to brave transport delays, icy highways and collapsed roofs. The fact is: even pigs suffered.

Around 1,000 pigs survived on a farm in Brålanda in western Sweden on Saturday after a barn roof collapsed because of the heavy snow load.
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Pigs are not the only animals that have faced hazards during the deep freeze. Wildlife such as reindeer, distressed by huge snow drifts, have ventured onto Swedish highways, and at their peril. Reindeer fatalities are not immediately available.