On March 14, 2008, an EF2 tornado touched down in the Vine City neighborhood of Atlanta, just west of downtown Atlanta, then moved through downtown and through the Cabbagetown community, causing widespread damage, and one death.

Several Atlanta landmarks were damaged, some heavily, by the storm. The 2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament at the Georgia Dome was interrupted. Also affected were the CNN Center, Georgia World Congress Center, Philips Arena (during an Atlanta Hawks game), and Georgia Pacific. The Omni Hotel and the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel were evacuated after many windows were blown out. The Atlanta Daily World (the nation's first black-owned daily newspaper), the Equitable Building (which houses the local office of Congressman John Lewis), Centennial Olympic Park and historic Oakland Cemetery were also damaged.

When Executive Director, Steve Gottlieb, came downtown the morning after the storm to check the damage, he was surprised to find the Saturday Attorney Program operating as usual.

Saturday Attorney Volunteer  
Saturday Attorney Volunteer:

   Steve Gottlieb's broken window.

Atlanta Legal Aid suffered minor damage: a window in one stairwell and a window in Executive Director Steve Gottlieb's office were broken.

On March 14, 2008, an EF2 tornado touched down in the Vine City neighborhood of Atlanta, just west of downtown Atlanta, then moved through downtown and through the Cabbagetown community, causing widespread damage, and one death.

Several Atlanta landmarks were damaged, some heavily, by the storm. The 2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament at the Georgia Dome was interrupted. Also affected were the CNN Center, Georgia World Congress Center, Philips Arena (during an Atlanta Hawks game), and Georgia Pacific. The Omni Hotel and the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel were evacuated after many windows were blown out. The Atlanta Daily World (the nation's first black-owned daily newspaper), the Equitable Building (which houses the local office of Congressman John Lewis), Centennial Olympic Park and historic Oakland Cemetery were also damaged.

When Executive Director, Steve Gottlieb, came downtown the morning after the storm to check the damage, he was surprised to find the Saturday Attorney Program operating as usual.

Saturday Attorney Volunteer  
Saturday Attorney Volunteer:

   Steve Gottlieb's broken window.

Atlanta Legal Aid suffered minor damage: a window in one stairwell and a window in Executive Director Steve Gottlieb's office were broken.