Savannah residents might notice a flurry of emergency vehicles and personnel tomorrow, but officials want you to know—there’s no need to call 911 about it.
🚨 What We Know: The City of Savannah will conduct a full-scale emergency exercise Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with some activities possibly starting earlier. Kraton Corporation on Lathrope Avenue will serve as the main staging area, with additional operations at the Savannah Civic Center and various hospitals throughout the city.
🔍 Why It Matters: These drills help ensure Savannah’s emergency responders know what to do when real disasters strike. The exercise tests coordination between multiple agencies that would need to work together during an actual crisis.
⏭️ What’s Next: The city hasn’t specified what type of emergency they’re simulating, but whatever fictional disaster they’ve cooked up, it’s comprehensive enough to involve hospitals, emergency services, and multiple locations across Savannah.
🤝 Remember The Golden Rule: If you see emergency vehicles racing around tomorrow, resist the urge to post alarming speculation on social media. The best way to support our emergency responders during this drill is to simply let them do their work unimpeded.
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.
