Slow tornado clean-up?
April 15, 2008 at 9:49 am by Andisheh Nouraee in NewsIt’s been one month since a tornado carved a six-mile-long path from Vine City to East Atlanta.
Having never lived in an honest-to-goodness disaster area before, I don’t know what my expectations should be about the speed of clean-up and recovery.
That said, I’m still surprised that parts of Peachtree Street, Boulevard, and Marietta Street are still closed to traffic.
One month seems like enough time to secure potential falling debris from downtown skyscrapers and the Omni.
Has anyone else noticed damage, public or private, that seems like it’s taking much longer than it should to clean-up?
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April 15th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I don’t think it is too long….yet.
I have worked the recovery side of several hurricanes and tornadoes and think it is going pretty well downtown. The job there is difficult because of the size and complexity of the building, the enormous liability to the building owners if the surveys are not done flawlessly (i.e. 4×8′ glass panel falls 30 stories onto a family of four) and the difficulty of doing the job while the daily activity continues around it.
Cleanup and assessment takes a long time. The slow pace is usually only noticed by the residents of suburbs and small towns away from the homes and offices of reporters.
I have not been able to go to many of the affected neighborhoods, how are they doing?
April 18th, 2008 at 10:05 am
I am annoyed every morning and every afternoon when I try to drive down Boulevard at DeKalb Avenue. I keep thinking to myself “This is the Day!” and it’s not. Nothing has changed. Nothing is moving forward. Nothing is being said to the public about when this MAJOR atlants road will be reopend. There are only a few places to cross “the tracks” and DeKalb Avenue and by closing one the rest suffer. FREE BOULEVARD! FREE CABBAGETOWN! FREE ME FROM AN HOUR COMMUTE!