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 03/15/2008 12:51:09 AM · #1
Wow.

Storm Rips Through Downtown Atlanta

Just the other day I was commenting how lucky we've been that major cities haven't been hit more often by major tornadoes.

Message edited by author 2008-03-15 00:51:43.
 03/15/2008 12:57:36 AM · #2
I just read the same thing! You don't hear about downtown tornadoes very often, pretty amazing!
 03/15/2008 01:06:29 AM · #3
Holy moly. First I heard of it.
 03/15/2008 01:12:57 AM · #4
You don't get any better opportunity than that for Harsh Environments!
 03/15/2008 01:32:06 AM · #5
I'm a little nervous...it seems that in Charlotte, NC, we always get the weather that Atlanta gets. EEEK.
 03/15/2008 01:40:24 AM · #6
Can't sleep until UK plays... How are they going to work that out?
 03/15/2008 07:07:40 AM · #7
That appears to have been the same storm that started generating tornadoes east of Shreveport, LA at about 8 pm. I still haven't heard how much damage in this area from that storm. I may try to get out and see what I can find.
 03/15/2008 09:11:47 AM · #8
I am an hour away but my kids have a baseball game in about 3 hours so I wouldn't be able to make it up there and back in time. I may go later if I can.

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 03/15/2008 09:16:07 AM · #9
Video of ATL
 03/15/2008 06:43:11 PM · #10
I live just a half-mile from Cabbagetown, the worst-hit area of town. It's just a mess. I walked up there around lunchtime and stopped at the only bar still open.

I've posted a couple of dozen pictures on my Flickr page. Here are two of them:
the Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts (background):


the first wave of today's hail, looking out my front door:


Funny thing is, I was standing outside last night when the tornado hit and didn't hear or notice a thing. I mean, I saw all the lightning and heard the thunder, but didn't see the tornado just up the street. Weird.
 03/15/2008 07:30:17 PM · #11
When this storm came through I thought about you Larry. Good to see you made it through. We faired well here as well. No damage to my stuff or the houses around. I may venture out tomorrow and see what all is damaged in Cartersville.
 03/15/2008 07:44:28 PM · #12
Originally posted by rex:
When this storm came through I thought about you Larry. Good to see you made it through. We faired well here as well. No damage to my stuff or the houses around. I may venture out tomorrow and see what all is damaged in Cartersville.

rex - do you mean Douglasville or Cartersville? My sister-in-law lives in Cartersville, we talked to her earlier and she said the warning were sounding but I have not talked to her since. Were there damage in Cartersville?
 03/15/2008 08:52:33 PM · #13
Originally posted by rex:
When this storm came through I thought about you Larry. Good to see you made it through. We faired well here as well. No damage to my stuff or the houses around. I may venture out tomorrow and see what all is damaged in Cartersville.

I was wondering about y'all up there today. I heard there were fatalities up in Floyd County.
 03/15/2008 09:17:18 PM · #14
Originally posted by elemess:

I was wondering about y'all up there today. I heard there were fatalities up in Floyd County.


Not sure about Floyd but the fatality in Polk County was my neighbor's Aunt.

SDW Yes I am going to Cartersville. I am right next to it. Not sure if there was any damage though.
03/15/2008 09:27:47 PM · #15
Originally posted by rex:
Originally posted by elemess:

I was wondering about y'all up there today. I heard there were fatalities up in Floyd County.


Not sure about Floyd but the fatality in Polk County was my neighbor's Aunt.

SDW Yes I am going to Cartersville. I am right next to it. Not sure if there was any damage though.

There was one in Floyd and the one in Polk. I saw aerial shots of the Polk couple's home. That's an unbelievable and terrible story. I hope her husband makes it through okay.
 03/18/2008 10:12:21 PM · #16
We had a tornado come through my neighborhood. If you remember 2 weeks ago, it was the "small one" that hit the Kroger store in Douglasville. We had no warning for that one either. It was an unmistakable sound that I won't soon forget. We barley had time to get to the downstairs bathroom. No damage to my house, just lots of rocks from Kroger’s roof. Just a few houses away part of Kroger’s roof landed in a yard and lot of tree’s down. I was talking to a friend in another part of my neighborhood when it touched down and she said she heard nothing. I can’t believe the damage in Atlanta and Northern Georgia. Two things I thought could never happen did in one week.

Looks like tomorrow is going to be another active day in Georgia. I'm saying a pray for all of you in the path of this storm.
03/18/2008 10:15:11 PM · #17
Nice photo's of the damage elemess.

Originally posted by elemess:
I live just a half-mile from Cabbagetown, the worst-hit area of town. It's just a mess. I walked up there around lunchtime and stopped at the only bar still open.

I've posted a couple of dozen pictures on my Flickr page. Here are two of them:
the Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts (background):


the first wave of today's hail, looking out my front door:


Funny thing is, I was standing outside last night when the tornado hit and didn't hear or notice a thing. I mean, I saw all the lightning and heard the thunder, but didn't see the tornado just up the street. Weird.
03/20/2008 10:49:39 PM · #18
Originally posted by jaxed:
Nice photo's of the damage elemess.

Originally posted by elemess:
I live just a half-mile from Cabbagetown, the worst-hit area of town. It's just a mess. I walked up there around lunchtime and stopped at the only bar still open.

I've posted a couple of dozen pictures on my Flickr page. Here are two of them:
the Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts (background):


the first wave of today's hail, looking out my front door:


Funny thing is, I was standing outside last night when the tornado hit and didn't hear or notice a thing. I mean, I saw all the lightning and heard the thunder, but didn't see the tornado just up the street. Weird.

Thanks! Creative Loafing picked up the top one from my Flickr page for their political blog. It's over here.
This one was picked up by another local blog I had never heard of, atlanta.metblogs:
03/29/2008 08:11:35 PM · #19
SWEET!!
Originally posted by elemess:
Originally posted by jaxed:
Nice photo's of the damage elemess.

Originally posted by elemess:
I live just a half-mile from Cabbagetown, the worst-hit area of town. It's just a mess. I walked up there around lunchtime and stopped at the only bar still open.

I've posted a couple of dozen pictures on my Flickr page. Here are two of them:
the Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts (background):


the first wave of today's hail, looking out my front door:


Funny thing is, I was standing outside last night when the tornado hit and didn't hear or notice a thing. I mean, I saw all the lightning and heard the thunder, but didn't see the tornado just up the street. Weird.

Thanks! Creative Loafing picked up the top one from my Flickr page for their political blog. It's over here.
This one was picked up by another local blog I had never heard of, atlanta.metblogs:
03/29/2008 08:47:51 PM · #20
Originally posted by elemess:

This one was picked up by another local blog I had never heard of, atlanta.metblogs:


Sweet. I meant to come in here and post a link to my neighbor's Brother's house:



More photos here:

Link
 03/29/2008 09:11:37 PM · #21
Originally posted by rex:
Originally posted by elemess:

This one was picked up by another local blog I had never heard of, atlanta.metblogs:


Sweet. I meant to come in here and post a link to my neighbor's Brother's house:



More photos here:

Link

Damn! Looks worse than Cabbagetown. My C-town shots don't really give a full picture (ha!) of the destruction because I only stayed on Carroll St. The worst of it was a couple of blocks deeper into the neighborhood. It isn't just the destroyed homes, it's the giant oak trees ripped out of the ground and thrown onto the houses. I just felt weird walking around taking pictures of it all without really being able to help.
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