Georgia LJ roll call

[annathepiper]

I just found out about the tornado that smacked downtown Atlanta upside the head tonight. Yowza. Georgians on my Friends list, or those with kith and kin down there, hope you guys are okay!

That there is a cnn.com story up about this is noteworthy because I had not realized that cnn.com is in fact headquartered in Atlanta. Their building sustained some damage, including getting a hole ripped in the roof, and their newsroom and library took some hits as well.

I'm also whomperjawed about the roof getting ripped into at the Georgia Dome--during a game. And impressed that the game was actually resumed about an hour after everything settled down. But then, as my beloved solarbird points out, I am from Kentucky; I know the reverence held for basketball down there. Not even ACTS OF GOD will halt SEC tournament basketball, boyos!

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[casirafics.livejournal.com]

Personally, my first thought on seeing this bit --

Windows also were shattered in the CNN.com newsroom, with staffers saying that there was a computer missing -- apparently sucked through one of the windows.

-- was, "Why is it always the dot-commers?" (Remind me to tell you about my former news employers and the anthrax incident sometime.)

Considering the extent of the damage I'm hearing about at that nearby apartment building in particular, I'm hoping things don't turn out as bad as they sound. :\



As for basketball and crazy-ass weather, though, I'd also like to remind you that you live in the only city that's ever had a rained-out NBA game (http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7860). Oh, Seattle....

[annathepiper]

So, Casira, tell me about your former employers and the anthrax incident! Unless you'd rather save that for lunch or something, we really ought to do lunch again anyway. ;)

And now I heard today that they got hit with further storm fun down there. As if one big storm per weekend wasn't enough. Yeeg.

As for here and the NBA game getting rained out, *snorf*, I don't think I'd heard about that; that's hysterical. Only HERE!

[casirafics.livejournal.com]

We really do need to do lunch. I think I'm fairly meetings-free later this week, if you have time. The anthrax story is better told in person. :)

(That, and I'm still paranoid about naming anywhere I work/have worked on LJ. I'm pretty sure at this point it doesn't MATTER, but y'know. :)

[annathepiper]

Later this week, if all goes well, I will actually be at Norwescon! Any chance you'll be there?

After that, though, I'll hopefully be quite flexible schedule-wise. Things are getting less crazy at work now that we have launched the Monster Site Upgrade, so I should be able to scamper off for a lunch some time in the next few weeks. :) I'll look forward to seeing you!

[casirafics.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, no. But next week or after should work fine, though. :)

[annathepiper]

Bitchin'. I'll send you mail post-Norwescon!

[eveshka.livejournal.com]

Present and accounted for.

The lightshow was unbelievable. We were driving in Lawrenceville at the time it hit.

[annathepiper]

I can imagine it had to look scary! Sky all green and lurid and stuff? Glad you're okay!

[zeekar.livejournal.com]

Fine up here in East Cobb. As are bother and sis-in-law in Cabbagetown, who luckily had moved out of the mill lofts. ("Hi, I'm the Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts. You might remember me from such famous disasters as the fire of '99, with its dramatic helicopter rescue...")

[annathepiper]

Glad to hear you and yours are well! Hope the weather down there settles down.

[wildshadowstar.livejournal.com]

The UK game was postponed till today at noon. Bad news is that whoever wins (hopefully UK) will more than likely have to play their second round game tonight from what I've heard. Also, the game was moved to Georgia Tech's gym, which only has seating for 9,000; there are supposedly 20,000 UK fans down in Georgia. The officials are only letting family, media, and I believe very close friends to the game. That's gonna be a lot of refunding to a bunch of upset fans.

[annathepiper]

Yeah, I noted that postponing of the Kentucky game in the article I read! That sucks about the ticket refunds--but hopefully everybody'll deal. 'Cause what can you do about the game getting moved because of a TORNADO?