Why was the Six Flags amusement park flooded?”
Amusement Chain Battling to Stay Afloat It’s a race to see what sinks amusement park operator Six Flags, Inc. first—nature, the bankruptcy courts or the economy. In Atlanta today, the Six Flags water park is flooded — not by visitors but by too much wet stuff. The park is drowned under several feet of water, the result of heavy rainfall in the area for the past several days–although park officials are promising a re-opening Costumes | Party Ideas | Kids and Safety | Movies and Music | Scary Stories | More » Six Flags Amusement Park Under Water, in More Ways Than One Date: December 31, 1969 National, GA United States of America this Saturday. In New Orleans, the Six Flags park is abandoned and overgrown, having never re-opened after hurricane Katrina in 2005. And it’s likely the site will never again see another visitor take a roller coaster ride. The city of New Orleans is moving to terminate the park’s 75-year lease on the property in hopes of redeveloping the site. Speaking of roll
AUSTELL, Ga. (AP) — The Six Flags amusement park looks more like a water park. The west Georgia theme park is under several feet of water Tuesday, and aerial shots showed towering roller coasters peeking out of murky brown floodwaters. Park spokesman Kendell Kelton says the attraction is still planning to open Saturday, but said workers will be checking the water levels and tracking conditions before revving up again. The storms dumped more than a foot of rain on parts of metro Atlanta after days of sustained rainfall had already left much of the city waterlogged.
A Six Flags amusement park being underwater is one of the more unusual sites to have emerged as a result of the Atlanta flooding, but as fatalities have risen, a far more grim picture has emerged. Not only have deaths in the Atlanta area risen to 7, according to CNN, one of those fatalities included 2-year-old boy who was washed away from his father’s arms. Atlanta station WSB-TV reported that three of the flooding fatalities came as a result of being swept away in their vehicles by the flash floods. As a result, authorities in the Atlanta area have advised residents to stay off the roads. Additionally, Georgia Gov. Sonny Purdue has declared a state of emergency, and will reportedly ask President Barack Obama to declare a federal emergency as well.
