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[Martinman]

Spartan, on Mar 18 2008, 12:34 AM, said:

Yikes.

They analyzed this on the Weather Channell and said that the tornado is on the left tearing up Cabbagetown in this photo.  You can see some of the vortex but its mostly hidden by debris just to the right of the B of A tower.  The guy that took it was trying get pictures of lightning and had no idea there was a tornado ripping through the city.

Edited by Martinman, 19 March 2008 - 04:06 PM.

[richyb83]

What a crazy looking shot. Can't help but noticing the signature hook in the cloud on the right. So being an F2 tornado winds were anywhere between 111-130 mph!

Other tornadoes that come to mind that to passed thru cities "downtown" I can think of was Nashville(late 90's?) and Salt Lake City(very rare)in early 2000's??

Edited by richyb83, 18 March 2008 - 02:20 PM.

[Spartan]

Martinman, on Mar 18 2008, 04:11 PM, said:

They analyzed this on the Weather Channell and said that the tornado is on the left tearing up Cabbagetown in this photo.  You can see some of the vortex but mostly debris just to the right of the B of A tower.  The guy that took it was trying get pictures of lightning and had no idea there was a tornado ripping through the city.

Yeah I see that now. I thought that the center column thing was too large to be a tornado. This photo will indeed be a historic one.

[ironchapman]

A bit of sad news to report here.

Body found in tornado rubble; Atlanta's 1st death

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As Atlanta continued to clean up from crushing storms a week ago, a worker using a Bobcat to remove debris discovered the body of a man who apparently was killed when a tornado skipped through central Atlanta.

"This will be the first fatality from the tornado," said Atlanta police Officer James Polite.

Let's hope this is the only one. We are indeed fortunate that, as far as we know, this person is the only fatality.

On a side note, that photo is truly amazing.

[Jim856796]

Not only was the Georgia Dome damaged, but several other downtown skyscrapers and the Centennial Olympic Park were damaged in the tornado. Are there any proposals to repair that damage?

[Student]

im not sure about that...BUT has anyone noticed the new paint job?

[Martinman]

Yes! no more peach and green stadium.  That was planned before the tornado.  

Repairs from tornado damage are already in progress at Centennial Park and throughout downtown.