Tag Archives: air quality
Happy Hour: Hot Hot Heat
We break records with our heat: Yesterday’s low of 79 was the highest low recorded for Nashville on June 21st, ever. [WKRN] Trying to work out some extra space for dangerous criminals, the federal government is laying down the mandate that they won’t be housing anymore undocumented immigrants who are caught driving without a license, [...]
Happy Hour: This Is The Air We Breathe
So Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, and Wilson counties now have something else in common: None of us can measure up to the new EPA air quality standards. Bring on another Endless Summer Of Smog And Air Quality Alerts. [Tennessean] Apparently the marathon people were doling out sports drinks that made everyone puke. [Pith In The Wind] [...]
Happy Hour: Don’t Drink The Mayo
Bought any mayo from Kroger recently? Yeah, you might want to return that. [Nashville Business Journal] And also, if your kids go to school in Cheatham County, sending them to school with a gas mask probably wouldn’t hurt. [WTVF] Look at our city being all famous and stuff! Tonight’s soccer match at LP Field will [...]
Bright & Early: Everybody Hates Taxes Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As much as we love our Preds, we can’t help but get a little bit bummed out when we hear that they could owe us as much as $400,000 in ticket taxes they, um, forgot to pay. Both city and team officials are still working on sorting out the mess, but it [...]
The Weekendist: Just Breathe Edition
If the air quality the whole weekend sucks as much as it did today, we’ll be staying holed up in Nashvillest HQ (oh wait, we’ll be doing that anyway). But just because we’re losers doesn’t mean you have to be losers too. Strap on an air filter mask and hit the town! FRIDAY Umbrella [...]
Happy Hour: Don’t You Know That It’s Toxic
We’ve officially arrived at “big city” status, y’all. We have smog. [Nashville WX] Along with the smog comes the West Nile Virus, discovered today in some Antioch mosquitoes. Raise your hand if you’re staying inside this weekend. [City Paper] A bomb squad successfully dismantled a grenade that someone tossed through the window of a Clarksville [...]
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