Posted on 03/14/2008 7:16:18 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
A wind storm caused several bolts to fall from the rafters of the Georgia Dome on Friday, temporarily delaying a basketball game between Mississippi State and Alabama.
Catwalks were swaying and insulation fell from the roof as fans left their seats and huddled in the concourse looking for safety. Curtains that drape the sides of the Dome blew open.
Scott Wise of Tupelo, Miss. said he was sitting in Section 107, Row 1, which are temporary bleachers courtside, when he was almost hit by the 1/2-inch long bolt.
"A big old blot just fell out of the top," Wise said. "It hit right beside my chair. I had no idea what was going on. I looked up and thought the roof was going to come in."
A washer also landed near press row.
A huge panel on the north side of the Dome was ripped open by the storm.
"It was strange. My initial thought was the Kentucky people were stomping their feet above us," Georgia athletics director Damon Evans said.
Someone inside the Dome reported a estimated 2 inch long bolt falling from the roof and putting a gouge in the floor.
They are talking like they may not play at all tonight. Ky-Ga winner against Miss State I think. Two games in one day for the Ky Ga winner might help Miss State quite a bit.
Oh, Go Vols.
Postponed.
In Minnesota, that is called SPRING!
BS... a storm tearing the roof of a crowded stadium while a game is going on is NOT common in Minnesota.
It’s not the storm, it is the location.
Talk about a sporting hero.
Well, as you know the game has been postponed. I read a moment ago that the Georgia athletic director said that when the storm came through and the rafters were swaying and the roof was flapping in the breeze that he “thought it was Kentucky fans stomping their feet on the bleachers”. That quote was in the Atlanta Journal Constipation.
I have no doubt you’re in for some interesting weather. We got it hard last night in Memphis. Just very odd. Massive lightning with intermittent rain. Not your typical electric storm, at all.
Alabamee’s chickens are coming home to roost! He he. /s
LOL!
I’m a little surprised that none of the broadcasters at the game or anyone there were aware that there was a tornado warning? Usually around here we have our local weather forecasters tracking these things for miles and showing their path.
UGA beats Kentucky! Looks like UK will be joining us in the NIT.
It’s going to be an uncomfortable selection Sunday for the Cats. A lot of people think that they’re in, but it’s sometimes a thin margin. In Buzz’s best year at UT, all the bracket projections showed the Vols at about the same seed that the Cats are projected. Then Tennessee lost its first SECT game and fell all the way to the NIT.
I don’t see how 18-12 gets them in with some of the bad losses they’ve had this year. Losing to Georgia is a killer.
UGA does it again!!!
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