Tag Archives: flooding
Bright & Early: Better Know A County Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Though yesterday started out pretty, last night’s storms wreaked some serious havoc on parts of Tennessee. According to WSMV, “The five counties that now qualify for disaster relief are Claiborne, Cock [sic], Rutherford, Sevier and Union counties.” Farms in all of these counties were significantly damaged by excessive rains and flooding. [...]
Happy Hour: Party Fowl
There was some serious turkey-frying going on downtown today for Tracy Lawrence’s 4th Annual Mission Possible Turkey Fry to benefit the Nashville Rescue Mission. We’re not sure exactly how many birds were dunked in the deep fryer, but we’re thinking it was at least a few hundred. [WTVF]
Related, Second Harvest really needs volunteers to help [...]
Happy Hour: Had Enough Of Your Elk
If you were hoping to hunt any elk this year, you’re fresh out of luck. The fifth and final elk was killed by a woman whose husband bought her the permit for $17,000. Hope it was worth it! [WSMV]
Traffic is still backed up from a fatal accident on I-65N near the Wedgewood exit involving an [...]
Happy Hour: Waterlogged
We thought we had a lot to complain about here in Nashville with our eight inches of rain, but then we saw Atlanta. [TwitPic]
Two Metro schools went on lockdown today after a boy’s mother called up school officials and told them she was afraid he was toting a gun. Thankfully, no weapons were found. [WSMV]
The [...]
Bright & Early: ICE ICE Baby Edition
Good morning, Nashville. After a few weeks of uncertainty, Sheriff Daron Hall has decided that Nashville’s 287(g) immigration enforcement (ICE) program is probably here to stay. A new federal revision would’ve required that detainee records remain inaccessible to the public, which would be a violation of Tennessee state law. Nashville’s Sheriff’s Office has submitted that [...]
Happy Hour: Turn Around Don’t Drown
It’s raining! It’s raining so much, in fact, that it is flooding here, here, and here. So please heed the above warning when you’re out and about tonight and tomorrow and for all of eternity because that’s how long it will be raining in Nashville. [Nashville WX]
If you don’t tear up at least a little [...]
Happy Hour: Splish Splash
We may not have many snow days here in Tennessee, but darn it, we’re going to find a reason to close schools. And flood warnings are as good a reason as any. [Nashville WX]
The great thing about all this rain, though, is that the Tennessee State Fair is pulling everything inside and dropping ticket prices [...]
Bright & Early: Haters To The Left Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’ve been hearing a lot about all the state budget cuts (and local budget cuts, and school budget cuts…), but Governor Phil doesn’t exactly inspire much confidence by asserting that “it’s not like we’re slashing state government into ribbons,” and inviting us all to “blame it all on Bredesen” before we’ve even [...]
This Weekend: Merrell Crawfish Boil Moves Across The River
Every year, the Merrell Crawfish Boil leaves us more and more speechless as they bring the best (worst) in outdated man-rock through our city gates to take over downtown for the weekend. This time, the fabulous lineup includes: Here Come The Mummies, Mike’s Pawn Shop, Candlebox, Hoobastank, Souljaboy, Saving Abel, Flyleaf, Gavin Rossdale, Offspring, Boys [...]
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