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[Miss_Scarlett]

They have closed schools in most of the metro Atlanta counties for tomorrow. Six deaths in the area to include a toddler.

A humongous tree uprooted from the drenched earth and smashed flat the pergola that my husband built me for Mother's Day 5 years ago.

We live in a forest and I am thinking of making everyone sleep in the basement tonight because it is not supposed to let up...!

I'm not following the logic of sleeping in a basement when it's flooding. Shouldn't you sleep on the highest level or get out?

Sorry about losing the pergola. We lost a tree I really liked to a storm earlier this year. Scary to see.

 

[Nova]

I'm not following the logic of sleeping in a basement when it's flooding. Shouldn't you sleep on the highest level or get out?

Sorry about losing the pergola. We lost a tree I really liked to a storm earlier this year. Scary to see.

It puzzled me, too, Miss S.

But I don't think SCM is concerned about flooding per se; rather, she's worried another tree will fall and this time crush her house and somebody in her family. Hence, the relative security of the basement.

Keeping my fingers crossed for all our posters in the area...

 

[southcitymom]

I'm not following the logic of sleeping in a basement when it's flooding. Shouldn't you sleep on the highest level or get out?

Sorry about losing the pergola. We lost a tree I really liked to a storm earlier this year. Scary to see.

It puzzled me, too, Miss S.

But I don't think SCM is concerned about flooding per se; rather, she's worried another tree will fall and this time crush her house and somebody in her family. Hence, the relative security of the basement.

Keeping my fingers crossed for all our posters in the area...

It's true, Nova - I'm always more scared of all the trees on our property - we back up to the national forest and our yard has many huge old trees! The one that smashed our pergola was a monster.

Our basement is maybe more terrace-like - most of it is not underground. It has never taken on water and I just am not worried about that - but a tree couldn't squash us down there.

In any event - we all slept on the main level and lived to tell the tale! Thanks for everyone's prayers.

 

[Miss_Scarlett]

Ahhhh, you did mention the forest. I just didn't catch that one. Glad you are all okay.

 

[Nova]

Thanks for checking in, SCM! I would have spent the day wondering if you hadn't.

Now please find a way to send all that excess water out here: last I heard, the entire southern part of California is on a "red flag" warning for wildfires.

 

[Kateyes]

They have closed schools in most of the metro Atlanta counties for tomorrow. Six deaths in the area to include a toddler.

A humongous tree uprooted from the drenched earth and smashed flat the pergola that my husband built me for Mother's Day 5 years ago.

We live in a forest and I am thinking of making everyone sleep in the basement tonight because it is not supposed to let up...!

Sorry for your pergola, southcitymom - it must have had sentimental value to you. We are in Birmingham, and my daughter has a boyfriend at UGA. She was with him at his parents home in Atlanta this past weekend, and their backyard was beginning to flood as early as Friday night. Our friends came down from PA to go to the Auburn/West Virginia game this past weekend. We had not planned to go with them as our daughters are at Bama - one a grad student, and one an undergrad sophomore. But the Bama game was very early, and since our friends were able to get extra tickets we traveled to the game with them. On the way over to Auburn we drove through torrential downpours on and off. Then, when we got to the game it had stopped long enough for us to walk to the stadium. Just in front of the stadium the sky was very black and my husband and I took cover in the roofed area for the food vendors. It took over 45 minutes for the thunder, lightening and hurricane-like rain to stop, and we did get the stands in time for the game. Outside of some light rain at the beginning of the game it cleared up and stayed cleared until we got back to the car. It has been raining here ever since!

I hope you and your family are all well. We live in a mountainous area of Birmingham, so we have not had flooding problems, thankfully. I am curious about your plan to sleep in the basement since so many people have complained about basements flooding over here. Keep safe, and know that there is another drenched websleuther just two hours to the west!

 

[Nova]

I hereby nominate Kateyes' post as the most profoundly "Southern" post ever made at WS:

How this Natural Disaster Affected College Football


(Kateyes, I swear I type this with nothing but affection and nostalgia for my own upbringing in your region. Where people have their priorities right, if you ask me! Out here, folks'll skip a game because traffic is bad or the surf's up.)

 

[angelmom]

I hereby nominate Kateyes' post as the most profoundly "Southern" post ever made at WS:

How this Natural Disaster Affected College Football


(Kateyes, I swear I type this with nothing but affection and nostalgia for my own upbringing in your region. Where people have their priorities right, if you ask me! Out here, folks'll skip a game because traffic is bad or the surf's up.)

So funny!

ITA that it is a "bad cloud" when football practice is canceled and there was a delay of game at Auburn Saturday night. (My oldest was there with his friend and also described the black sky...creepy).

But we do have our priorities straight. School may have been canceled and roads closed today, but we just got an email from the 7th grade coach to show up at the gym with helmets and sneakers for a walk through tonight!:crazy:

 

[LaLaw2000]

I heard Athens isn't so bad...they didn't have to close UGA like they did KSU, GSU, Tech, etc...but some parts of Buckhead are under 26 feet of water!

Oh, my!

I usually talk to my aunt there about every 6 months or so and see her when she visits my Mother. I think I better call her and see how she is faring. My uncle is retired from Delta Airlines and spends all of his time on his ham radio and has many of his parts in his basement.

Thanks, angelmom!

 

[southcitymom]

Schools in Cobb County are closed again tomorrow! You can imagine my children's delight. The sun was out all afternoon here today, but there are still some places that are really bad and need time to dry out.

 

[southcitymom]

Six Flags completely underwater and many of the rides are history according to the Park: YouTube - Six Flags Under Water Completely Flooded in Atlanta, GA

 

[Kateyes]

Nova - no offense taken. Glad I could post something to give everyone a bit of the "lighter side". We all need something funny when we are worried. I saw an aerial view of Six Flags on TV and the one roller coaster looked like it was halfway submerged in water. Please everyone stay safe!

 

[Nova]

Nova - no offense taken. Glad I could post something to give everyone a bit of the "lighter side". We all need something funny when we are worried. I saw an aerial view of Six Flags on TV and the one roller coaster looked like it was halfway submerged in water. Please everyone stay safe!

Thanks, K, I'm glad you understand.

The info on Six Flags makes me sad. I spent many a very happy day there in the 1970s.

 

[Evan's Mom]

I'm waiting on freight from the rail yard in Austell and nothing is moving out because the ocean containers are still under water. My boss went to verify it himself and they rode out to the rails in a boat!
I also have loads shipping to Alabama that can't get out because of all the flooding out I-20.
It's a total mess and is affecting all aspects of our lives here.

 

[Nova]

I'm waiting on freight from the rail yard in Austell and nothing is moving out because the ocean containers are still under water. My boss went to verify it himself and they road out to the rails in a boat!
I also have loads shipping to Alabama that can't get out because of all the flooding out I-20.
It's a total mess and is affecting all aspects of our lives here.

And what does that have to do with football???!!!

(Just kidding, of course. Whew, what a mess! Is this the worst flooding we've seen in a large U.S. city since Katrina? Sounds like it to me.)

 

[Dark Knight]

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE
ARKALTEX REGION NEWD ACROSS AR INTO THE WESTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
FAR NORTHERN LOUISIANA
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN TENNESSEE

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS WITH TORNADOES...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE
AND HAIL...ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND
TENNESSEE VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SPREADING INTO THE
OHIO VALLY OVERNIGHT.

A FEW TORNADIC STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...
THE MOST INTENSE STORMS...WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR LONG TRACK
AND VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE
ARKLATEX REGION AROUND MID AFTERNOON...AS AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE
APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THESE STORMS SHOULD THEN SPREAD AND
DEVELOP NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS ARKANSAS AND INTO PORTIONS OF
NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.

 

[Dark Knight]

Minor forecast updates:


http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

 

[Dark Knight]

Weekend storms kill 6 in Tenn., 3 in Miss.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100502/ap_on_re_us/us_severe_weather;_ylt

 

[ziggy]

I used to live in Nashville and all my facebook friends are posting pics of the flooding - it is devastating. 10 feet of water in the Opryland Hotel - It's so weird to see my old neighborhood flooded. Luckily everyone I know is OK and they are getting their flat boats out and pitching in to help.

They said there have been some heartwarming stories of how people are helping each other. ahhh, I really miss those Southerners - good people.

 

[southern_scout]

I'm north of Nashville, and it's been a surreal few days. We've lost 19 lives in Middle TN so far, with the death count rising daily as rescuers are able to get to submerged cars and the water starts to recede in flooded areas. We are a strong city, and we will get through this. That being said, the national news coverage of this event has been so disappointing. They are calling it a "thousand year flood" with 4,000+ square miles of flooding. All schools are out, lots of power out, water is being rationed because we lost a pumping station. Today, three days after the flooding started, there are still boat rescues in operation. Please keep the people of our city in your hearts and on your minds, the devistation here is like nothing we've ever seen before.

For those of you familiar with the major landmarks, the Opryland Hotel took on 10 feet of water, as did the Grand Ol' Opry. Downtown, the Schmemerhorn Symphony center is flooded, as is the Arena and Country Music Hall of Fame.