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Atlanta floods prove fatal for some, cause school and road closings

Posted by Lauren McTigue on 9/21/09 • Categorized as North America, TwitPics, Weather

The storms in the Southeast United States have hit Atlanta particularly hard with four confirmed dead and many more missing.  The Atlanta Journal Constitution has reported that the Governor declared a state of emergency in 17 counties.

Plenty of damage has already been done as there were a reported 11,000 people without power as of this afternoon and many schools in the metro Atlanta area will be closed tomorrow.

Twitterers have been reacting to the storms with prayers and stories of their own from being caught in the floods, while some seem to be unaware of the severity of the flooding:

  1. McQuade Dillard
    AwesomeOstrich (Atlanta, Ga.) Well no school tommorrow because of the floods cool and bad at the same time 21 Sep 2009 from TweetDeck
  2. Birgit Keenan
    BirgitMK (Atlanta, Ga.) OMG, Cobb County looks like a war zone…floods everywhere, roads blocked and washed away, people in total distress ~ please pray for them 21 Sep 2009 from web
  3. Andrea Arnold
    andorea14 (Atlanta, Ga.) Hope all is well with my fellow Georgians. Never thought we would have to worry about floods taking out bridges. :O 21 Sep 2009 from TwitterBerry
  4. Darrell Walker
    dw_photo (Atlanta, Ga.) Now we have three things in history that have shut down the Downtown Connector. 1. Freaknik 2. Rush Hour 3. Floods smh #atlflood #atlanta 21 Sep 2009 from TweetDeck
  5. cassandrahollis
    cassandrahollis (Atlanta, Ga.) #ATLflood I’m praying for everyone affected by the floods here in Atlanta. Gives new meaning to “A rainy night in Georgia”.. 21 Sep 2009 from web
  6. Shaunti Feldhahn
    ShauntiFeldhahn (Atlanta, Ga.) trying to get my heart rate down! got trapped on a flooded road in our Atlanta floods tonight. van conked out. scary! thankfully safe! 21 Sep 2009 from web
  7. Caroline Cronk
    CarolineCronk (Atlanta, Ga.) NO SCHOOL TOMORROWWWWWWWW FLOODS RULEE GOSSIP GIRL. SLEEPING IN. MOVIE TOMORROW :) )))))))))) in such a good mood!! 21 Sep 2009 from web

A picture of the flooded highways was sent in by one Twitterer, @pop3000:

"Look At Atlanta Flooding Wow Did Not Know It Was Like This!!!!"

"Look At Atlanta Flooding Wow Did Not Know It Was Like This!!!!"

The storms have been going strong for three days and is expected to continue at least well into Thursday, with more chances of rain predicted through Sunday. Many Twitter users are using the hashtags #ATLflood and #ATLfloods for this event.

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  • This is quite some rain. I believe the death toll has risen to five here in Georgia. I didn't even realize how serious is was until I started driving to work, only to find out after 10 minutes of driving that the police had closed the road due to the flood. I also didn't have power for most of my morning yesterday.
  • Heather
    Oh my goodness............ Oingur prayers are with all who are experiencing this terrible disaster. I am, however, a girl scout leader bring a troop to Savannah THIS Thursday, and since I don't know the area, can you tell me if the flooding is causing any problems in Savannah? Thanks very much!
  • Heather
    Oh my goodness............ Oingur prayers are with all who are experiencing this terrible disaster. I am, however, a girl scout leader bring a troop to Savannah THIS Thursday, and since I don't know the area, can you tell me if the flooding is causing any problems in Savannah? Thanks very much!
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