Does This REALLY Sound Like Global Warming?

Per the National Weather Service:

"CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO CONTROL THE WEATHER ACROSS
MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT. A NEW RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE
OF 77 WAS SET TODAY AT THE NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS
BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 79 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1897."

And it was even cooler twenty seven miles north in the little ol' town of Greenbrier, with no humidity to boot. I'm loving it. Thank you Canada!

All Hail Broke Loose in Atlanta

Boy did we have one heck of a storm here last night. Hail and driving rain, lots of lightning. But apparently when it moved from the west side into Atlanta it got a whole lot worse. Sounds like most of the damage was concentrated around the CNN Center/Philips Arena/Georgia Dome area. What they're saying now is "possible" tornado.

It takes the National Weather Service a few days to make up its mind. What tore up Chapel Hill Road last week has been officially labeled a "mini super cell" - not a tornado. Given that last night windows were shattered, roofs torn, parts of buildings collapsed and furniture was sucked out the broken windows into the streets, perhaps it will be an official tornado. Not that it matters, really.

Whatever you want to call it, both landmarks and homes were damaged and people were hurt, but no serious injuries have been reported as I write.

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Okay So There WAS a Tornado Last Night

I got back to Douglasville late because of my after-work detour to Target in Atlantic Station, and when I came over the Six Flags hill on I-20 it was really dark. It took a couple of minutes before I realized power seemed to be out everywhere (yeah, I know - "Duh"). As I got closer to home, however, street lights and traffic signals were working. I wouldn't care about losing power if it were just me but the thought of my poor, confused doggies penned up in the dark for who knows how long made me worry until I got in the house and saw no clocks flashing : )

I learned this morning that, depending on who you talk to, a tornado or a "mini super cell" (isn't that an oxymoron?) tore through the Chapel Hill Road area last night. Whatever it was was powerful enough to throw cars around and rip a huge AC unit off of the Kroger store. You can see pictures here. I suspect Gary still hasn't gotten over his tornadic encounter, because he made Lisa call me and make sure it hadn't hit here. No, but it hit your sister-in-law's friend's Kroger : O

My friend Angela lives in the subdivision across the road from that Kroger, as does Nicole's mom (some of you may remember Nicole from the New Year's Eve party). Nicole's mom and younger siblings were leaving the Kroger (probably getting bread and milk!) at the time the storm came through and, according to Angela, were blown back into the store and into the deli counter. Freaky.

When I drove by the Kroger today they had cranes there and a huge work crew, and the parking lot was cordoned off with police tape.

Damn I miss earthquakes.