Tag Archives: smog
Bright & Early: Ghost Town Edition
Good morning, Nashville. After a long weekend of waiting, the 2,500 employees at the Spring Hill GM plant were told this morning that the plant will be halting production indefinitely as a part of the company’s restructuring. GM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this morning, and although that probably doesn’t come as much of [...]
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] [...]
Bright & Early: Doing The Heat Wave Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We hope you had a great weekend whether you were out playing in the slime, shooting movies around the clock, or holed up in your house avoiding the smog. It’s going to be pretty toasty out there today, and by “toasty” we mean we’re probably looking at the hottest day of the [...]
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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