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The Core Dump

The Core Dump is the personal blog of Nic Lindh, a Swedish-American pixel-pusher living in Phoenix, Arizona.

    By Nic Lindh on Thursday, January 11, 2007 in media · 1 min read

    Ice palace

    A fire on an icy January day.

    This was the scene in Skövde, Sweden, on January 10, 1987:

    Ice Palace
    Ice Palace. Photo: Roland Svensson. Source: [Skaraborgs Allehanda](http://www.sla.se).

    A fire broke out in a department store building on a day of temperatures of -20F (-30C). The cold was so bad that firefighters could only work 20-minute shifts, and there were still a few cases of frostbite.

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