Scattered thunderstorms could turn severe across north and central Georgia today, with dangerous conditions expected to continue through the end of the week.
🌩️ Why It Matters: These storms threaten to bring damaging winds, hail, and heavy rainfall to communities across the region, potentially causing property damage and dangerous driving conditions for residents.
⚠️ Weather Timeline: The National Weather Service warns that today’s storms will continue overnight and similar conditions will persist through Friday. Strong to severe thunderstorms could produce:
- Gusty to damaging winds
- Small hail
- Locally heavy rainfall
- Frequent lightning
🌦️ Looking Ahead: The stormy pattern is expected to continue for several days, with isolated to scattered thunderstorms predicted Wednesday through Friday across much of the region.
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.
