Memorial Day cookouts and pool parties across Georgia might need a raincheck—or at least a sturdy umbrella—as thunderstorms gear up to crash the holiday with wind, hail, and enough rain to drown your potato salad.
🌩️ What We Know: Scattered storms will roll in this afternoon and linger overnight, packing strong wind gusts, small hail, and localized flooding. The National Weather Service warns some could turn severe, especially after sunset. The chaos doesn’t stop there: Tuesday through Friday will see daily rounds of thunderstorms, with gusty winds and lightning stealing the spotlight.
⚠️ Why It Matters: Memorial Day is supposed to mean grill smoke, not storm alerts. But with a “marginal risk” of severe weather Monday and Tuesday, residents should plan for delays, downed branches, and sudden downpours.
🔮 What’s Next: The storm parade continues all week, though Friday offers a glimmer of hope for drier skies. Forecasters aren’t yet betting on a rain-free weekend, so maybe hold off on washing the car.
☔ Take Action: Grill masters, you may want to take an umbrella with you when you grill those hotdogs and hamburgers. Or grill early and move that Memorial Day lunch up an hour.
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.
