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Title: To tillie in Hotlanta
Post by: doak on April 15, 2009, 12:27:21 AM
Did you get any of that wild wind the other day?
Not that bad here, but rough. :)doak
Title: Re: To tillie in Hotlanta
Post by: JoelinGA on April 15, 2009, 10:56:53 AM
Hey Doak, that was some crazy stuff. We were getting it here too.
Title: Re: To tillie in Hotlanta
Post by: johnnybigfish on April 15, 2009, 11:35:32 PM
tell more about the wind!Did it have storms first?

your friend,
john
Title: Re: To tillie in Hotlanta
Post by: doak on April 16, 2009, 12:27:00 AM
Yes, but this was what was called "wake" winds. Not associated with the storms. :)doak
Title: Re: To tillie in Hotlanta
Post by: tillie on April 16, 2009, 12:57:47 AM
It was fierce - my normal drive to work is 20 minutes on a trafficky day - on Tuesday I left home at 8 am and got to work at 9:15.  There were so many trees down, blocking roads, lights still out - we didn't have power at the office on Monday (the day the winds actually came through) from 10 - 4:30 and some people still didn't have power on Tuesday night.

The drought has been so hard on the trees that their root systems are weak and a blast of wind like those we had on Monday can tear a poorly rooted tree (some huge ones) right out of the ground.

Linda T in Atlanta
Title: Re: To tillie in Hotlanta
Post by: JoelinGA on April 16, 2009, 11:17:24 AM
It was bad, had a tree fall on my grand father's house, in his day room no less while he was reading the paper in his recliner. He had JUST got a new roof after we had that really big hail storm those few weeks back. Waiting for the Ins. Adjuster to take a look before I clear it up.
Title: Re: To tillie in Hotlanta
Post by: Cockatoo on April 16, 2009, 02:37:04 PM
I blew us around in Cherokee pretty good.
I was waiting for the dreaded call from my Uncle that my plane had been flipped over.
But it weathered the storms fine!