Daily Archives: December 3rd, 2011
Happy Hour: Thursday Is The New Friday
- Starting off the long weekend with some happy news, Metro Police Sgt. Mark Chesnut has been upgraded to stable condition after undergoing multiple surgeries for gunshot wounds sustained earlier this week. [WTVF]
- The guns-for-circus-tickets campaign was a success, collecting almost 100 guns this week. [WKRN]
- A camp for troubled kids was kicked off of its land by none other than Brad Paisley, who bought the land a few years ago and told them they wouldn’t need to worry about moving. They were then told to relocate by Paisley’s financial manager because the land was to be used for a bus parking garage. Paisley’s publicist said that it was actually for insurance purposes. Drama! [WSMV]
- Speaking of country music drama, Kid Rock and Kellie Pickler are totally NOT dating and Keith & Nicole are totally NOT pregnant again. Just doing our part to dispel the rumors and help y’all sleep at night. [Country Music Tattle Tale & The Sun]
- The feds have given the TVA permission to dump all of that nasty toxic ash in one of the poorest counties in Alabama, effective immediately, and now everyone is upset. [WTVF]
- We forgot to tell you yesterday that your water bills are going up by $3 to offset the cost of the storm drain makeover. [WSMV]
Photo by rumielf.
Starting off the long weekend with some happy news, Metro Police Sgt. Mark Chesnut has been upgraded to stable condition after undergoing multiple surgeries for gunshot wounds sustained earlier this week. [WTVF] The guns-for-circus-tickets campaign was a success, collecting almost 100 guns this week. [WKRN] A camp for troubled kids was kicked off of its [...]
Looking Back: TVA’s Kingston Ash Spill Viewed From Space
If you’ve been reading us for a while, you probably know that we’ve kept a pretty close eye on the aftermath of the TVA’s Kingston ash spill back in December. The spill spread more than 1.1 billion gallons of sludge over nearly 300 acres of land, resulting in health problems, property loss, and massive environmental impact in Roane County. This morning, Twitter friend @shakieranthem brought this set of before-and-after NASA satellite photos to our attention showing the scope of the spill from outer space:
The Thematic Mapper on NASA’s Landsat 5 satellite captured these images of the Kingston Fossil Plant and its surroundings on November 20, 2008, a month before the spill (bottom), and December 22, 2008, immediately after the spill (top). In these false-color images, water appears blue, and sediment-laden water appears light blue. Vegetation appears green, and bare ground and urbanized areas appear pinkish-brown.
In the November image, walls visibly contain two adjacent slurry ponds at the plant—one in the northwest and one in the southeast—but in the December image, the walls of the northwestern slurry pond have given way. In this image, light blue slurry covers the ground to the north and east of the plant. Sediment also clogs the nearby Emory River, evident from the waterway’s relatively light blue color.
Images courtesy of NASA, mashed up by us.
If you’ve been reading us for a while, you probably know that we’ve kept a pretty close eye on the aftermath of the TVA’s Kingston ash spill back in December. The spill spread more than 1.1 billion gallons of sludge over nearly 300 acres of land, resulting in health problems, property loss, and massive environmental [...]
Photo Of The Day: July 2, 2009
Though we’re going a little crosseyed looking at it, we love the curves in this snapshot of the Bicentennial Mall amphitheater by geeuuvee.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry–we’ll give you props. Just add them to the pool or tag them with “Nashvillest” if you’re feeling lazy.
Though we’re going a little crosseyed looking at it, we love the curves in this snapshot of the Bicentennial Mall amphitheater by geeuuvee. Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry–we’ll give you props. Just add them to the pool or [...]
Bright & Early: The More You Know Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We may be seeing calorie information on restaurant menus after all, since Governor Phil vetoed a bill yesterday that would’ve reversed the Metro Board of Health’s decision to require it a few months ago. And why did he veto it? Because our state is looking at a 30% obesity rate and the governor feels that if cities want to try to curb that by letting folks know what they’re eating, then they should be able to do that.
- Cutting the red tape. And actually, Governor Phil has been pretty busy lately. Yesterday, he also joined a few other public figures to break ground on the I-40 overpass near White Bridge that’s been in limbo for nearly four years because we didn’t have the money to finish it. Thanks to some of the stimulus money, the project might actually happen.
- Soft targets. Since Green Hills (or at least the Green Hills Mall parking garage) has recently become a hotbed for violent crime, officials are trying to figure out what’s going on and how to stop it. At least one contributing factor according to security personnel is that “Shoppers in Green Hills are what criminals refer to as a soft target.” Heh.
- Bits & pieces. Metro buses are getting fitted with fancy new GPS systems that should make it easier to tell just how absurdly late your bus is going to be … All Gannett papers, including the Tennessean, took another pretty big cut yesterday … BNA is losing three Southwest flights … The Preds’ Alexander Radulov, who ran off to Russia last year before his contract was up because he liked Russian hockey better, won’t be re-signing with the Preds.
Photo by Chris1051.
Good morning, Nashville. We may be seeing calorie information on restaurant menus after all, since Governor Phil vetoed a bill yesterday that would’ve reversed the Metro Board of Health’s decision to require it a few months ago. And why did he veto it? Because our state is looking at a 30% obesity rate and the [...]
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