Friday night’s storm was so strong, it washed the front license plate off of David Turrentine’s car.
Turrentine was caught in the storm while playing Ultimate Frisbee at Silverbacks Park off Northcrest Road between I-85 and Chamblee Tucker Road in DeKalb County. He rushed out of a nearby restaurant to find the parking lot flooded, the water level already above the seats of his Audi.
When the Decatur man saw his car flooded out, his first thought was that the car was almost paid off. He showed up at the Silverbacks first thing Saturday morning, before the gates were even unlocked, to come back and retrieve it.
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“It’s just a car. I’m glad I got out alive,” he said, pulling open the driver’s side door to reveal waterlogged seats and a mud so thick it had turned the black interior brown.
The storm brought flash flooding to multiple areas around metro Atlanta, including the Silverbacks Park in DeKalb County. His car was one of several damaged…