Storm warning for Atlanta and North Georgia DUers. More coming within an hour.

[onehandle]

Radar shows it's coming in fast.

I posted a thread about this in LBN a little while ago, but a clever mod combined it with yesterday's old story.

Here's the storm Warning story:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Atlanta gets hit by a tornado last night. Today there's a new bigger storm on the way within an hour or so and a completely different story. I post the NEW story as a warning to Atlanta DUers about the approaching storm and the thread is combined with the old story from yesterday.

[shadowknows69]

1. Be safe all

[Donnachaidh]

2. oh crap -- kid's at a 4h plant sale.

Gotta get him home.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

3. kick

[ulysses]

4. keep low, everyone.

[skooooo]

5. I can't believe there's not more discussion of this going on here...

[pacalo]

6. Please stay safe, Georgians!

I read your other post, onehandle, & absent the "sarcasm" smilie, I'm sure your note at the end was sarcasm. My husband & I heard the same comments in Russellville, Arkansas, about Katrina "refugees", & even the realization that these backwoodsy comments stemmed from ignorance couldn't erase the hurt we felt upon hearing them.

[uppityperson]

7. kick and a message sent on the combined thread asking to unmerge

Though more may eventually see it here. I also alerted on the old thread, asking it to be uncombined.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

8. TORNADO WARNING FOR CHEROKEE FORSYTH

NEAR CANTON SEEK COVER

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

9. kick

[onehandle]

10. Tornado warning issued in metro Atlanta

Much of north Georgia, including metro Atlanta, is under a tornado watch until 7 p.m., the National Weather Service said late this morning.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/03/...

[ProdigalJunkMail]

11. rotation about a mile from my house...

fuck

[uppityperson]

12. It's the windblown debris that gets you. Get down low, inside, somewhere safe.

fuck.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

14. passed us a few minutes ago

hail wind lighting...impressive and a little scary...we were all in the closet...

sP

[uppityperson]

15. Good. Scary.

Since being in a F5 as a toddler, I hate these things. Am fascinated by them, and really scared.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

18. fascinating and frightening...

the power of nature is something else...the hardest part is convincing your kids they need to sit in a closet without scaring the crap out of them...

sP

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

16. Glad your OK!

I'd still be in the closet!

[ProdigalJunkMail]

19. we're good at the moment

but there are more storms lining up to the west...

sP

[malaise]

23. You're having a day you won't forget

I just went to NBC Atlanta online - this is serious!
Two people died from last night's tornado.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

26. been in them before

was in a house that was destroyed several years ago...

sP

[malaise]

27. Wow!

I've seen a lot of hurricane destruction but the most we've had is water in our home.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

30. back in the 70's in Tuscaloosa AL

fortunately we were in a basement...when we came up...there was no house...not a damaged house...no house! Neighbors for the next couple of weeks kept bringing us stuff that had blown away.

sP

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

13. Storm vista link has valuable information on these storms

http://www.stormvista.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=388...

Good luck to all in the region.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

17. IF YOU ARE IN GAINESVILLE GA

GET UNDER COVER NOW...NWS REPORTING FUNNEL ON THE GROUND CROSSING 400 AT EXIT 14

[ulysses]

20. kick

[malaise]

21. Damn not again!

NBC Atlanta is only showing weather right now. Wow! This looks serious.

[WillyT]

22. Jeezus...

Stay safe.

[halobeam]

24. on the last pic..

why is the red box so far south of ATL? Looks like all the trouble is near ATL and north of it... It's not like the direction is flowing south, then I'd understand it better.

[WillyT]

25. The Storms Are Moving Really Fast, Chech This One...

Link: http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=FFC&product=N0S&...



And...

Link: http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?product=NCR&rid=FFC&...

[malaise]

28. Great link here

http://www.11alive.com/

[halobeam]

31. thanks, what a complete horror, lasting way too long.

[appleannie1]

29. My son lives in Jefferson. The cell they have issued the warning on is

starting to produce rain there now.