After weeks of wilting in Georgia’s signature summer sauna, residents can finally stop fantasizing about moving to Alaska.
🌡️ Why It Matters: A cold front is crashing the heat party just in time for the weekend, promising the kind of temperature drop that will make Georgians forget about the last two weeks worth of hellacious heat. High temperatures may actually stay in the lower 80s — practically arctic by Peach State standards.
❄️ What’s Happening: The National Weather Service Atlanta reports an “unseasonably strong cold front” will push through Georgia later this week, delivering weekend temperatures 10 to 15 degrees cooler than last weekend’s furnace-like conditions. Mother Nature occasionally takes pity on us and knows our air conditioners need a break.
⛈️ The Trade-Off: Before you start planning that outdoor barbecue, the weather service warns that showers and thunderstorms will increase as the front moves through. Because in Georgia, we can’t have nice things without a little drama first.
The Sources: National Weather Service Atlanta
How to Read and Understand the News
Truth doesn’t bend because we dislike it.
Facts don’t vanish when they make us uncomfortable.
Events happen whether we accept them or not.
Good reporting challenges us. The press isn’t choosing sides — it’s relaying what official, verified sources say. Blaming reporters for bad news is like blaming a thermometer for a fever.
Americans have a history of misunderstanding simple things. In the 1980s, A&W rolled out a 1/3-pound burger to compete with McDonald’s Quarter Pounder. It failed because too many people thought 1/3 was smaller than 1/4. If we can botch basic math, we can certainly misread the news.
Before dismissing a story, ask yourself:
- What evidence backs this?
- Am I reacting to facts or feelings?
- What would change my mind?
- Am I just shooting the messenger?
And one more: Am I assuming bias just because I don’t like the story?
Smart news consumers seek truth, not comfort.
B.T. Clark
B.T. Clark is an award-winning journalist and the Publisher of The Georgia Sun. He has 25 years of experience in journalism and served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta for 15 years and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc. for 8 years. His work has appeared in several newspapers throughout the state including Neighbor Newspapers, The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal. He is a Georgia native and a fifth-generation Georgian.
