Local residents are still tallying up the extensive damages done after the severe storms and reported tornadoes of the holiday weekend.
Authorities have been relaying all the usual storm related news on schedule, including an estimated 11,000 homes left without power, over half of which (approximately 6,400) are in the northwest region of the state, but the most important news from the storm, the damages done to the citizens themselves, seems to be the most difficult to find.
According to the Marietta Daily Journal, in it's entirety, the storm has reportedly managed to injure all of one single person. That's right- although there were numerous reports of trees falling into homes, only one such report has resulted in the injury of a citizen. Furthermore, Tropical Storm Lee's single victim's injuries have not been reported fatal.
In fact the only possible reported fatality is still unconfirmed, that of a Metro Atlanta man who was reportedly swept away while attempting to cross a flooded creek. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has made a statement presuming the man to have died in the flooding, but the man's body has yet to be recovered.
The real damage done seems to be to local businesses, including an estimated $300,000- $500,000 in property damages reported by Dixie Speedway owner Mickey Swims. Swims claimed to have damages ranging from fallen bleachers and damaged vehicles to a building on the compound missing it's roof. 11 Alive News also reported barrier fences around the racetrack itself being uprooted, the actual sum of the damage is unknown at this time.
The 25th annual "Art in the Park" festival in Marietta also suffered from the tornado watch this Labor Day, and although residents and traveling artists alike still got to attend the event, local officials closed down the festivities a full four hours ahead of time according to the Marietta Daily Journal.
It was also reported by WSBTV news that although many school openings will be delayed on Tuesday, Ball Ground Elementary School has lost power completely, and will remained closed until the issue is solved.
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