Severe Weather Awareness Day

Severe Weather Awareness Day (commonly known as “SWAD”) took place yesterday at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville. The National Weather Service office in Nashville, Tennessee, hosts the event every year around Severe Weather Preparedness Week. It’s a beautiful day to talk about bad weather! #SWAD2016 pic.twitter.com/0PTEkwjL76 — Kirk Labs (@kirklabs) February 27, 2016 Sign up […]

$100 Million Nashville Flood Protection Plan

On Wednesday, Mayor Karl Dean of Nashville unveiled a $100 million flood protection plan for the downtown area. After the devastating flood of May 2010 that dropped 14 inches of rain in Nashville, Dean views the protection plan as an “insurance policy”; he believes the cost to implement the plan is smaller than the cost […]