Another Rip In Dome Causes Evacuations « CBS Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Another hole in the roof of the Metrodome forced an emergency evacuation on Wednesday night.

It happened shortly after 6 p.m. when WCCO-TV crews were inside as it happened. Reporter Pat Kessler said he was finishing up a live shot when he heard a loud crash and saw tons of snow dumped onto the field.

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Bring On the Birds: A Holiday Count Begins - NYTimes.com

Over the years, the society has come to realize that global warming has significantly affected birds, said Delta Willis, a spokeswoman for the National Audubon Society. “They’ve begun to move their range north an average of one mile a year every year,” she said.

[How far north will these dead barn owls migrate?]: Snow fun for barn owls as numbers reported dying this winter grows

Mark Thomas, RSPB Investigations Officer says: “We have been receiving a growing number of calls from people who have discovered dead barn owls in recent days and we believe it’s because they are starving in the cold weather as the icy, snowy conditions make their main food sources like voles and mice much harder to find.