Atlanta tornado discussion

[Jeff Pahl]

Weather Channel is showing possible baseball size hail in the same area in downtown Atlanta again. A tornado warning was just issued for the area of the Peachtree Regional.

And apparently the weather has crashed the scoring computer at the regional, resulting in about a 3 hour delay and they are scoring the elim matches manually.

[1t5h1e1o]

Wow it got the CNN center too. Hope they can fix this fast!!! FRC + Water = .........fail (well so far )

[Nawaid Ladak]

i'll have pics up in a couple mins

: no GA dome pics on CNN, only CNN Center. passable damage to Phillips Arena too

i wouldn't doubt the GWCC got hit as well

pic

[dangerousdave]

These are preliminary reports only. Local Atlanta news reports that The GA Dome roof has held up and not torn to allow water inside. After stopping play, the SEC Basketball tournament continued but the last game has been postponed. On TV we now see water pouring down the stairs in the GA World Congress Center Building C (next months pit location) after a water main break. The dome roof catwalks were noticeably swaying around 10PM EDT. Some walls on the outside of the Dome are slightly damaged. The walkway between the old Omni Hotel and the newer one is damaged on the bottom. The Peachtree Plaza hotel has some windows blown out on the backside of it.

About 8 people taken to Grady Hospital, with one reported in critical condition.

Atlanta TV links to perhaps get updated info: WSB, WXIA, Fox 5, WGNX
Dave

[Nawaid Ladak]

Originally Posted by dangerousdave

These are preliminary reports only. Local Atlanta news reports that The GA Dome roof has held up and not torn to allow water inside. The SEC Basketball tournament is continuing in the Dome after the catwalks were noticeably swaying. Some portions of the outside of the Dome are slightly damaged. The walkway between the old Omni Hotel and the newer one is damaged on the bottom. The Peachtree Plaza hotel has some windows blown out on the backside of it. There are also some reports of damage to the World Congress Center which is where the "pits" are located. However, they are on the very bottom of the buildings which are about 3 story's high, where damage is less likely.

Again, these are preliminary reports. So far the pictures we can see at night do not show damage in my opinion to keep future events from being held. This of course could change as reports come in and daylight shines on the buildings.
Dave

the SEC Basketball broadcast showed damage outside the GA dome, and reported flooding in the GWCC.

[ALIBI]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

This show a picture of damage to the main concourse. It sounds like everyone inside is OK.

[santosh]

On a side note, nobody at the peachtree regional has been harmed and the weather is fineish here.
Some reports have said that there are a lot of windows that have been blown out at the omni.

[feliks_rosenber]

with one reported in critical condition.

Not the best of news...

[Chrisms]

does anyone have an accurate report? We heard so many stories in the pits today... you know, the game of telephone. Any locals who can personally attest to how bad the damage is?

these are the best photos i've found: http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view...windstorm0314/

[Coredesat]

From what I have seen from the Storm Prediction Center and the National Weather Service, an EF-2 tornado with maximum winds of 130 mph struck downtown Atlanta on Friday night. Saturday saw more severe weather with reports of baseball-sized hail in various areas. Damage estimates are $150-200 million; including damage to the Georgia Dome, Georgia World Congress Center, CNN Center, Philips Arena, and various hotels; downtown Atlanta has been declared a state disaster area. Several injuries but thankfully no fatalities in the Atlanta area.

Several people were hurt and one person was killed in tornadoes that spawned from the same storm system, in eastern Georgia and South Carolina.

The basketball games scheduled to be played at the Georgia Dome were moved to Georgia Tech as the Georgia Dome was deemed to be unsafe for the players and fans.

Lengthy report from CNN here: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/15/sto...nta/index.html

[Guy Davidson]

We were updated today between some matches (or during one of the ceramonies, I don't remember) that FIRST is in touch with Georgia Dome officials, and they will monitor the situation and keep us updated.

[R.C.]

Is the championship still going to be held in Atlanta, I heard storms have past through and damaged the area?

just wondering if anyone could shed some light in this matter.

[Danny McC]

As far as we know the Championship will still be held in Atlanta. As far as I know FIRST has not stated otherwise.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by rc_cola1323

Is the championship still going to be held in Atlanta, I heard storms have past through and damaged the area?

just wondering if anyone could shed some light in this matter.

There are a few threads regarding this topic in CD.
This is a post that KTorak has taken the time to post in the different threads.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...9&postcount=22

btw, thank you Kyle, for posting the info.
Jane

[KTorak]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

There are a few threads regarding this topic in CD.
This is a post that KTorak has taken the time to post in the different threads.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...9&postcount=22

btw, thank you Kyle, for posting the info.
Jane

No problem. I figured I should go ahead and get the information I could before a hundred different rumors begin.