Game Interrupted By 'Hailnado' at SEC Tournament

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TIM BRANDO REPORTING THAT TORNADO HIT TOP OF GEORGIA DOME AT SEC TOURNAMENT
Published 3/15/2008 by Joel <info@rockytoptalk.com> at Rocky Top Talk: Front Page Posts
... Joel]: Tim Brando, calling the game for Raycom, just held up a metal washer that he said fell from the roof. So can it really be structurally sound? Update [2008-3-14 22:32:23 by Joel]: Video of outside the Dome shows significant debris. Not quite war zone, but significant, especially in light of the fact that all of that was at ground level. Must have been something up at the top. Update [2008-3-14 22:32:55 by Joel]: Haven't read it yet, but here's the link from Spencer. Go read the whole thing from Spencer -- his take is always amusing -- ...

SEC Suspends Tournament Play
Published 3/15/2008 by Charles Rich at FanHouse
... thing in the morning and have the winner come back that night to play. Totally unfair to Kentucky and Georgia, but they have no real choice. With the selection made on Sunday, the SEC has to have a winner declared by then. The SEC and other conferences that have championship games on Sunday leave no wiggle room. Granted, no one exactly expects a natural disaster. Spencer Hall (aka Orson Swindle of EDSBS) was at the SEC Tourney for The Sporting News and had this report on things. ...

Tornado hits Atlanta, Georgia Dome during SEC Tournament
Published 3/15/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... the Georgia Dome was nothing compared to what is apparently occurring in other areas around Atlanta. The Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts apartment building has collapsed due to the storm, and rescue efforts are underway, though officials say it could take the whole weekend to get throguh the building. Hopefully everyone somehow makes it out okay. Atlanta-based CNN has full coverage (their headquarters also sustained damage). Spencer Hall of the Sporting News was there at the Georgia Dome and has some pretty amazing pictures from the aftermath ...

Weekend links with Jon Marthaler
Published 3/15/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
... like the roof at the Metrodome — is made of Teflon-coated fiberglass fabric, which may be strong but isn’t strong enough to hold up to a tornado. Several holes were ripped into the roof, and some debris — washers, bolts, etc. — fell from the ceiling as scoreboards and light fixtures swayed back and forth. My favorite non-Randball internet writer, Spencer Hall, happened to be on the scene. Here are his reports, with photographic evidence where necessary: 10:29 pm, ...

Tornadoes Don't Enjoy SEC Basketball [Cow... Cow...]
Published 3/15/2008 by Sussman at Deadspin
... overtime, but it completely pushed back the Kentucky-Georgia game until this afternoon, which is being held at Georgia Tech's arena. The winner of that game has to play again tonight against Mississippi State. (Note: I once played four 8-end games of tournament curling in one day. So two basketball games in one day is doable. Babies.) And now, video of the weather as it unfolded, via Loser With Socks: Game Interrupted By 'Hailnado' at SEC Tournament [The Sporting Blog] ...

That There Is The Result Of Some SEC Wind Speed
Published 3/15/2008 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... Orson Swindle was at the Georgia Dome when Mother Nature decided that having a Crimson Tide in Atlanta was not enough and thus decided to create another form of disaster of her own during the SEC tournament. It is all chronicled in a ...