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Governor Busbee’s Week-Old Mansion Destroyed by F3 Tornado
Governor George Busbee had barely hung his hat in Georgia’s Governor’s Mansion when disaster struck. On March 24, 1975, just one week after moving in, an F3 tornado ripped through Atlanta at 50 mph.
Busbee was in the shower when it hit near 8 a.m. He threw on a jumpsuit and huddled with his family while his son Jeff took cover in the basement…