Comments on: So Long Parliament House http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=5572 All about Alabama weather Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:20:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Acid Reign http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=5572&cpage=1#comment-41321 Acid Reign Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:17:19 +0000 http://www.jamesspann.com/wordpress/?p=5572#comment-41321 .....So sad. The Parliament House used to host the Birmingham Sci-Fi convention, back in the late 1980s, "Continuity." One night during the convention, there was a tornado warning for Birmingham, so what did us young, dumb nerd-geeks do? Run out on the roof by the pool, and watch. We figured we'd see it coming up through West End, and could run for it, if necessary! We were idiots... .....The wind was amazing. You could lean forward in it, over 45 degrees. This must have been around 1989 or 1990... …..So sad. The Parliament House used to host the Birmingham Sci-Fi convention, back in the late 1980s, “Continuity.” One night during the convention, there was a tornado warning for Birmingham, so what did us young, dumb nerd-geeks do? Run out on the roof by the pool, and watch. We figured we’d see it coming up through West End, and could run for it, if necessary! We were idiots…

…..The wind was amazing. You could lean forward in it, over 45 degrees. This must have been around 1989 or 1990…

]]> By: UPDATE: Parliament House Hotel imploded this morning http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=5572&cpage=1#comment-41317 UPDATE: Parliament House Hotel imploded this morning Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:09:08 +0000 http://www.jamesspann.com/wordpress/?p=5572#comment-41317 [...] ABC 33/40 - images of implosion from their SKYCAM atop Daniel Building [...] [...] ABC 33/40 – images of implosion from their SKYCAM atop Daniel Building [...]

]]> By: Michael Mills http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=5572&cpage=1#comment-41309 Michael Mills Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:16:53 +0000 http://www.jamesspann.com/wordpress/?p=5572#comment-41309 I wished that had been in video format that would have been cool. I wished that had been in video format that would have been cool.

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