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
Before You Dismiss This Article…
We live in a time when information feels overwhelming, but here’s what hasn’t changed: facts exist whether they comfort us or not.
When A&W launched their third-pound burger to compete with McDonald’s Quarter Pounder in the 1980s, it failed spectacularly. Not because it tasted worse, but because customers thought 1/3 was smaller than 1/4. If basic math can trip us up, imagine how easily we can misread complex news.
The press isn’t against you when it reports something you don’t want to hear. Reporters are thermometers, not the fever itself. They’re telling you what verified sources are saying, not taking sides. Good reporting should challenge you — that’s literally the job.
Next time a story makes you angry, pause. Ask yourself: What evidence backs this up? Am I reacting with my brain or my gut? What would actually change my mind? And most importantly, am I assuming bias just because the story doesn’t match what I hoped to hear.
Smart readers choose verified information over their own comfort zone.
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.
