Tornado's

Hey All,

Just wanted to give an update for those who may not have heard. Yes, we had a tornado actually go through downtown Atlanta this past Friday night (03/14/2008). There is a lot of damage and injuries but fortunately no fatalities. Which is completely amazing seeing that there were thousands of people at the Georgia Dome and Phillips Arena attending games.

I have to admit that I was glad to hear that the Hawks game went into overtime. That was the only thing that helped those in Phillips arena from getting injured or worse. The SEC game had to be post-poned because of wind damage.

This tornado was classified as an F-2 with winds reaching about 130 miles an hour. (WOW). And an F-3 tornado hit north of us that did cause 2 fatalities. And as many people know that there was a loss of power in area's that the tornado's went through and the loss of home's. I saw picture's of where a house was and you didn't even see a pile where the house once stood. It just looks like a bunch of garbage that was scattered on the ground. And the car that was in the driveway was literally down the street and looked like a pancake.

Our area was very fortunate with not getting hit with anything near that severe. Just constant lighting, hail and high winds. It was still a little scary to be in the house and just seeing what we were getting. I could not imagine what it was like in these other area's.

The tornado that hit town was the first one in history to ever go through downtown Atlanta.

To see some picture's that have been posted you can go to 11alive.com. They have a photo gallery of all the damage and stuff. They're pretty amazing.

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