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Another building collapse due to snow.

"On 03/04/2023 at 07:40am Anchorage Police Department and medics with the Anchorage Fire Department responded to reports of a building collapse at 570-block of Ingra."
 
They are rebuilt however the owner and insurance company want to do it. They should be engineered for at least the snowloads in the most current ASCE 7 Code.
 
They are rebuilt however the owner and insurance company want to do it. They should be engineered for at least the snowloads in the most current ASCE 7 Code.
That doesn't look like much snow to cause a roof to collapse
 
That doesn't look like much snow to cause a roof to collapse
Indeed. We'll let the structural engineers figure it out.

I've heard that the store owner is 2 weeks away from opening a 2nd location.
 
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Looks purdy, eh? But, the weather will kill or maim you if not prepared. Photo taken when the wind was blowing so that the wind chill was -60°F (That's about -51°C for the °F impaired).
 
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