Georgia Dome gets hit with tornado

[@AlkanetEXE]

Lateral Podcast listener checking in - this is amazing. That really was such a full building of people, glad they were sheltered from the storm.

[@TDI_CharlieBrown]

Whoever made that shot to go into OT probably didn't realize at the time he inadvertently saved thousands of lives.

[@gatoradelover6927]

TDI CharlieBrown wow

[@alexesdetroitandchicagoque6104]

TDI CharlieBrown wrong

[@ILoveOldTWC]

@@alexesdetroitandchicagoque6104 You're wrong. Thousands of people would've been going to their cars, outside, exposed to the tornado if he had missed the shot and the game end in regulation.

[@Rmiller621]

TDI CharlieBrown ESPN did a documentary on this called SEC storied: Miracle 3

[@Dre-sv1ke]

God at work

[@josephastier7421]

Wow, it really looked and sounded like a tornado crossed right over the building. Amazing the roof membrane stayed intact.

[@torimig2151]

I heart it roar

[@plateshutoverlock]

A tornado once ripped the entire roof off of a restaurant and yet the plates and utensils stayed on the table perfectly as if nothing happened.

[@josephastier7421]

@@plateshutoverlock I believe it. If the storm only strikes a glancing blow, the tornado force winds may only last a few seconds, just enough to pull of a poorly-anchored roof but do little else.

[@BaldwinVoice]

The tornado came within about 1 city block of the building, and it was a pretty weak tornado (EF1). Pretty crazy how it still had that much of an effect. Imagine if it had passed directly over the building and been a stronger tornado. Could've been a catastrophe.

[@RockinRob69]

*0:35** You can hear the tornado roar*

[@jacksonpatrick8175]

oh shit thats scary

[@juliangarcia1221]

Nah I started hearing it at 0:19

[@ILoveOldTWC]

Yes, it sounded like a freight train like they said.

[@williamsheets9105]

"In situations like this, a domed stadium is the best possible..." Famous last words.

[@alexesdetroitandchicagoque6104]

William Sheets wrong stuff was falling down from celling lights was Flickering

[@hairyscotman]

EXACTLY what I was thinking....

[@IDK_375]

@@alexesdetroitandchicagoque6104 it was all right

[@plateshutoverlock]

The tornado sideswiped the stadium and hit the parking lot instead. Had the tornado hit the building directly, it would've been a different story. A weak F0 or F1 tornado might have been survivable in a domed stadium direct hit but all bets are off for anything above that. But if a powerful tornado did direct hit the stadium during the game, most people would be SOL. The only thing I can think of if you can't get out of the rows and into a stronger part of the building would be to crouch down as low as possible between or under the seats, hang on, and say your prayers. :-/

[@MemphisTiger]

Man...I remember watching the Alabama-Mississippi State game LIVE while in overtime in 2008 when the Atlanta tornado happened. I remember the noise the tornado made before they even realized what it was. I had my tv up and the noise was LOUD!

[@marcslyrics7135]

Yea I remember watching it to

[@MarkoDBoss-w1r]

@@marcslyrics7135me too

[@ScallywagBeowulf]

I lived in Atlanta when this happened. I tell people the reason more didn't die, was because this game went to OT. If it hadn't, more people would have died.

[@Goobtoob6]

True, whoever made that shot to put the game into overtime probably didn't realize that he saved over thousands of lives, as mentioned by TDI CharlieBrown

[@ScallywagBeowulf]

lizzie mcguire I’m talking Id the game had finished and people left the dome. No, no one died who was inside the dome. Because if people had left, they would have walked right out into the storm and tornado, as well as debris.

[@ILoveOldTWC]

@lizzie mcguire No, because the game went into overtime.

[@ILoveOldTWC]

@@Goobtoob6 Mikhail Riley (I probably spelled his name wrong). He's the player who made the shot. His wasn't meant to make a championship -winning shot, it was meant to save thousands of lives.

[@LaKellita1]

That's just like the 1989 world series that probably saved so many lives during a major earthquake

[@ck-1649]

So this was in 2008, but the filler looks like 1999?

[@CaseysTrains]

Quailty drops when the feed is interrupted by weather and this was recorded off a feed, not direct footage.

[@ck-1649]

@@CaseysTrains oh, that makes sense

[@gunnerroberts4496]

back in 2008 i believe live feed was aired through satellite not how it is nowadays and the weather was interrupting the signal from the station that was live streaming it if you look at other videos you can see that the quality of the stream get worse as the storm comes through more

[@DilanCommunications]

ANALOG

[@plateshutoverlock]

It looked like the tornado crossed through the uplink signal which was either terrestrial microwave or satellite and that's what caused the picture and sound to fade out. The "CW" card was a placeholder in the event of loss of the uplink signal and because this card is rarely shown, there was no need to make it look new or 'flashy' . A few years back I was watching a live police chase in California and it moved on well outside of the city and the live helicopter feed started to lose it's signal from distance. As this happened, the test color bars came up with the station's call letters appearing as if this card was produced in the early 1980s, with the old style computer graphics "jaggies" on the call letters.

[@thekid9773]

Damn 12 years ago!!! I remember this night like it was just yesterday I lived in kentucky we had storms that whole night and I remember I was like I'm going outside to play basketball in the back yard damn!! Such good times and great memories miss those days!!!

[@Cat3465]

0:47 The sounds of heavy wind made from the tornado

[@Joeseanag24]

It's so hard to hear anything though

[@DallasStarsFan420]

Whoever made the last second shot to take the game to overtime saved lives that night

[@AlexSwanson-rw7cv]

Tom Scott watcher incoming...

[@gx1tar1er]

These people were lucky that tornado wasn't strong enough to destroy that dome. Eventhough it's shaking like crazy it's scary.

[@Mrs_Bales]

but we do we have power..which is amazing.....

[@PhantomFragg]

I've often times been told that in situations like this, that a dome stadium is the best possible place-- *static* Um... u alrite?

[@plateshutoverlock]

Looks like their microwave link to the TV station got interfered with by the tornado. Once the tornado was out of the signal's path they were back on the air

[@ILoveOldTWC]

A domed stadium is NOT the best possible place to be. The best possible place to be is a basement or a small room on the lowest level of a building like a closet, bathroom or hallway, with as many walls between you and the outside as possible.

[@JohnFlorence1990]

Compare that to the alternative of the game not going into overtime, and people being outside heading to their vehicles or walking to buses. Domed Stadium is a safer place to be than outdoors, and that's exactly what he was talking about.

[@ILoveOldTWC]

I understand exactly what you're saying. NO place outdoors is safe from tornadoes. This one was an EF2. However, large rooms such as sports arenas, school gymnasiums, church sanctuaries, auditoriums, cafeterias, are generally unsafe in tornadoes due to their free span roofs. If this had been a stronger tornado, the roof would've caved in, collapsing right on top of everybody.

[@Mauritanian1960]

He meant out of all stadiums

[@AnneBUZZTKO]

@@Mauritanian1960 what if this happened in the Benz Stadium for the Falons (not superdomme for saints)? Would it be safe?

[@wii43j]

Well no fucking shit...

[@ma35154]

It was a confirmed tornado

[@dranaugh3687]

The people who watched this live on tv probably skipped a heartbeat when the static went in

[@calebkirkland2051]

The tornado just wanna watch the game

[@josephastier7421]

I've oftentimes been told that in situations like this, a sports announcer is an unreliable source of information".

[@masongleva]

The fact that this game wasn't stopped when this originally happened is sad. The game should have been stopped when the tornado warning was issued.

[@plateshutoverlock]

It's possible this could've sent people out when the tornado was right outside of the stadium, so it's good they didn't

[@plateshutoverlock]

Yes, this contradicts the whole "stay away from spaces with wide-span roofs" rule, but they were far safer in the stadium than being out in the parking lot with the tornado.

[@derekrisley8161]

There was no Tornado warning given.

[@MrFederation]

Had I been in this stadium (despite avoiding large crowds) when this happened, I dont think I would ever want to set foot outside my house during a storm ever again!

[@TeleTino24]

I hated sports but loved storms and my dad was watching this game and I heard him say what's going on and I started watching lol

[@hunter_light_18ncs]

Sucks we lost this game but at least we saved a lot of lives this day. If he hadn't have made that shot that to go into OT, a lot of people would've died

[@jenniferpesquera1783]

I am so glad that Georgia dome saved all the people who arrived at the game that night

[@theodorewilliams5666]

what I like is how the guy bouncing the ball just stop so u know I had to be loud for him to take notice and stop playing all the gather

[@plateshutoverlock]

This is one case where a microphone does not do the scene justice and you actually had to be there to experience the true gravity of the situation I'm sure people there could hear the roar well before the sound was picked up on the microphones.

[@theknowitall4090]

Miracle 3 saves 30K lives.. Alabama should have been given the opportunity to finish the game the next day however. Bama was at the line for a one and one when play resumed and the shooter said he felt wind in the dome. As soon as this game was over, literally 5 minutes, the SEC decided to kill the rest of the games that night. Bama got hosed on this.

[@austinroberts4009]

I remember watching this happen when I was 12 years old. What the video doesn’t capture is that the “CW21” card was all we saw for several minutes. It was scary, because without social media, there was no way to know what was going on. We just saw the static and then had to wait in silence for the broadcast to come back.

[@John_The_Eeveechu]

0:46 you can hear the confusion in his voice once he hears whats going on. He says without saying anything: "what is going on out there?"

[@megs4000]

1.Everyone might be going to the basement(if they even HAVE one) 2.One kid in the crowd might be crying during that time 3.REFUNDS!

[@ILoveOldTWC]

There could've been an untold loss of life if the shot that forced overtime had been missed. 🏀🌪

[@ryanlapere7224]

God was with the people of the Georgia dome that day for sure!

[@ILoveOldTWC]

@@ryanlapere7224 Absolutely! Could've been numerous fatalities if people had been trying to leave and going right out in it.

[@andrewc1199]

The Georgia Dome is now gone.

[@BP-88]

But at least it wasn't blown away by a tornado. Thank god, the game went into overtime.

[@mjt777x8]

@@BP-88 *God

[@postsbyme6082]

The Georgia Dome still exists. It was just reconstructed and renamed to the Mercedes Benz Stadium

[@dylan3488]

@@postsbyme6082no the dome was entirely separate from the Benz

[@postsbyme6082]

@@dylan3488 No it’s not, the Mercedes Benz Stadium was built as a replacement

[@AnneBUZZTKO]

4:37, also has this ever happened during an NBA GAME And or a Basketball game since this time? Also, at 0:43 the commentators look confused at first.

[@DJ_Tkachuk]

JOHNNY!

[@carterferris07]

This is a First! I have heard of Tornado Warnings stopping games (Main one I can think of was a game MLB in Colorado) but I have never heard of a basketball actually getting hit by one as play is happening, but the arena actually got somewhat damaged. I don’t even know how you would taken precaution from this

[@yorick22]

I’ve been told that in situations like this, dome stadium is the best possible place- (static) *spoopy*

[@alan2here]

hey, a sports event having vastly better reporting than the news offers

[@XXTHE12THMANXX]

Why didn't they stop the game when the warning was issued?

[@MrZshahan]

Because sports are more important than lives. They were in the middle of a very important game....sports.

[@kathyroland9437]

Sports these days

[@jilljones3664]

I don't know how many people knew there was a tornado in the area. When it hit none of the announcers knew what it was, at first.

[@HarrypAhsokaT1231]

If the game hadn't gone into overtime, people would have been leaving around the same time that the tornado hit. People definitely would've died. I remember when this happened. Staying inside is the best thing to do during a tornado.

[@mjt777x8]

@@MrZshahan other way around

[@gabrielwolp]

analogic tv signal down?

[@ItsABeautifulDay.]

No. The wind from the Tornado knocked out the feed for a bit.

[@mitchbutler4177]

i guess tornadoes can be a method of march madness

[@Tallyock]

@millienniumforce I could hear it even earlier

[@thud_1]

?

[@mwads.16]

ItsJudson I think he means the rolling of the tornado. They have a very distinctive sound similar to a train

[@juliangarcia1221]

@@mwads.16 I could kinda hear it between 0:10 and 0:18 but it got louder at 0:19

[@plateshutoverlock]

There is a video that showed the shot that made the game go into overtime and people were remarking that something seemed "off" about that shot, like the basketball should not have been able to get into the hoop the way it was thrown. Some people are speculating that there was some divine intervention going on. I'm having trouble finding that shot on KZbin now, but (IIRC) it did look a little strange to me when I saw it years ago.

[@joeohms4274]

Was thr scoreboard above the court moving also?

[@mrdgenerate]

In the late 2000s i went on that platform to throw tshirts to the crowd at the first quarter break and got paid $50. I smoked cigs up there while i was waiting and i had an oz of "coca cola" and half oz of H in my pockets that i picked up in ATL otw there lol. The guy that got me the gig was also working that game... he was also one of my "customers" so he drove me to get the stuff then to the game where i met up with my people who went separately with tickets. We had season tickets that i gave to my friend and gf and her friend... I got the catwalk spot right above their seats at the 10th row of the top level. I tucked away a few shirts so i didnt try to throw any to them, i played it lagit. That catwalk was nuts tho. There was 3 different levels and we were on the lowest 2 catwalks. I was trying to hide the cigarette i had and not ash on anyone's helmets. I wasn't supposed to be able to get back in but my girl brought her ticket and one of the tickets my friends already used for me and i just acted like it was my ticket all along after leaving the office where i got paid. Sort of confusing but thats the jist of what happened. The guy who got me that gig later overdosed and passed away years later. He was a genuinely good dude who just had a problem. Sucks man.

[@BronchoKyle]

@WWEfan89753 which is incorrect. A dome is the WORST place you can be.

[@brianmears3388]

You are correct. The BEST place to be is a basement or a small room with no windows or exterior walls.

[@rorydelunas4909]

at least it has a roof

[@brianmears3388]

But the roof could've collapsed, due to the free span roof. Large rooms are bad places to be. Small room, as many walls between you and the outside as possible. There, the bathrooms probably would've been the safest places.

[@keltondavis4559]

@@brianmears3388 except this roof isn't solid it's mado of plastic and is held up with air pressure

[@colleenflattery4755]

Here is another reason I miss the Georgia Dome

[@BaldwinVoice]

"In situations like this, a dome stadium is the best possible place to -" *Broadcast cuts off*

[@ILoveOldTWC]

If smart phone weather warning apps had been then like they are now, perhaps people would've been warned even if the shot had been missed; because the warning had to have been issued before the shot that forced overtime was made. But, we will more than likely never know.

[@plateshutoverlock]

And that app might have sent a lot of people into the parking lot and to their deaths. :-/

[@ILoveOldTWC]

@@plateshutoverlock It might have done that too.

[@AnneBUZZTKO]

4:40 HE WAS RIGHT?

[@thedukeboi]

I watched this game...

[@ck-1649]

Didn't ESPN do a 30 for 30 on this

[@reedermh]

Actually part of their SEC Storied series, "Miracle 3".

[@markheying2830]

I guess that most likely any Tornado could very well pick up a Basketball.

[@SillyLooBird]

“A dome stadium is the best place to...” (static)

[@koopatroops838]

For some reason I thought this happened in 2004

[@juliangarcia1221]

Nah the tornado was knocking the feed

[@heroknaderi]

Wow 😮

[@andreaberryman5354]

Worse places one could be!

[@ct6502c]

It was better than being outside.

[@russkline2357]

Google Billings Tornado 2010. The night before the tornado, there were 8000 people at an indoor football game. The game was supposed to be played the day of the tornado. Peeled the roof off.

[@ck-1649]

That really happened

[@lukerenninger3222]

storms in georgia aren’t normaly that bad thi

[@robloxrlhistory3019]

Your right, I live in hinesville Georgia and we never get tornadoes, and storms are rate untill summer. The summer storms are frequent but they're never really that strong

[@ur_fav_sportygirl]

Did they realize that they were in danger?

[@twigzz2417]

So is no one gonna talk about the fact that the tornado clearly hit before they noticed cause you can hear the roar before and these fans and people jad no idea till the tornad started shakimg the dome ceiling Imagine if the dome ripped off the amount of chaos that could of happened here

[@worldchampion1986]

This tornado would not have even touched seattles KINGDOME if it was still around, because it was all concrete, even the roof.

[@brianmears3388]

That's not a tornado-prone part of the country anyway.

[@thrasherx2k1]

Just like assembly hall in Champaign

[@Ancíent1në777]

Jose Kuervo an Ef-5 would’ve leveled that shyt before the inflow even got near it..

[@animations230re2]

An ef2 tornado that’s rare to hit the stadium twc

[@PaulHosey]

At least it was more entertaining than the game lmao

[@carter7944]

Such a relief the tornado wasn't as bad as it could have been ef 2 for a normal is basically a average tornado

[@Memessssss]

Bruh thats scary

[@arlinwheeler7350]

Leaky Dome!

[@ur_fav_sportygirl]

Thats just scary

[@VenomousRattler8185]

God bless the dome and overtime game best safe place go to arenas for shelter lol

[@matthewvincent1966]

God did not put Mykal Riley on earth to become a hall of fame basketball player or win a national championship…. God put him on Earth make a shot that saved over 2,000 lives from a tornado!

[@Grizzliesfan100]

*4yr old boy* oh krap *4yr old boys mom* billy *slaps* remeber kids dat r 4 and under dont say da word crap infront of ur mom

[@paytonsamuels2594]

It's not like ''crap'' is a bad word

[@Moleanimationchannel]

Nice that this was filmed on a potato

[@ehret04]

I was there

[@Forge_595]

My uncle was in there lol

[@Forge_595]

@ItzGregory2015YT2 yo comment btw. And yeah he’s alive

[@DionysusAlS]

Cool, man

[@chrisgarry22]

DionysusAlS Remember this comment?

[@worldsstrongestbean]

DionysusAlS is it cool less than nine years later?

[@BrianSchaffer]

12 years?

[@vretroza]

Hi

[@misterb9833]

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