Cabbagetown Tornado

[jojophai]

i went there yesterday. they're rich irish people(most of them). they can handle it

[jwsaunders5]

The handsome man interviewed ... is a hunk! call me!

[BeefSatan]

the tornadoe in Taylorsville, near Cartersville, was far far far far worse than that little piss-ant tornady in downtown Atlanta. True ef-4 devastation.

[rationalheart]

it's not about hot big it was, how much it destroyed or how many people it did or did not kill. the fact of the matter is that it happened, and people's lives were affected.

why the arrogance?

[reganessence]

Who can tell me the artist singing the Agnus Dei in the background. Incredible song!

[pressstarttobegin]

Sounds like Rufus Wainright (wainwright?)

[KapytonFigzbee]

im glad u like my vidz too

[jaydubbs99]

this is a little melodramtic for my taste. nobody died. the ghosts of a mill town are maddened at the gentrification and newfound trendiness of where they sewed cotton for slave-labor wages. they already tried to burn this thing down. i live there, and i'm gettin' out. the largest earthquake in georgias history will have its epicenter at 170 Boulevard. quit with the end-of-days rufus anthem. oh...and a herbie curbie is a trash can.

[A1W]

is this were the cabbage patch kids come from?

[littlemama27]

what is the song on here

[joro7y]

iiiiiiiii

[canamm]

ok, what the heck is a hurby-curby???? And how do I know if I'm spelling it correctly??

[neechykat86]

Herby-curbies are what we call the big trashcans. The city issues them and they have wheels so you can wheel them to the curb. Kinda goofy name, if you ask me.

[kjbentle]

A herbie-curbie is what the city of Atlanta calls the green trash bins everyone is issued. It is funny sounding. And the guy's right - friday was trash day in C-Town, and being empty, they did fly up and down the street like large green missiles during the storm.

[1nm1]

Thanks for enlightening the rest of us that didn't have the faintest idea what he was talking about.

[stanno34]

I agree, thank you. I at first thought the guy was an over abuser of illegal substances.

[4GranReyCero]

the title is FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tienesh]

Hey uh so what's the song called?

[taydix94]

I live in Georgia near Atlanta everyone around us had to get under cover but luckily nothing ever hit around us. We were lucky i feel so bad for those people. :(

[smithstephanie28]

the name itself caught me!

[redhotchilidrum]

what's the "hurby curby" that guy keeps talking about?

[rcjs2051]

hick speak for trash can or something.

[Tracy389]

if she'd preyed for her neighbour aswell his car might still be ok.............oh god does move in mysterious ways, he's a tricky little kritter...

[rcjs2051]

There's nothing mysterious about him. He kills thousands for his own personal amusement.

[Yellowcorrado]

I was supposed to fly out to Atlanta and they cancelled the flight due to bad weather. About 15 minutes after they cancelled the flight they told us there was a tornado that went through Atlanta. Being from the west I was expecting the ENTIRE CITY to be gone.

[stinesnewark]

I am sorry for your sister lost Sthernguy1 and hope she all right Thats what count she did;nt get hurt or anyone eles you can replace things but not a life

[Sthernguy1]

She is fine and the house can actually be repaired. Thanks to everyone in her neighborhood and the support of friends, she is doing great.

[taransp]

what continent is georgia in?

[starboy32]

really cool video

really righteous dude too saying "we could be in Darfur, so..."

strengthens my faith and hope for us all...

and made me think of Obama's speech too... that we're all not so different right? thanks

[jnm594]

I looked at buying the house right at the beginning several years ago when I lived in Atlanta...It's a great neighborhood and I'm glad everyone is OK.

[Blu3foxx]

damn, i was on my way to the club, you know ATLiens will stop at nothing to club. Well, We got caught DOWNTOWN in the storm and some ppl were like 'are we going home?' I was like damn y'all, busted a u-e in the middle of the road, hopped on I-20 and took my happy ass home. it was scary. shit was falling everywhere.

[ddiGiL]

hej

[LiTOz180]

lol cabbagetown

[LiTOz180]

The guy in 1:15 looks freaked out lol.

[bummer1967]

People who say "Praise God" are so pathetic. God had nothing to do with it. Idiots.

What makes you think that God cares for you more than your neighbor, and they have kids? Get control of your life and quit using God as a reason for your stupidity. You control that too!

[DonMoza]

YOUTUBE can't you do better than that?

This is just as weak as the Last letter home thing, that crap doesn't deserve to be on the main page!

[starsis03yahoocom]

who sings this song?

[pungsv3tt]

i lost my cap in a tornado one

[bcj999]

I watched this for the first time yesterday. I said it was good but not good enough to be featured. After seeing it again I may have underestimated the powerfulness of this.

[MetalheadGMH]

I'm from Georgia and I never heard of Cabbage town till this happened. I hope there vast supply of Cabbage was not destroyed.

[wineandlobos]

just eat some cabbage and call it a day.

[daggell]

reminds me of tasmania

[7chamberlainroad]

haha cabbagetown, we are sorry for your loss

[80Chev]

nice video except for the retard wearing the Hillary button... McCain 08!

[TidePools]

I thought it said cabbagtown tomato.

[wild455]

hurvy curvy?!?! wtf?!

[pidarofog]

vote Hillary!

[gingerbop157]

DO ya think that maybe weather feeds off peoples moods? Does survival depend on faith in something better? Cabbage Town is a great name, very Mark Twain.

[MorgenBum]

lol cabbagetown

[1969Moog]

Looks like any downtown area of a typical USA city, except its a bit cleaner

[wingsofhope2]

i like the name cabbage town

nao i must hurry b4 the maintenance

[06051988]

why do they film it like it's some place in africa where people are starving, even with the music...

[blahk04]

Praise god. He sent the tornado.

[starmonarA380]

You read my mind

[maximar6]

CABBAGE Town can RISE UP!.. imagine what it used to be... and what it became.. always believe!..

[Tognar]

I live a few blocks from Cabbage Towns and have many friends who live there (home was in the video), so the damage is legit. That being said... that video is SO cabbage town. Hicks, lesbians, indie hipsters, oddballs, which is why I love CTown.

I am sorry, but "we could be in Darfur" ??? That is just over the top.

[haarbl]

Yeah, that guy was really bizarre. Did you see the "Hillary" button he was wearing? The weirdos vote for Hillary, the assholes vote for Barack, and the dumbasses vote for McCain.

[MisoSoop]

I think he's staying positive. You know 'things could be worse'. An extreme example, yes, but maybe proof that things aren't half as bad they could be.

[baileykix]

I agree about the Darfur comparison. So he lost a car? How arrogant!

[canamm]

Arrogant?? He wasn't being arrogant. He was saying in essence that, in spite of the tornado, he was still better off than the poor folks in Dafur and he was dissapointed that he lost a car he bought a week prior.

[Sthernguy1]

That yellow house at the beginning of the vid is my sisters.

[stinesnewark]

I am sorry for your sister lost and everyone eles you can all ways replace things but not a life I hope she is all right

[sportsprep55]

thank god it missed us we live bout 30 miles south in warner robins ga.

[larica1969]

WHOA

[bennystropical]

Sorry for your loss Cabbagetown

[wytkracka]

What? You deleted all the negative "hick" comments? I was hoping to remind them to think of us "hicks" next time they:

Listened to Outkast

Watched CNN, TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network (Yes, "williams street productions" in the adult swim credits means williams street atlanta)

Flew through the largest airport on the PLANET

Watched a race on the fastest track on the NASCAR circuit (yeah nascar's redneck, still)

Watched a Le Mans run on Road Atlanta.

Used this new fangled website called "Google"

[Brian3219]

And drank Coca-Cola.

[xxhellboy567xx]

omg!!

[wytkracka]

weeeellllll then, looks like I'm going to take a trip to canada for a nice spring rain

[bcj999]

This made the front page??!! No offense it's a good vid but these news vids usually don't make the front page. The ones that usually get featured are unique vids like that guy using his Nintendo DS to play music.

[grogmanpoop]

tornado is a bad thing to happen their community should help them not the govmt

[mississippilady1]

That proves that a tornado can hit anywhere.

They were lucky.

[youdissing2100]

we started hearing ligghtininng

[KentuckyGiant]

I'm not sure what that means.

[TropicalBuddha]

Hello from Florida. Wishing everyone in Atlanta the best.

[7goliath7]

D@mn, a bunch of ignorant people here commenting calling this section of Atlantans hicks & rednecks. You "folks" need some serious help if thats all you see when you watch this vid'.

[Fender1032]

anybody else think this was gonna be a funny video when they clicked on it?

[jondoe8o]

the neighbours that didn't pray got hit... praise god!!!

[JezzyR22]

Omg, I had the chills down my back It's so scary to see "before and after" a tornado.

[skirbyr]

we had a small tornado like this last year in lettucetown!

[Diggidog15]

Man....thats tragic.

[skirbyr]

we had a small tornado like this in lettucetown last year!

[lasteagle83]

Cabbagetown - this was originally a mill village, whose workers came from the Appalachian mountains. As a poor section, it was nicknamed "Cabbagetown" because you could smell cooking cabbage all the time.

Herbie Curbie - these are the city's trashcans that will hook up to the back of the truck, and dump without the worker having to lift the can. They came into use in the mid 70's, and were promoted using a cartoon trash can named...Herbie.

Now you know the story, from a native Atlantan

[TQXPreturns]

a testament to the saying " God hates rednecks."

[Elijaha65]

Proverbs 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

Proverbs 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

Proverbs 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Be sure to pay close attention to the A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. God Bless...

[darbee63]

Maybe God hates new orleans or Kansas or highrises in downtown Texas too huh?

Maybe God actually hates Club Lennies. Kind of hard to steer a tornado down a street without some kind of collateral damage.

Or maybe God hates herbie curbies

Either way if Fema gets involved these people should be getting new temporary trailers they wont be able to use in about year or 2.

Fema should be able to milk 20 to 30 million from the gubment on this one. You priced them herbie curbies lately?

[darbee63]

So does God hate Kansas new orleans or downtown Texas high rise buildings too?

Heck maybe God just hates Club Lennies, kind of hard to steer a tornado down a street without somekind of collateral damage.

Or maybe its the Herbie curbies that set God off.

Either way if Fema gets involved these people should be getting temporary trailers that they wont be able to use in about a year or 2.

Fema should pull in a cool 40 to 50 million from the gubment on this one.

[darbee63]

God must hate kansas New Orleans and downtown texas highrise buildings too. Heck, maybe God hates Club Lennies, ever try steering a tornado down a city street? Bound to be some collateral damage.

Or maybe its the herbie curbies.

Wait til Fema gets involved. these people should be getting a couple thousand trailers they wont be able to inhabit in about 3 years.

Fema should be able to pull in a sweet 30-40 million from the gubment on this one.

[Stylensky]

Kindof irionic coming from a kid who worships "professional" wrestling.

[blaasopie]

wow

[cheeseman369]

now its a true cabbagetown

[phallyvin]

so sad. ;(

[congshow]

Haha look at 1:50 she says she could hear lightning...typical american

[xdarkxlightx1080]

haha two seconds later she corrected herself

[MisoSoop]

That'd count if she hadn't corrected her self a second later.

[dirrenbb]

a tornado landed in my county the next day Screven Georgia

[aaa1aftr909]

I thought tornadoes only hit trailer parks

[ShanesySound]

wow is that a joke <.<

[jabandle]

They wont.

[jaybblack13]

wow!used to live in Ks. so i have empathy bless you all and help each other...

[davidnc76]

i hope their lives are restored by fema.

[jumjalalabash]

lol

[Newbpwng]

hahaha u cracked me up rofl

[kasiethecat101]

stop watching pointless videos and vote hillary clinton!

[LameckSevensky]

check out my brother's life after the tornado

[rolficus]

thats insane hope no one got hurt did you see the tree up rooted thats a massive tree look at the damage

[hormel23]

I live in Atlanta and I know that it's big news here, but I had no idea that the news would spread this far. I'm not too far from Cabbagetown, but luckily, I wasn't hit.

[Baromegato]

The damage doesn't seem too bad. That looks like a nice place to live, minus the tornado.

[jnf1222]

hahaha...Walden saw a tornado....

[TheWeedDude]

is there a weedtown to??

[Diamondguyrt]

b`lacksun....you have never been to ga........stop seeming so heartless and dumb....

[aaa1aftr909]

I thought tornadoes only hit trailer parks.

[XOemsabellOX]

wow all you people leaving comments are really rude what if the people in that area couldnt afford to fix up this city? you all act lik money grows on trees here and f.y.i. saying that only hicks live in Georgia is lik saying that Rodeos are only in Texas. These ppl had more damage than was shown in the video.

[rcjs2051]

I don't give a shit about people in my city. Most are the governments problem and the welfare system will just fix it with my tax dollars anyway.

[rcjs2051]

In a lot of cities it does. Its called welfare. So if a tornado destroyed this city. The government will just come in and use my tax money to fix up the houses of the lazy people.

[heckyes0458]

no cabagge town is white so they will have to fix it up thierselves

[0lilash0]

My poor atlanta. :( It looks even worse in person.

[adamdatame]

wow

[mjp1980s]

what is herby kirby?

[embrodak77]

The City of Atlanta's offical term for gigantic trashcan. No comment on the guy who actually uses the term.

[OhLiVeYaH11]

google it

[rcjs2051]

Hick talk for dumpster or something.

[endlesslyXfalling]

I went to greensburg in Kansas and picked up afte that tornado. I wish I could go here and hwelp these people out.

[causeXeffect23]

The amount of drama indicated in this video is kind of uncalled for, everyone is okay and buildings can be built again...this makes it seem like the entire city was washed away or something...

[chaoscleaner]

causeXeffect23: Kinda like the normal 6 o'clock news, eh?

[Soulpyroz]

I hope the cabbage patch kids are alright! o.o

[Emilythecrazy]

That's crazy! I saw a tornado once when I was little and then every time after that for the next few years if I saw a tornado warning I hid in the tub because I was so scared!

[blueice95112]

I feel so bad for people who are in tornados. I'm from Ontario,Canada so we get a tornado probably once every thirty to twenty-five years. I just don't understand why people still live in severe tornado areas,they should just move out of the stupid U.S , thats

the country with the worst tornados.

[ckwasi2006]

blueice, you are an idiot. It's only Tornado Alley that's the worst tornado area in the world. I live in the southwest, we have very calm weather, no tornados.

[ClamLuvr]

blueice95112, Where would we go, Stupid Canada? That would suck.

[obamawalker]

Yeah.  Then we'd have to deal with disasters like maple leaf famines. Hahaha!

[staaberelli]

You have a point I often wonder what would happen if we assessed thngs this way...I mean if the people of third world nations learned how good somewhere else is to live why wouldnt they move their..North Snow to Southern Sunshine etc. Nic comment a bit harsh with the language.

[imprezagoatee]

Heh, that's funny. I think the same thing about people who live in hurricane prone areas. I live in tornado alley, and I've never seen a tornado in my life (kinda want to, but I'm sure it would scare the pants off me :)). Granted, when a tornado does hit something, it usually does a lot of damage in that small area, but a hurricane does way more damage overall.

[kittercat]

I think people should move out of Canada because of all the angry moose attacks by your logic.

[JackeyXoXo]

thats terrible. i feel bad for them

[boarderbum25]

praise god, that women's perspective is messed up, seriously by her way of thinking didn't god send the tornado in the first place, I was spared because I prayed lol. what a crock at least the dude that hung onto the door frame has some sense of reality.

[obamawalker]

God sent the tornado because they needed the neighborhood redone. That's why there weren't hundreds of people killed. He was just doing them a favor.

[duppaface]

Walker,your immature obscene patronizing speak,tells me your social behavior must be nonexistant.If possible grow up get out of the house,and make some freinds little man.However that is just an opinion.

[sarahsaru]

This neighborhood has been coming up the past 10 years. It is a great artists community! Now 30 years ago, some people might agree with you...

[jamieandtoby03]

How close is this to Snellville, GA?

[deelzbub]

Snellville is northeast of Cabbagetown, by maybe about 30 minutes

[jamescaan66]

Why does God allow this stuff to happen? Answer: He's a lazy piece of shit.

[rcjs2051]

Not exactly. Hes a boy with an ant farm. After he made us, he got bored and terrorizes us for amusement.

[kittercat]

I was out that night. I'm half an hour from Atlanta. We had just gotten off the freeway exit and not 20 seconds later it went from clear to strong rain, hail nearly as big as golfballs, couldn't see the road. For a good hour before I saw the largest lightning storm i'd ever seen in the sky. it was odd with how warm it was outside that it was hailing and i made the immediate assumption we had tornado weather and took cover.

[moo04240]

great video!

[snowluuver]

looks like a bad night- but i love that guys perspective 'could be worse- atleast we're not in darfur'... love to see that kind of awareness even during trying times. cause really- big picture- that darfur statement could follow almost all 'news stories' in north america.

[nessyluvs]

I guess that woman was just christian enough to be spared any damage but her neighbors must be heathens..she never ever said..God help the stricken.. props to the man who hung on to a doorframe to be spared from death and STILL knows others suffering.

[snowluuver]

looks like a bad night- but love that guys perspective 'could be worse- could be in darfur'. they should put that at the end of every 'news' segment on tv!

[rone100theone]

rare in atlanta? why?

[RadhaGirl]

global warming's gonna gitcha gonna gitcha gonna gitcha! we gotta change our ways people...

[tennisismything]

thats pretty sad and crazy! If you want to lighten up watch the new band revenge of black saturday. their channel is rbsproductions

[OzTerri]

so good that guy's attitude "we could be in darfur right now". wonderful attitude. my prayers go with you.

[lutrimayse]

så kass !!!

[dlinkmoa]

Where's your cabbage now cabbagetown?

[dlinkmoa]

Where's your cabbage now cabbagetown?

[ilikepeople1]

lolololol

[SaileAway]

Whats a Herby Curby?

[Muirtty]

Yea, that women's neighbors must have been Satan worshipers. Why else would God allow a tree to destroy their house. Some people !

[IamLogikal]

Wait so.... WTF?

Herbykirbys?

Went flying?

Is that like people?

[WrestleWeekForums]

Scary stuff. It was scary to be watching the game and suddenly people were looking up watching as two holes ripped in the Georgia Dome.

[haphappy]

What did he mean "we could be in darfur" - Like, if the tornado picked them up and delivered them to Darfur instead of Oz? That WOULD suck.

[NanetteW]

gosh - that awesome old tree - so sad

[NanetteW]

Wow, what an eloquent, sobering statement:

"But, we could be in Darfur right now, so..."

Good point.

Who is the voice moaning in the background? Sounds a lot like Sting.

For the juvenile snot below, the quilts protect you so flying glass (bath room mirror - windows) doesn't shred your skin... or from the looks of these old homes and magnificent trees - from sharp bits of ceiling plaster.

Now, back to Faux News or King of the Hill for you.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

I feel bad for people who have to go through these things.

Have faith!

Faith does work!!

[pgrachan]

dude. i don't get it. is this being a featured video on st. patrick's day supposed to be funny ala the cabbage reference? plus i like how the guy got to plug his band and how cool they were by being the headlining band at "lenny's" My gigs at CBGB seem so insignificant now... I'm also unclear on why the mid-east styled music is appropriate.

[jddjmc]

Im watching news on it as i leave this comment. This is crazy. Thoughts and prayers with all that were involved.

[Tazinround]

What in the world is a herbie kerby???

[scriptum60]

The man whose brand new car was crushed said, "herbie-curbie" twice.

Anyone????

[OhLiVeYaH11]

God works in mysterious ways.. I belive he had a good reason for this and he was doing this to help someone instead of to hurt the others.. if you believe he was doing it to hurt you then that is showing vanity.. Im just trying to get across that people are sometimes to negative or simple-minded even.

[afgwebmaster]

wht is the music playing in the background...

[jessekendall143]

Your gay!

[jessekendall143]

Your gay!

[rockbee4]

Sorry for your loss Cabbagetown

[pristine666]

just a prove of nature to remind us our place...XXD