PICTURES FROM THE ATLANTA STORM
BFF Malory and I just returned from touring some of the storm damage. What you're seeing on television does not even begin to describe what downtown Atlanta looks like right now. There is no electricity, there is glass, debris, chairs, luggage, twisted metal, buildings collapsed, facades torn away and windows blown out. The picture above is from the roof of my building to show you just how close I am to downtown.
This was about as close as we could get to the Westin Peachtree Plaza. If you blow the picture up you can see all the windows blown out and curtains waving in the breeze. It's actually worse on the other side. We couldn't even get near Centennial Park and CNN Center. All the streets were closed.
This is where I used to live -- The Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts in the Cabbagetown district. It's really quite heartbreaking. I couldn't wait to get the hell out of there three years ago, but I lived there for five and those first four years were fantastic. The interior of the building collapsed and all the floors inside the walls pancaked on each other.
A wider view of the destruction.
If you look on the sidebar of my blog, you'll see the cover of my HalfLife Crisis CD. That photo was taken inside this building when BFF Tina and I lived there.
We had another round of storms and hail about 4 p.m. this afternoon. Very scary. Mayor Shirley Franklin has declared a state of emergency for downtown. And it was definitely a tornado last night, and F2 with over 130 mile an hour winds. My nerves are shot. I'm going to bed.
BFF Malory and I just returned from touring some of the storm damage. What you're seeing on television does not even begin to describe what downtown Atlanta looks like right now. There is no electricity, there is glass, debris, chairs, luggage, twisted metal, buildings collapsed, facades torn away and windows blown out. The picture above is from the roof of my building to show you just how close I am to downtown.
This was about as close as we could get to the Westin Peachtree Plaza. If you blow the picture up you can see all the windows blown out and curtains waving in the breeze. It's actually worse on the other side. We couldn't even get near Centennial Park and CNN Center. All the streets were closed.
This is where I used to live -- The Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts in the Cabbagetown district. It's really quite heartbreaking. I couldn't wait to get the hell out of there three years ago, but I lived there for five and those first four years were fantastic. The interior of the building collapsed and all the floors inside the walls pancaked on each other. 
A wider view of the destruction.
If you look on the sidebar of my blog, you'll see the cover of my HalfLife Crisis CD. That photo was taken inside this building when BFF Tina and I lived there.We had another round of storms and hail about 4 p.m. this afternoon. Very scary. Mayor Shirley Franklin has declared a state of emergency for downtown. And it was definitely a tornado last night, and F2 with over 130 mile an hour winds. My nerves are shot. I'm going to bed.
Comments
Frighteningly reminiscent of the F5 I was in when I was 5 years old, that ripped up much of downtown Topeka, Kansas. The building damage wasn't quite as spectacular, but then we didn't have the high-rises downtown ATL does, of course. Every time I see tornado damage I get a little flashback to "my" tornado... they are truly terrifying things.
So glad you are OK.
It's such a weird thing, isn't it, to witness a natural disaster? (I was here in the Bay Area during the 1989 earthquake.)
Please take care.
Thanks for letting us know you are allright, and do get some rest!And hey, Sweet Dreams, if you may.
*Hugs*.
Happy to hear that you are okay.
GAV