Hey - just wanted to say thanks for pulling all that info together last night and today! Excellent reporting for an out of towner ;p For a while I thought you lived here!
Atlanta does actually have sirens. I work downtown about 6 blocks from CNN/Dome and have heard the sirens go off before.
The problem is that I believe nobody had any idea that this thing was forming. We had T-storm warnings in effect at the time, but not even a Tornado watch was active anywhere in the metro area. It literally came out of nowhere. They probably didn’t have time to sound the sirens.
Anyway, we are literally picking up the pieces here today. Everyone I know is okay, but a couple of friends reported some damage to me today. I am on-call for work, and so far nobody’s reported damage to the Bldg I work in, nor the bldg where all of our IT hardware is kept (both 6 blocks from where most of the damage is.) One of my company’s buildings was one of the *most* damaged bldg in town though (we have 3 bldgs downtown).
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.