http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/14/atlanta-tornado-simulation-and-videos/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/14/atlanta-tornado-simulation-and-videos/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:07:45 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17160 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/14/atlanta-tornado-simulation-and-videos/feed/ 3 Memorable footage from last year's tornado — wild horse included. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/14/researchers-atlantas-heat-island-intensified-2008-tornado/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/14/researchers-atlantas-heat-island-intensified-2008-tornado/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:11:20 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17150 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/14/researchers-atlantas-heat-island-intensified-2008-tornado/feed/ 1 Atlanta's asphalt splendor might have added to conditions that caused last year's twister. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/21/the-tornado-hit-east-atlanta-hard/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/21/the-tornado-hit-east-atlanta-hard/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:01:07 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/21/the-tornado-hit-east-atlanta-hard/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/21/the-tornado-hit-east-atlanta-hard/feed/ 7 Several residents of East Atlanta have expressed annoyance and outrage at what they perceive to be the local media’s failure to adequately highlight tornado damage in their neighborhood. Some of that annoyance has been directed at us. East Atlanta was hit hard by the tornado. Based on the concentration of downed trees and power lines, the tornado [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/20/atlanta-tornado-scored-direct-hit-on-at-least-one-bedside-drawer/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/20/atlanta-tornado-scored-direct-hit-on-at-least-one-bedside-drawer/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:54:36 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/20/atlanta-tornado-scored-direct-hit-on-at-least-one-bedside-drawer/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/20/atlanta-tornado-scored-direct-hit-on-at-least-one-bedside-drawer/feed/ 7 From the page of Flickr user elemess: Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/16/atlanta-tornado-cl-among-the-victims/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/16/atlanta-tornado-cl-among-the-victims/#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:55:45 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/16/atlanta-tornado-cl-among-the-victims/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/16/atlanta-tornado-cl-among-the-victims/feed/ 3 Creative Loafing was a victim of Friday night’s storm. See? Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/15/vine-city-tornado-photos/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/15/vine-city-tornado-photos/#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:25:19 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/15/vine-city-tornado-photos/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/15/vine-city-tornado-photos/feed/ 5 Last night’s tornado didn’t just tear a path through Downtown and Cabbagetown. The storm’s footprint appears to have started in Vine City, a historic neighborhood just blocks from the Georgia Dome and Georgia World Congress Center, and stretched east. In Vine City this afternoon, crews from Georgia Power and Comcast were at work restoring power and [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/15/photos-of-atlanta-tornado/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/15/photos-of-atlanta-tornado/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:01:21 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/15/photos-of-atlanta-tornado/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/15/photos-of-atlanta-tornado/feed/ 10 CNN reports the powerful storm that whacked Atlanta on Friday night included a tornado. Here’s Jackson Street, near King Memorial MARTA station, just after the storm. I posted several more photos to CL’s Flickr group pool. Based on my drive around town this morning, the most intense part of the storm appears to have travelled west-to-east, from Vine [...]