4:10p: Video of tree down and Clairemont/Scott Blvd intersection closed from Fox5.
4:03p: Report of structure fire in 100 block of Shadowmoor.
3:27p: Check comments in the comments section of this post for the latest reports of trees down across Decatur.
3:20p: Just lost power on Nelson Ferry Rd.
3:13p: Outages climbing fast now. Up to 4,800+ without power in 30030.
3:05p: Reports of trees down on Melrose, the 700 block of Sycamore and at Huron & Champlain.
3:02p: 7 mins later, 3800+ without power in 30030 according to GA Power.
2:55p: GA Power is reporting that currently approx. 3,000 residents in 30030 don’t have power. Currently the map is showing that much of Oakhurst is without power.
2:32p: Reports of a tree down on a house on Madison Ave.
UPDATE X: Traffic light out at Commerce and West Ponce.
UPDATE IX: After hearing a transformer blow, now hearing reports of a tree down near Oakland and Fairview in Decatur. Outage map shows over 500 customers in the area now without power.
UPDATE: VIII: Photos on Twitter of a huge tree down in Winnona Park
UPDATE VII: Steve reminds us that you can always check GA Power’s Outage Map if you want to see reported power outages in the Decatur/ATL area.
UPDATE VI: Decaturish has a good summary of incidents around DeKalb County so far today from the weather.
UPDATE V: Southwest has cancelled all flights after 1p today. Delta has cancelled 800 ATL flights and leaves the door open to cancel more.
UPDATE IV: MARTA will not be running on Monday.
UPDATE III: City offices are closed tomorrow. Also would assume many businesses will be closed, but we just saw that Little Shop will be closed tomorrow
UPDATE II: Decatur has cancelled trash and recycling pick up for Monday. Tuesday pick up still TBD.
UPDATE I: City Schools of Decatur have announced they will be closed Monday and Tuesday due to the Hurricane.
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Alright Atlanta/Decatur – time to pull together for another big weather event. Use this thread to discuss any Hurricane related topics. I’ll try to post updates of relevant news as I have it.
There are a lot of ways to get info these days – unlike the early days of this site – but we’ll try to keep this thread focused on the weather system coming through, so it can serve as a mini one-stop-shop.
If you haven’t read the city’s list of reminders and important #s, make sure you do.
Take all the necessary precautions and be safe, neighbors.
Thanks so much for posting this! We were wondering, & didn’t see this on the City’s site. Y’all all be safe out there, and please bring your pets indoors. This weather will be nothing to fool with!
For Atlanta, follow @COA311 which aggregates all city messages. So far they’ve announced pushing track pickup from Monday to Wednesday and how to secure your Herbie Curbie
DeKalb County courthouse closed tomorrow, Tuesday TBD.
No MARTA service Monday
i would love updates on restaurants that will be opening today if it doesn’t get too crazy!
Super Jenny is closed
Taqueria del Sol’s Decatur location is closed.
Revolution Doughnuts was open this morning but was planning to close at 11. Looked like Kavarna was planning to open this morning. Oakhurst Market and U Joint said on Facebook that they’re open today.
Java Monkey closed
Dancing Goats closing at 1 pm. Hurry!
Avondale Pizza Kitchen is closed.
From Nextdoor : Chick-fil-A closed, Marco’s open
Radial Cafe is open! They said they will stay open as long as they are able …
Georgia Power map shows pretty good sized outage in Oakhurst roughly south of W Benson between S Candler and Oakview. No restoration estimate right now.
It looks like the affected area has grown larger and extends south to the golf club.
Just heard a transformer blow on the northside. Power didn’t go out though.
Map shows an outage north of W Ponce to Oakland. between Ponce Place and Northern .
Tree down near Oakland and Fairview.
Thanks Gwyneth! Keep us updated. I recall you have that police scanner!
I’m liking both that the power didn’t go out and that you posted! 🙂
Another one on the map east of S Columbia south of College roughly to Katie Kerr.
Correction: Both side of S Columbia. Roughly Avery to Katie Kerr.
Light out at W Ponce and Commerce. Please don’t run it like the car I just watched go through at 40mph….
Lucky Dog and Rise and Dine were open in Emory Village as of about an hour ago.
Tree down on a house on Madison Ave.
Possible tree down near N. Decatur and Clairemont.
This appears to possibly be unfounded.
Perhaps Clairemont and Scott, not N. Decatur. Might need to close the intersection.
There’s a big outage area on the GA Power map up at N Decatur and Clairmont, so something’s going on…
Reports of tree down on Melrose Ave.
Report of tree down in 700 block of Sycamore Street.
Report of a tree down at Huron and Champlain.
Report of tree down 400 block Chevelle Ln.
Report of tree down in 300 block of West Hill. Also 100 block East Hill.
Report of structure fire in 100 block of Shadowmoor.
No structure fire. I believe the fire department responded to a tree leaning against a house in the 100 block of Shadowmoor.
Report of wires down 100 block of Feld.
Report of tree and wires down on Nelson Ferry…
Report of intersection of Avery and Kirk closed.
The intersection has now been cleared and is open.
Report of tree down on W. Howard near Valero.
West Howard is closed between Greenwood Cir and the Valero.
Report of tree down on 100? block of Glenn Circle.
Of course, all the surges and outages are causing various fire and security alarms to activate – so our DPD and DFD are racing around the city to ensure that we are all safe. I am thankful for their efforts on this historically tragic day.
Report of tree down 200 block of Winnona.
Report of tree down on Michigan.
Heard another transformer blow on W Ponce. Power went off and on for about 5 minutes in the Parkwoods. Back on for now. Just heard another more distant transformer too.
Possible tree down 200 block of East Parkwood.
Do you have a police scanner? You can’t possibly be in all those places at once.
She does
She does. She’s always been great at relaying what’s going on on days like these!
I lost power for a couple of mins on Nelson Ferry about 10 minutes ago too.
The Imperial is open as long as the gods of electricity cooperate.
Anyone having cell reception issues? AT&T seems to be going in and out.
My AT&T phone is working fine but my Verizon seems to be out of commission.
T-Mobile working
Verizon has been abysmal for the last hour and a half.
How much longer is this supposed to go on for? What time should the winds let up?
AccuWeather hourly forecast is showing wind gusts >40 mph through midnight then improving.
Thanks. Glen Burns just said that we should see the weather start to improve here after 10pm. Hoping that the worse is behind us.
Verizon LTE is crawling………
Seems like there must be dozens of roads blocked in Decatur. It may take us through the week to dig out from this. More trees may fall even after the wind dies down because the ground is saturated.
Soooo…how many June babies we expecting to see next year?
I’m only happy when it rains
I feel good when things are goin’ wrong
I only listen to the sad, sad songs
I’m only happy when it rains
“Only Happy when it Rains”
-Garbage
DM- Maybe a new thread for places that are open today (Tuesday)? With no sense of when the power is coming back, might need to spend the day away from the house.
I have it on good authority that Leaping Lizards, Hippo Hop and Catch Air are all closed today, so under no circumstances should you try to be there when they open.
Super Jenny open
Any coffee shops with power and internet?
Highland Bakery was closing when I got a coffee there around 10 am. Dancing Goats was open with a line stretching to the front door.
I posted few photos of downed trees around Winnona Park on twitter with the #decaturga tag, including this one on Poplar: https://twitter.com/themattconnolly/status/907594020758712320