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The BC Place is the central stadium for the 2010 Winter Olympic. It would host the opening and closing ceremony. It is also the largest air support dome in the world. Two fans operate 24 hours to pump air inside the dome, creating a higher pressure than outside, inflating it like a balloon.
On the day it collapsed, the wind was blowing at around 70MPH. But the wind didn't destroy the roof directly. It was the fan inside the dome. The wind created a temporary vacuum on the roof, causing he pressure to drop. Since the fans were controlled by the pressure sensor inside, it has no way of telling what the pressure was outside, so they continued to pump air into the dome. As a result the increasing pressing blew up the balloon, causing the roof to collapse (the source of this explanation is rather dubious, believe it at your own risk.)
It was supposed to be fixed today, but it was still deflated in the afternoon.
  
 an empty plaza 
  

1) An empty plaza
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 columns in snow 
  

2) Columns in snow
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 bc place deflated 
  

3) Bc place deflated
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 cambie street sea walk 
  

4) Cambie street sea walk
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 bc place roof collapsed 
  

5) Bc place roof collapsed
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 cknw ad in front of deflated bc place 
  

6) Cknw ad in front of deflated bc place
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 empty roof of bc place 
  

7) Empty roof of bc place
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 concrete blocks to stablize the roof 
  

8) Concrete blocks to stablize the roof
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 gm place 
  

9) Gm place
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 gm sphere 
  

10) Gm sphere
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 the empty roof of bc place 
  

11) The empty roof of bc place
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 bc bowl 
  

12) Bc bowl
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 worker trying to fix the roof of bc place 
  

13) Worker trying to fix the roof of bc place
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 red and yellow of concord pacific 
  

14) Red and yellow of concord pacific
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 chimneies in winter 
  

15) Chimneies in winter
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16) Gm place still has a shell

GM Place has a hard shell so it's not damaged by the wind.

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 gm place still has a shell 
  
17) Larwill park

The deep blue sky in a snowy January

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 larwill park 
  
18) Sherman

M4A3E8, CREW 5,WT 32 ToNNES, SPEED 48 K.M/HR ARMAMENT-76MM MAIN GUN,2x30 cal MG in
IN SERVICE 1943 - 1970

ON 8/9 AUGUST 1944, THE BRITISH,COLUMBIA REGIMENT (DUKE OF CONNAUGHT'S OWN), THEN DESIGNATED 28TH CANADIAN ARMOURED REGIMENT, WAS COMMANDED B...

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 sherman 
  
19) 64 pounder guns

In 1878 on the approach of an enemty cruiser squadron these 64 pounder muzzle-loading naval guns were hastily shore moundted to protect esquimalt. Subsequently they were issued to No. 5 Battery B.C. brigade of garrison artillery, the first citizen m...

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 64 pounder guns 
  
20) Green dome of beatty street

I forgot the name of this green dome, but it must be historical.

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 green dome of beatty street 
  
21) Bc hydro building on dunsmuir street and hamilton street

the foundtain under the BC Hydro building was frozen. The January temperature was still sub zero.

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 bc hydro building on dunsmuir street and hamilton street 
  
  
 clock tower on hamilton street 
  

22) Clock tower on hamilton street
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 del mar inn on hamilton street 
  

23) Del mar inn on hamilton street
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 water foundtain on dunsmuir street 
  

24) Water foundtain on dunsmuir street
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 colorful dolphin outside bc hydro building 
  

25) Colorful dolphin outside bc hydro building
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 salvation army on homer street 
  

26) Salvation army on homer street
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 holy rosary cathedral on dunsmuir street 
  

27) Holy rosary cathedral on dunsmuir street
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 harbour center on seymour street 
  

28) Harbour center on seymour street
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 happy vancouverian on richards street 
  

29) Happy vancouverian on richards street
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 vancouver block on granville mall 
  

30) Vancouver block on granville mall
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 fairmount hotel vancouver 
  

31) Fairmount hotel vancouver
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 pacific centre shopping mall 
  

32) Pacific centre shopping mall
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 hotel georgia 
  

33) Hotel georgia
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 vancouver art gallery 
  

34) Vancouver art gallery
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 headless van outside vancouver art gallery 
  

35) Headless van outside vancouver art gallery
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 paint exhibition in vancouver gallery 
  

36) Paint exhibition in vancouver gallery
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 roof of fairmount hotel vancouver 
  

37) Roof of fairmount hotel vancouver
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 sales on robson street 
  

38) Sales on robson street
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 st andrew s wesley church - the united church of canada 
  

39) St andrew s wesley church - the united church of canada
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 st paul hospital 
  

40) St paul hospital
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 wall centre 
  

41) Wall centre
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 emergency entrance of st paul hospital 
  

42) Emergency entrance of st paul hospital
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 burrard bridge 
  

43) Burrard bridge
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 sunset along island park walk 
  

44) Sunset along island park walk
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 inflated boat along cambie sea walk 
  

45) Inflated boat along cambie sea walk
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 torch towers along cambie walk 
  

46) Torch towers along cambie walk
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 flying white pelican 
  

47) Flying white pelican
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 brush with illumination by buster simpson 
  

48) Brush with illumination by buster simpson
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 pedestrian and bicycle 
  

49) Pedestrian and bicycle
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 quayside marina 
  

50) Quayside marina
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 time top by jerry pethick - commissioned by concord pacific 2006 
  

51) Time top by jerry pethick - commissioned by concord pacific 2006
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 cambie bridge 
  

52) Cambie bridge
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 science world 
  

53) Science world
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