F2 Tornado hit Atlanta...

[warraghiyagey]

Signed on today, to WB. More out of support and reassurance. But, I see I may log on more frequently. I hope all are safe on the trail and in the the Franklin NC area. My husband, Jim, may go by, Whistler??? He is 2 weeks into his trek to Katahdin. Last communication was Thursday. Beautiful hiking at that point. Now I await text or calls. Anyone in that area or heard anything. Thanks for any info.

Karen. You've come to a good place while yor husband is on the trail. He's surely well north of today's worst weather. Keep us up to date on his travels.
Any of our friends from No Georgia out there?? Saw there was some bad weather earlier. Hope to hear from ya soon.

[Thru Hiker Wife]

Well, maybe I can help ease some minds. I'm here in Cumming, GA which is GA 19/400 area. We had numerous tornadoes in this area (including one a mile down and a mile up the street from my house) this afternoon and the last of the storms have now blown through. It was extremely crazy. As most of you know my husband is NoBo on the trail. He checked in last night and I advised all that were there at Woods Hole Shelter needed to get to Neels by noon and park it. Most did just that. As of 5:45 pm I spoke to Brad, all hikers there are safe, showered, laundered, fed and happy. To my understanding they got some rain but no tornadoes nearby. I hope that holds true for the rest of the trail through GA but from what I can determine from the local updates all the really bad weather and tornadoes came in south of the AT. Hope these helps!

[Heater]

Yeah. It looks like the AT was spared from th worst of the storms.
(not to say it might have gotten a little hairy at times)

[Thru Hiker Wife]

Just an FYI, the news is predicting a possible repeat event for this Wednesday so for those in contact with our no. GA hikers, you may want to pass the word.

[warraghiyagey]

Still looking to hear from ed bell, Sly and orangebug.

[Heater]

Just an FYI, the news is predicting a possible repeat event for this Wednesday so for those in contact with our no. GA hikers, you may want to pass the word.

Is it Saturday or am I in a time warp?

Wednesday is 4 days away, right?

[Heater]

Still looking to hear from ed bell, Sly and orangebug.

I talked to Sly. Orangebug has posted here today. I think Ed posted as well.

[Heater]

BTW... nobody in the South is outta this yet!

[Sly]

I think today's threats are over.

[ed bell]

Had some super heavy rain here. No severe weather. A couple tornadoes were about 45 miles south of here. Looks like one small severe cell left to go.

[warraghiyagey]

I read that both Polk and Floyd County were hit by tornadoes today.

[Mother Nature]

Is it Saturday or am I in a time warp?

Wednesday is 4 days away, right?

There is another round of bad weather crossing the country which may impact GA midweek.

[warraghiyagey]

There is another round of bad weather crossing the country which may impact GA midweek.

But still, it's fun to do the 'Time Warp.'

" . . . It's just a step to your left. . ."

[Thru Hiker Wife]

Glad to see you posting. I got a little worried for you today when I heard about possible tornadic activity in Clarksville area.

[orangebug]

no need to worry. I've been busy with chores and ACC basketball.

Paw Power!

[trailangelmary]

Signed on today, to WB. More out of support and reassurance. But, I see I may log on more frequently. I hope all are safe on the trail and in the the Franklin NC area. My husband, Jim, may go by, Whistler??? He is 2 weeks into his trek to Katahdin.

Welcome, Karen. I am also from PA and hope to get to meet you and your husband, Whistler.
And thank you, thru-hiker wife. Good job.

[Gaiter]

a gig I worked last night is scheduled to be at the philips arena tonight, last night they had only heard about the georgia dome being damaged,

also somewhat off subject: who all lives near atlanta, i'm moving to marietta on the first or second of april (just checked w/ my soon to be roommates, the house wasn't damaged!)

[Fahrenheit]

Things were pretty crazy where I'm at today as well. It never got to bad at my place, except from my place, but we had a tornado about 8 miles north in the early afternoon and saw a funnel cloud just a couple miles north. No damage fortunately.

[Skidsteer]

We(my family and I)drove to Cobb County this afternoon from White County after the bad storms passed.

Driving on I-985 thru Gainesville was a green path much of the way. Tons of pine needles on the pavement.

[Mountain Man]

I read that both Polk and Floyd County were hit by tornadoes today.

Yeah, I live in Polk Co. here in Ga.. There was one death just up the road from me and another just a little futher up the road over in Floyd Co. It seems Tornados really like this area for some reason. Just glad I wasn't on the trail yesterday. Heading out for a week the end of this month so I've already put in an order for some good weather, but if I don't get it I'll just deal with what comes my way as I have in the past.
Been a lot of hikers heading out from Amicalola,I hope they were all hunkered down some where.