<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>ATLANTA -- A severe storm ripped two holes Friday in the side of the Georgia Dome during the Southeastern Conference tournament. With Mississippi State leading Alabama 64-61 with 2:11 left in overtime, a loud blast was heard inside the dome. A section of the dome's roof was ripped open, dropping debris. The National Weather Service had issued a tornado warning for the Atlanta area at 9:26 p.m. EDT Radar indicated a storm capable of producing a tornado located about six miles west of Atlanta. It wasn't immediately known if a tornado struck the 16-year-old building, though a roaring noise was heard inside when the storm struck.</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3294382
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A possible tornado swept through downtown Atlanta on Friday night, disrupting a college basketball game and damaging the building that houses CNN. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The National Weather Service had issued a tornado warning for the area, in effect until 10 p.m. The storm came through at about 9:45 p.m. Inside CNN Center, water poured through damage in the ceiling into the building's atrium. Glass shattered, and parts of the building filled with dust. Next door at the Georgia Dome, the SEC conference basketball game between Alabama and Mississippi State was halted. The storm visibly rippled the ceiling of the dome and caused some damage, video of the arena showed. Scaffolding holding the facility's scoreboard swayed 15 minutes after the storm hit. Outside, construction cones and newspaper boxes were shoved into the street</div> http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/03/14/a...nado/index.html
good job by everyone handling this well, and destruction is pretty bad outside the stadium EDIT: am i the only one who saw this...
Holy shit, what a mess My boss and her husband went down there today for the UK game. So I should get a first hand account on Monday
This isn't even a legit tournament anymore. They have to finish before 6:00 on Sunday or they will lose their automatic bid, so that is the only priority. They are now playing at Georgia Tech, which means no crowd at all. Just families, school representatives and cheerleaders. Kentucky and Georgia are playing at noon and the winner plays MSU at 8:30. That isn't good news for the Wildcats who are barely on the bubble as it is.
