Tornado Hits Atlanta

Atlanta Journal and Constitution ^

[silentknight]

A tornado has been reported in downtown Atlanta...some injuries.

[cleveland gop]

I just checked the radar and my goodness those strong storms keep training over the Atlanta area. Have there been anymore tornados on the ground today?
I seriously doubt anyone wanted to dent the drought like this.
TAKE CARE!

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Yes, God is merciful! Despite disasters that hit, HE is merciful!

[LibertyRocks]

Ch. 11’s Meteorologist was saying last night/this morning that he was almost positive it was a tornado. He was a trained spotter in the last place he lived before moving to Atlanta, and he said the witness statements sounded like what you would expect from a tornado at night. Along with the damage.

[LibertyRocks]

You’re very welcome. :)

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Well it seems to to me...but what do I know about tornado sirens?

[LibertyRocks]

Hi Davey,

I'm so sorry to hear about your uncle. May he rest in peace and may God bless your whole family and all who knew him with comfort and peace as well. {{{HUGS}}}

I freaked out last year at a storm that I thought was going to take the huge picture window by my dining room table. I literally screamed for the kids to go downstairs, and they (FINALLY) hustled their butts when I told them to do something for probably for the first time since they were born! LOL (Just Kidding). But man did they go downstairs quickly. We were ALL scared as there was lightning, and thunder, and a tremendous amount of rain and med-large hail. just intense, and it was at night too, so you couldn't see anything - just like those poor people in the storm last night.

Praying with you for everyone in the storms' paths.

God Bless you & yours,
LR

[yield 2 the right]

Jacksonville, Florida
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jax/index.shtml
Windy and very much humid....

[yield 2 the right]

Prayers for you and yours....

[LibertyRocks]

LOL... I was just totally shocked when the mayor said on-air that they didn’t have them. We’ve had them wherever I’ve lived - outside Chicago, Denver and now in Wisconsin. Just seems silly not too — besides they are for air raids and Civil Defense too, right? I would think it should be a requirement for those reason too, personally. It can’t hurt!

[LibertyRocks]

Thanks for the update Davey, I appreciate it.. :)

[LibertyRocks]

“Yes, God is merciful! Despite disasters that hit, HE is merciful!”

Amen.
It bears repeating - often...

[NormsRevenge]

Amen..

A sign rests atop four cars in a downtown Atlanta parking lot after a tornado touched down Friday evening, pictured Saturday March 15, 2008. Crews hauled broken glass and furniture out of downtown streets Saturday and homeowners surveyed damage caused by a tornado that caught residents and basketball fans by surprise. (AP Photo/Ron Williams)

[higgmeister]

Years ago, DeKalb and Fulton Counties sold their Civil Defense sirens to Cobb County when FEMA matching funds for maintenance were cut. There are 74 towers, with some having voice loudspeakers, on strategic points around Cobb.

On a sadder note; my wife just learned that the woman killed this morning was a retired veterinarian and kept a kennel. They found many of her dogs also dead but they were able to find and rescue seven.

Has anyone heard from the Yankee? One of those Tornadoes went right over Newnan just after the last post on this thread.

[LibertyRocks]

Prayers for Yankee... I hope he’s alright. Maybe his power is out - I hope that’s the worst of it.

Very sad about the lady and her dogs... I imagine God has a big place all lined up for all of them, though! ;)

I hope they re-invest in a few sirens for the county(ies) that don’t have them. They are lifesavers, and well worth it.

[Quix]

May God comfort you with His best biggest Hugs.

Wow.

LUB

[LibertyRocks]

No problem. I’m glad they were of some help to people.

I’ve been to Atlanta only once. I was there on vacation the day I turned 16 years old, but I haven’t been back since... Wow... 19 years ago this Summer....

The weather guy on Ch. 11 joked on air after the mayor spoke was kidding around saying he was going to call her and tell her to watch them next time because apparently he was the only one to get a warning out on the media before it hit...

Glad to hear they have some sirens. Even the mayor said they “mostly rely on media” so I wasn’t sure if there were any at all...

Too bad about your company’s building. I’m glad everyone is alright.

[AnAmericanMother]

I was in Newnan at the time. It was windy all day long, blow the hat off your head windy, but it just rained a little bit as that big storm crossed the interstate, no storm type wind in sight. LOT of water though!

We trained dogs most of the day just south of the Newnan airport (in Moreland) and the wind was terrible, but it was all clear sky straight line wind. One young dog had so much trouble swimming against the wind he and the duck he was carrying flipped over backwards, and his owner and I were shucking off clothes to go in after him (I was bird boy and closest to the dog) when the wind suddenly just died to a dead calm and the dog righted himself and swam on in.

Most of the bad stuff passed well to our north, and we were all in our trucks and gone by the time the rain started.

[AnAmericanMother]

Oh, dear, I am always sorry to hear about dog people and their dogs getting hurt or killed. We were out with the dog club today, and I'm sure somebody knew her, we have members from all over metro.

But it is completely amazing to me that more folks weren't hurt or killed last night and today. A lot of bad storms.

[higgmeister]

Cobb County is notorious for not going along with the whims of the rest of Atlanta and the metro area. That is because along with Marietta we are big enough to not need them. We have the Lockheed plant and Dobbins Air Reserve Base.

Other Major businesses headquartered in Cobb:

Six Flags over Georgia and White Water American Adventures
The Weather Channel, headquartered at Cumberland
Home Depot, headquartered at Vinings
Lockheed Martin, next to Dobbins in unincorporated Cobb.
Georgia Northeastern Railroad, in Marietta
Genuine Parts Company [NAPA], headquartered in unincorporated Cobb
Glock, USA headquarters located in Smyrna

[cleveland gop]

A scary thought just came to me. If that game last night had not gone into OT, how many people would have been outside at the time the storm hit?
Fortunately that didn’t happen.