Wow... Good to here you came through it alright.
Cheers, Dave On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Cory Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I *did* sort-of forget to mention the whole being in a building that was > hit by a tornado. It's funny how that kind of thing totally alleviates > anybody's concern about your department being way over budget on > overtime already... > > I was on the phone with my wife when it hit. I remember saying "what > the hell is that noise" and then she heard some shouting and a lot of > commotion and I hung-up the phone... She was watching the game on TV > and soon realized that we'd been hit by a tornado and suffered some > damage (as seen on TV). It wasn't until about half an hour later that I > realized that I needed to call her and tell her I was ok...I *was* > somewhat busy during that time though... > > Also funny how the meetings on what to do about a tornado striking your > building during a sporting event last exponentially longer than the > actual weather event... > > The game was in overtime. A kid from Mississippi State university had > hit a last second jump-shot to tie the game. We, who knew it was late > already and we had another game to work after this one, cursed his > accuracy. > Had he not hit that shot, the game would have been over and a few > thousand people would have been out on the sidewalks walking towards the > hotel district which took the brunt of the storm instead of safely > watching the roof move inside the Georgia Dome. The glass from hundreds > of hotel windows rained down upon those sidewalks. There but for the > grace of God... > > If you're interested, search for Georgia Dome Tornado on youtube and you > can watch some of the TV coverage. > > Cory -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
