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Happy Hour: We Have A Situation
Nashville WX is doing a great job making sure they don’t build up our hopes and then crush them keeping us ahead of Friday’s storm, which they have decided to call “The Ice/Snow Situation.” Your Nashvillest will be following suit, but shortening the nickname to “The Situation,” or #thesituation2010. And actually, this one does look [...]
Happy Hour: What’s That Smell?
A gas leak at Gra-Mar Middle School in North Nashville sent several students and teachers to the hospitals, though none had serious injuries. The school was evacuated twice throughout the day. [WTVF] In case we had forgotten which state we live in: An East Tennessee was found asleep in a ditch with some moonshine, hand-rolled [...]
Happy Hour: First You Take The Salt…
Well, Franklin failed to earn the Tequila Capitol of the World title yesterday, drawing a few hundred shy of their goal at Sol’s Cinco de Mayo shindig. Maybe next year! [WKRN] Two schools in Cookeville were evacuated after homemade soda bottle bombs went off in trashcans in both schools. Fortunately no one was hurt, but [...]
Happy Hour: Terrestrial Matters
Your Thursday laugh, especially for the speed demons among us: Channel 2 snagged this video of a Tennessee Highway Patrolman doling out a speeding ticket to another cop. [WKRN] The Health Department is saying that the 10th Tennessean is being treated for salmonella poisoning, and they’re blaming it all on tomatoes Texas jalepenos Mexico now. [...]
Bright & Early: Close Calls Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Our neighbors in Cumberland County had a rough weekend after an 18-wheeler carrying some hazardous and toxic chemicals wrecked on I-40 near Crossville. Police evacuated everyone within a 2-mile radius, saying that even though none of the material spilled, a chemical reaction with the rain could make things unsafe for the residents. [...]
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