Bald Truth Exclusive: Atlanta Tornado Survivors!
March 17th, 2008
Here’s my report on the tornado that took Atlanta by surprise
By Art Harris, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved
As a native Atlantan, I took a surreal walk though glass-strewn streets downtown Friday night and early Saturday morning, stepping over downed power lines, lamp posts snapped like toothpicks, crushed cars and looked through my camera lense at buildings I knew…landmarks with roofs sucked right off by a monster tornado.
At The Tabernacle, rock stars usually raise the roof, but that’s where I found my old friend, survivor and rock promoter extraordinaire, Peter Conlan, mulling his missing roof. He can bring the Rolling Stones to town, but can’t negotiate with an act of God. He seemed calm for a survivor, but then he’s been hanging backstage for years, survived screaming superstars and smashed guitars, good practice for a violent weather jam.
Peter was in bed, watching the news when he saw the storm had hit his block, and raced downtown to his beloved building. He stood by, helpless, as firemen climbed inside to shut water and power off. There was no concert there Friday night, and won’t be one for two weeks. Another miracle off Peachtree Street? Read the rest of this entry »
