Comments on: Vine City tornado photos

By: C.Jackson

C.Jackson — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:48:53 +0000

I hate to think that the media is as biased as it seems to be. But its struck that I am hearing a lot about cabbagetown, downtown and not enough about vine city. I\\\’m going down there to volunteer, my grandma leaved there for 50yrs. Please don\\\’t let it be about race. Those neighborhood are almost identical

By: Thomas Wheatley

Thomas Wheatley — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:37:07 +0000

Shelby,

We must have just passed one another. I was down there around 3-4 p.m. I think, during the hail storm. I had the same experience — the residents were happy to speak with me. One guy was walking among the debris and talking on the phone. When he passed me he said, “There’s a photographer down here. Maybe we can finally get some leadership in this neighborhood.”

For those who haven’t seen it, Shelby posted a video of the damage that’s available here:

http://shelbinator.com/2008/03/15/vine-city-storm-damage-2/

By: Lain

Lain — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:21:28 +0000

Thanks for covering this.

If you were watching the news or following online yesterday, you’d hardly know that Vine City was hit.

By: Andisheh Nouraee

Andisheh Nouraee — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:11:12 +0000

In addition to press/Flickr neglect, there were clearly fewer police, power, and clean-up crews in Vine City than there were in Cabbagetown, North Ormewood and East Atlanta.

By: shelbinator

shelbinator — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:49:01 +0000

D’oh, I must’ve just missed you. My inexperience with the N95 led me to make some editing and uploading mistakes, and as I sat around waiting for a rumored John Lewis appearance, I drained the bejeezus out of my battery. I finally went home to recharge the phone and learn mad Nokia skills, and that’s when the weather went to hell again and I decided my day of filming was over.

Nice folks down there; they knew I wasn’t much but they appreciated having *somebody* with a camera bother to come visit while everyone else was in Cabbagetown and in front of the Arena.

After the weather cleared again, though, I was on the phone with someone from iReport confirming details when I saw Fox 5 broadcasting live from in front of the Mt. Gilead church with the tipped steeple. They finally found the story! (Anybody know if they’re on Twitter??)