Tornado Rips through Downtown Atlanta

[aMaff]

Damn, I leave and then all the excitment happens!
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/14/storm.atlanta/index.html

According to CNN international, only 1 person so far has been reported with life-threatening injuries. A tornado hits a city with 2 million people DOWNTOWN, and only 1 person is severely injured? If that's not some craziness, I don't know what is. It looks like a bomb went off downtown.

I hope all our folks, friends and family are safe

 

[TheDirtyGoatee]

Yeah, the dome was wrecked a little while the SEC game was going on. People in the upper decks were fleeing. It was pretty psycho.


Now, I am off to bed.

 

[Protege5Prncess]

"We went back outside after it was over and there were trees that were actually broken"

(hand)that's what usually happens after a tornado hits...

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

Just seeing this on the news now...Hope everybody up there is ok and checks in...

 

[aMaff]

"We went back outside after it was over and there were trees that were actually broken"

(hand)that's what usually happens after a tornado hits...

Yeah, I'm watching the news and these guys are a damn joke, but what can you do?

 

[Foolish]

So, after reading this, I thought, "Oh crap, that kind of weather could be headed towards Athens, I did hear some thunder earlier" and I checked weather.com to see if there were any warnings. This is what I found:

Local Pollen Alert: Athens, GA
High pollen levels affect most people who suffer from seasonal allergies. Symptoms may intensify on high-pollen days.

Sooo..... yeah. I guess it's not headed my way?

 

[Protege5Prncess]

Yeah, I'm watching the news and these guys are a damn joke, but what can you do?

i'm surprised they didn't mention everything was wet too.

 

[aMaff]

i'm surprised they didn't mention everything was wet too.

They did say it was really windy though

 

[camerazn]

I was a few miles north of where it hit when it hit. It went from dry to pouring in a matter of minutes, and then it got very windy. It was a little frightening.

To quote my girlfriend when we heard of the tornado warning, "When's the last time a tornado hit downtown Atlanta?"

 

[Shadow102]

what is with all these tornados this year...there is more warning than i can remember since living here

 

[aMaff]

what is with all these tornados this year...there is more warning than i can remember since living here

yeah, more warnings this early in the year.

 

[TheDirtyGoatee]

It's that damned Global Warming you guys... Al Gore was rig....HAHA HA! I am just joking guys but seriously, I remember there being alot of tornadoes when I was younger. Only in the past few years do I remember there not being a good number of them. It's not like we're not in the prime place for a tornado. With Florida as our neighbors and as many mobile home parks that are in GA, we're begging for them.

Speaking of, I was watching the news and they had a town marked near Douglasville called The Village Mobile Home Park.

 

[Shadow102]

It's that damned Global Warming you guys... Al Gore was rig....HAHA HA!

 

[wmbeaver]

Take cover Cherokee County people!

 

[mx-p5]

They sure do pick em for who they choose to show on TV interviews don't they?

Showin the rest of the world what Georgians are like. lol

I do hope all is well with everybody up there!!

Tylor

 

[RacerXGirl]

Wow - that train of storms that's just a bit North of us keeps beating up Cherokee County through Forsyth county...scary stuff.

The weather guy just said there was hail that was 2.5" in the area where Cherokee/Forsyth/North Fulton counties meet.

 

[Shadow102]

oddly enough the sun is coming out here

 

[Shadow102]

ahh crap just looked at the weather map we are in the space where nothing is going on but there is a nice couple red spots headed this way

 

[RacerXGirl]

Yeah, it's been overcast here and then drizzling on and off this afternoon...it's just above us.

 

[wmbeaver]

Wow - that train of storms that's just a bit North of us keeps beating up Cherokee County through Forsyth county...scary stuff.

The weather guy just said there was hail that was 2.5" in the area where Cherokee/Forsyth/North Fulton counties meet.

I'm like 5 miknutes from where that area is. This reminds of the tornado that went through the Lake Lanier area a few years back. We saw a tree in the middle of a school in the aftermath from that.