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

@gatoradelover6927

6 жыл бұрын

TDI CharlieBrown wow

@alexesdetroitandchicagoque6104

6 жыл бұрын

TDI CharlieBrown wrong

@ILoveOldTWC

5 жыл бұрын

@@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

5 жыл бұрын

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

@Dre-sv1ke

5 жыл бұрын

God at work

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@jacksonpatrick8175

3 жыл бұрын

oh shit thats scary

@juliangarcia1221

3 жыл бұрын

Nah I started hearing it at 0:19

@ILoveOldTWC

8 ай бұрын

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

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

@alexesdetroitandchicagoque6104

6 жыл бұрын

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

@hairyscotman

5 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY what I was thinking....

@IDK_375

Жыл бұрын

@@alexesdetroitandchicagoque6104 it was all right

@plateshutoverlock

9 ай бұрын

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. :-/

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

@torimig2151

2 жыл бұрын

I heart it roar

@plateshutoverlock

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

@@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

5 ай бұрын

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.

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

3 жыл бұрын

Yea I remember watching it to

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

@CaseysTrains

5 жыл бұрын

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

@ck-1649

5 жыл бұрын

@@CaseysTrains oh, that makes sense

@gunnerroberts4496

3 жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

ANALOG

@plateshutoverlock

9 ай бұрын

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.

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

Tom Scott watcher incoming...

It was a confirmed tornado

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

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

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

He meant out of all stadiums

@AnneBUZZTKO

4 жыл бұрын

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

@wii43j

3 жыл бұрын

Well no fucking shit...

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

@Joeseanag24

8 ай бұрын

It's so hard to hear anything though

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

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!!!

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

There was no Tornado warning given.

The tornado just wanna watch the game

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

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

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

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!

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

@ryanlapere7224

3 жыл бұрын

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

@ILoveOldTWC

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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!

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.

The Georgia Dome is now gone.

@BP-88

5 жыл бұрын

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

@mjt777x8

3 жыл бұрын

@@BP-88 *God

@postsbyme6082

Жыл бұрын

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

@dylan3488

3 ай бұрын

@@postsbyme6082no the dome was entirely separate from the Benz

@postsbyme6082

2 ай бұрын

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

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

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

9 ай бұрын

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.

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

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

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

Was thr scoreboard above the court moving also?

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 KZread now, but (IIRC) it did look a little strange to me when I saw it years ago.

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

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.

Here is another reason I miss the Georgia Dome

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

i guess tornadoes can be a method of march madness

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

@MrZshahan

7 жыл бұрын

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

@kathyroland9437

6 жыл бұрын

Sports these days

@jilljones3664

5 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrZshahan other way around

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.

@DennyThePanther

Жыл бұрын

JOHNNY!

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

9 ай бұрын

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

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?"

Wow 😮

I watched this game...

analogic tv signal down?

@ItsABeautifulDay.

4 жыл бұрын

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

@millienniumforce I could hear it even earlier

@judsonlindsey7891

4 жыл бұрын

?

@mwads.16

3 жыл бұрын

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

@juliangarcia1221

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@brianmears3388

6 жыл бұрын

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

@rorydelunas4909

5 жыл бұрын

at least it has a roof

@brianmears3388

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

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

@brianmears3388

6 жыл бұрын

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

@thrasherx2k1

5 жыл бұрын

Just like assembly hall in Champaign

@3Moonstar6Assassin9

5 жыл бұрын

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

Worse places one could be!

@ct92404

Жыл бұрын

It was better than being outside.

For some reason I thought this happened in 2004

@juliangarcia1221

3 жыл бұрын

Nah the tornado was knocking the feed

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

5 жыл бұрын

That really happened

Didn't ESPN do a 30 for 30 on this

@reedermh

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

Did they realize that they were in danger?

Thats just scary

storms in georgia aren’t normaly that bad thi

@robloxrlhistory3019

4 жыл бұрын

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

4:40 HE WAS RIGHT?

Bruh thats scary

😰

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

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

At least it was more entertaining than the game lmao

Leaky Dome!

Nice that this was filmed on a potato

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

Cool, man

@chrisgarry22

7 жыл бұрын

DionysusAlS Remember this comment?

@worldsstrongestbean

7 жыл бұрын

DionysusAlS is it cool less than nine years later?

@BrianSchaffer

4 жыл бұрын

12 years?

I was there

Hi

My uncle was in there lol

*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

4 жыл бұрын

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

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.