Recent Posts in Bad Weather Category
Posted on Sep 12, 2018 By David Thomas
HURRICANE FLORENCE: THE REAL STORY Florence has rapidly strengthened into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane and is closing in on North and South Carolina, carrying winds and water that ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2018 By David Thomas
THE NIGHT THE SNOW FELL IN GEORGIA We are only a few weeks into 2018, and this winter is already one for the record books. The cold snap that started on New Year’s and that keeps re-visiting the ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2018 By David Thomas
GEORGIA’S STATE OF EMERGENCY The deep freeze that has enveloped the mid-Atlantic and eastern part of the United States is now threatening to become a dangerous ice and snow event as a huge storm ...
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Posted on Jul 17, 2017 By David Thomas
THE BIG HEAT This week marks Atlanta’s peak heat period, when it typically experiences its hottest temperatures of the year according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2017 By David Thomas
NO APRIL FOOLS' April showers bring May flowers, or so the saying goes. But the storms that swept through Georgia and the greater part of the South on Monday and Tuesday of this week were not ...
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Posted on Feb 26, 2017 By David Thomas
THE IDES OF MARCH Snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain: take your pick because more than likely you will experience all or almost all of these weather conditions in the month that is upon us. March is the ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2016 By David Thomas
THE BILLION DOLLAR SNOW STORM Winter Storm Jonas descended on the East Coast of the U. S. the weekend of January 22-24, 2016 with a fury that will not soon be forgotten. Snowfall totals ranged from 3 ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2015 By David Thomas
SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION-RELATED ACCIDENTS It is that time of year: back to school. While parents are typically glad that their children are back in the classroom, many worry about how to get them to ...
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Posted on Jul 30, 2015 By David Thomas
FLORIDA TEENS MISSING AT SEA On Friday, July 24, 2015, Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both 14, bought fuel and then climbed aboard their 19-foot boat in Jupiter, Florida, to go fishing. That was ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2015 By David Thomas
SOUTHERN CHURCHES BURNING In the two weeks following the horrific shooting in the AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, seven churches in five southern states have had fires break out. Three of ...
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Posted on Apr 8, 2015 By David Thomas
A lot of rain has been falling in Georgia and the Southeast as a whole this spring. Forecasts of heavy rains and thunderstorms seem to be a weekly occurrence. All of this water accumulating on already ...
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