Rarely does a tropical system retain the strength of a tropical storm in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area — but as the winds were howling and gusting for a few hours through the middle of the night, one knew that this was not going to be a typical day once the sun rose in the morning.
I Was Affected by the Rare Tropical Storm in Atlanta…
I am one of the approximately one million people in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area who has no electrical power due to Tropical Storm Zeta — and the photograph shown above shows the culprit, which is a downed power line due to a part of a tree that fell overnight during the storm.
Additionally, at least three people have already died in the state of Georgia.
Hurricane Zeta became the eleventh landfall of a named tropical system in the United States within one year, which is a new record.
Not realizing that I was going to be affected, I had been covering the progress of Hurricane Zeta here at The Gate during the past week prior to its second landfall near Cocodrie in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane last night, Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at approximately 4:00 in the afternoon Central Daylight Time:
- Travel Alert October 2020: More Airlines Issue Waivers For Hurricane Zeta For Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast of the United States
- Travel Alert October 2020: Hurricane Zeta to Impact the Gulf Coast of the United States
- Travel Alert October 2020: Tropical Storm Zeta to Impact Cancún and Cozumel; Gulf Coast of the United States Next
Summary
Yes, things could be worse — a whole lot worse — as at least no damage occurred where I am based; so the frustration of being without electrical power is a minor inconvenience at best…
…but I wanted to keep you updated as to why I have not been posting any articles within the past 24 hours — so thank you in advance for your patience.
In the meantime, I intend to write an article with more information and photographs pertaining to my experience with Tropical Storm Zeta.
All photographs ©2020 by Brian Cohen.
