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Hurricane Opal brought sustained tropical storm conditions to the area one night in early October 1995 uprooting hundreds of trees and causing widespread power outages after soaking the area with rain for two days prior Since 1950 some metro counties have been hit more than 20 times by tornadoes with Cobb (26) and Fulton (22) being two of the highest in the state the Dunwoody tornado in early April 1998 was the worst tornado to have struck the area a tornado struck downtown Atlanta in March 2008 causing a half-billion dollars in damage one of the most expensive storms ever recorded anywhere. Atlanta was selected on September 18 1990 in Tokyo Japan over Athens Belgrade Manchester Melbourne and Toronto at the 96th IOC Session the city entered the competition as a dark horse being up against stiff competition the US media also criticized it as a second-tier city and complained of Georgia's Confederate history However the IOC Evaluation Commission ranked Atlanta's infrastructure and facilities the highest while IOC members said that it could guarantee large television revenues similar to the success of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Additionally former US ambassador to the UN and Atlanta mayor Andrew Jackson Young touted Atlanta's civil rights history and reputation for racial harmony Young also wanted to showcase a reformed American South the strong economy of Atlanta and improved race relations in the South helped to impress the IOC officials the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) also proposed a substantial revenue-sharing with the IOC USOC and other NOCs Atlanta's main rivals were Toronto whose front-running bid that began in 1986 had chances to succeed after Canada had held a successful 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and Melbourne Australia who hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics and after Brisbane Australia's failed bid for the 1992 games (which were awarded to Barcelona) and prior to Sydney Australia's successful 2000 Summer Olympics bid This would be Toronto's fourth failed attempt since 1960 (tried in 1960 1964 and 1976 but defeated by Rome Tokyo and Montreal), Irondale (CDP) pop 7,446 2.1 West Campus Fulton County is governed by a seven-member board of commissioners whose members are elected from single-member districts They serve concurrent four-year terms the most recent election was held in November 2010 the county has a county manager system of government in which day-to-day operation of the county is handled by a manager appointed by the board the chairman of the Board of Commissioners is elected at-large for the county-wide position the vice chairman is elected by peers on a yearly basis. . .

Georgia 9.svg State Route 9 1.1 New England colonies Baltimore & Ohio electric engine In November 2009 Kia started production in Georgia at the first U.S Kia Motors plant Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia in West Point. The first commuter rail line would run south of the city eventually extended to Lovejoy and possibly Hampton near Atlanta Motor Speedway the "Brain Train" would likely be the second route connecting the University of Georgia in Athens to Emory University and Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Main article: Education in Georgia (U.S state), Lithia Springs (CDP) pop 15,491 Eddie The Atlanta Opera brings opera to Georgia stages the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is the most widely recognized orchestra and largest arts organization in the southeastern United States. .