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It was 15 years ago today that chunks of snow and ice broke through the dome's inflatable roof and spilled onto the turf below.

Metrodome roof collapsed under 17 inches of snow 15 years ago A weekend blizzard had dumped a whopping 17 inches of snow on the dome faster than the short-staffed facilities crew could hose off its 10 acres of surface area with hot water.

Long before she played receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on “WKRP in Cincinnati,” Anderson won the title of “Miss Thermo-Jac” at the Emporium in downtown St. Paul.

Loni Anderson got first taste of spotlight at St. Paul department store Anderson, who died Sunday at 79, was just 14 when she won a contest to model outfits for a clothing company at the Emporium.