ATL weather

This is NOT our car. But it is some poor unfortunate soul’s automobile here in Atlanta. 

We had a twister here in the HOT-LANTA last night and Leah and I are OK. We actually dont live in the city, we live quite a bit north in a suburban area that was free from tornadic activity last night. BUT…we were however, in the city when the tornado struck. We were having dinner in Atlanta with some friend at a Mexican restaurant…and all was well. There was some really insane lighting but no thunder. It seemed like flashes from a camera – but no thunder. Instead of heading back to our friends house, we drove to Decatur (east of Atlanta) to show them our new house. As we did our new home drive-by”, it started to rain and we decided to go back to their place. Around the same time of the tornado, we were in the midst of maybe some of the worst ran/hail I had ever seen while driving. At first we did the “hey…pull over and we can wait this out” thing, but the rain was coming down so hard we thought “lets get to some shelter” so we headed back to their place. When we arrived at their home, we flipped on the TV and saw all the drama in downtown. Somehow, while we were out and about, we missed the tornado but got the rain and hail part.

The tornado struck down around the CNN center area and then carried on to Cabbage town. By CNN center was a home for rent that Leah and I were really into – it was about 6 blocks from the damage. Then in Cabbage town was a place called the Cotton Mill Lofts that Leah and I were also interested in renting – it too was jacked up from the storm. So we know the area pretty well – and are glad we were not there.

And because you’re really curious – the Mexican restaurant “Las Margaritas” was fantastic.