Conference venue for Greenprints hit by twister hours after end of conference

Broken windows were scattered around the cylindrical facade of the 73-story Westin Peachtree Tower, and curtains could be seen flapping from the rooms now open to the elements. Ed Walls, the hotel's general manager, told WGCL-TV that about 100 windows were knocked out of the iconic Atlanta hotel. Guests were relocated, Walls said, noting that there were no injuries reported in the hotel. Though the hotel is operational, it could take months to repair the damage, Walls told the television station.

The twister had winds of 130 mph making it an EF-2 on the enhanced Fujita scale of intensity used by meteorologists. It was an EF-1, with winds of about 100 mph, when it hit the heart of downtown.

According to CNN ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN)
UPDATED: 11:47 AM EDT March 17, 2008