Authorities on Scene of Duluth Armory Roof Collapse

Initial reports indicate that the roof had collapsed due to heavy snow.

Spring storm Yogi will be a boo boo for the Midwest

In Bismarck 17 inches fell Sunday, shattering previous April records and pushed the city's total for the month to over 21 inches.
...
Hermantown, Minn., got another half-foot of snow Sunday, bringing the total on the ground to a couple of feet.
"We've got snow banks taller than my truck," said Troy Grohsman, owner of Miller Creek Lawn and Landscape & Garden Centers in Hermantown.
He hoped to open his garden centers on May 4, but expects he'll have to postpone. "We've got mountains of snow up there around our greenhouses," he said.
Grohsman has been in the business for 26 years and said, "This is the most snow this late I've ever seen."

Metro: Snowiest April in 11 years; Duluth record 68.8" since February | Updraft | Minnesota Public Radio

In the whole range of predictions from a near average winter, to a "drive by" winter, to a colder than average winter....nobody nailed the notion of a protracted winter into spring of 2013. Talk about exposing the limitations of long range forecasting.

Conn Carroll: Fracking Revolution Vs Green Energy Failure | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

U.S. liberals often make light of conservative claims that the free market is perfectly capable of solving problems and creating wealth without government planning. But that is exactly what fracking has done for the U.S. economy.

Warm ocean waters worry Maine lobstermen, industry - SFGate

Fishermen don't want to see a recurrence of last year, when the strong early catch caused prices to plummet