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Blogger Buzz: Tornado in the Dome Edition

By Jack Lail (Contact)
Originally published 07:52 a.m., March 15, 2008
Updated 01:23 p.m., March 15, 2008

A man carries his girlfriend on his back as they walk through the debris outside the CNN Center in Atlanta after a wind storm blew through the area, injuring several people and damaging the Georgia Dome and other surrounding buildings Friday, March 14, 2008.

Dave Martin / AP

A man carries his girlfriend on his back as they walk through the debris outside the CNN Center in Atlanta after a wind storm blew through the area, injuring several people and damaging the Georgia Dome and other surrounding buildings Friday, March 14, 2008.

The Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament got more exciting than most fans bargained for Friday night.

Here's a "Blogger Buzz" collection of news reports, blogs postings, Flickr photos and YouTube videos about the SEC men's basketball tournament and the apparent tornado that hit Georgia Dome doing an overtime contest between Alabama and Mississippi State.

And, oh, here's my favorite Twitter post so far: "Minarets Did not get carried away to Oz, in case you were wondering."

Were you there? Tell your story in the comments below.

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       3 Comments

Posted by parkatlvol on March 15, 2008 at 10:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Fans I live in Atlanta and was at the game last night. It was chaos. Everyone panicked and there are 2 huge gaping holes in the sheet metal that lines the upper level in the dome, about 12 feet wide and 50 feet tall. I observed this as I left the dome walking to our car parked nearby behind the dome.

As is now, all the games are moved to GA Tech.

Unfortunately unless you are Media, a player, or family, NOBODY is allowed to go the game beyond them. This is very dissapointing to me as a fan, but as we drove home last night I can assure you this is smart because glass has been ripped out of tons of buildings and is littering all the streets and getting to the game would be very, very difficult.

As is UK vs UGA plays at 12. UT vs ARK at 6:00. After that MISS ST. vs winner of UGA vs UK proceeds that game making the winner of this game play twice in one day.

But I urge all you Vol fans to STAY at home if you have not already left. NO FANS are allowed into these games at GA Tech. All and all, GO VOLS! I would love to see us bring home a title and hopefully secure a 1 seed in the NCAA's!

Posted by volfan5521 on March 15, 2008 at 10:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I am glad no one was hurt last night and am sorry for the fans that traveled and won't get to attend the games. But I do think it's funny that those cocky blue chumps from the north seem to have gotten worst of it. Should the VOLs beat the Hogs, I would love for them to catch the Cats without rest or their obnoxious blue fanbase, but they won't survive Georgia much less Miss St.

Posted by VolJoe on March 15, 2008 at 3:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Why does the wind blow in Georgia??
Because Alabama Sucks

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