Comments | rainer3: close call for steph this morning

rainer3

close call for steph this morning

Jul 06, 2005 08:12

I just got a call from Steph from work. As she was driving down Collier from Northside on her way to Piedmont hospital, a tree fell over onto the road in front of her. There were two cars ahead of her, and they both stopped and avoided the tree as well. Apparently all the recent rain had loosend the soil enough for the roots to pull up through ( Read more... )

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whoa merenda July 6 2005, 12:16:04 UTC

Man, that's crazy!
I'm glad that she is OK!

-Frank

Re: whoa rainer3 July 6 2005, 13:15:07 UTC

Thanks. Yeah, it is pretty crazy. But with all the rain, it's really quite common in this city for trees to tumble.

Re: whoa merenda July 6 2005, 13:29:15 UTC

and there's more coming!

http://weather.yahoo.com/storm/USGA0230.html

TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA THIS
MORNING...AND WAS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY. THIS
PROJECTED PATH WOULD BRING CINDY INTO NORTH GEORGIA EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.

Re: whoa rainer3 July 6 2005, 14:01:32 UTC

Mmmmm. Should be fun driving to work tomorrow.

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lorigami July 6 2005, 13:16:41 UTC

!!!!!!!!!!!!
glad she's ok.
scary!

rainer3 July 6 2005, 13:18:47 UTC

Yep. it is a bit scary. She didn't sound too flustered though.

scottopic July 6 2005, 13:44:39 UTC

She would have just stuck her hand out the window and held the tree up. Geez.

rainer3 July 6 2005, 14:02:51 UTC

I'm thinking she could have just used her telekenetic powers and whisked it away.

blueinatl July 6 2005, 13:52:37 UTC

I'm glad she is OK, gah - I always fear that when we have a lot of rain.

rainer3 July 6 2005, 14:12:02 UTC

Thanks. And we have more rain on the way. W00t!

blueinatl July 7 2005, 01:25:40 UTC

wooohoooo....

pseudovillain July 6 2005, 15:50:56 UTC

Holy crapbaskets!!!! That is pretty creepy man. Glad she is alright.

stargaze July 6 2005, 22:56:00 UTC

I was daydreaming as usual and did not see that a giant tree was falling in front of me. Lucky for me the guy driving the white pickup truck in front of me was paying attention. At first I thought, "Why are you stopping!!!" Then I saw the tree fall into the lane beside us. I am not sure if he had any damage to his truck, but he pulled over into the parking area near the park off of Collier. I am sure he at least needed to collect his thoughts before proceeding. If the tree was 4 feet taller then things would have been a bit different.

Thank you for your concern!