“There is a #cultofignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of #antiintellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
― Isaac Asimov

#AndSoItGoes #ItsOKToBeSmart

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather @FoodCity @WDEFNews12 #FridayNightFootball forecast: mild with some clouds but otherwise light winds and dry for local prep games tonight.

Vote now in our @WDEFNews12 @Beltone #WeatherQuestion / #ScienceQuestion Of The Day at wdef.com/votenow.

Answer coming up on #PrimeNewsAt7

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather #BlipCast Friday Evening: Finishing the week with warm and dry conditions. Expecting more rain and some thunder into the weekend.
Details tonight on @WDEFNews12 at 5:30, 6, 7 & 11.

Thanks to @WDEFNews12 viewer Peter Whipple of #ChattanoogaTN for a view of #VogelStatePark in north Georgia around #BloodMountain... Friday's @LangleyRoofing #WeatherWindow #PictureOfTheDay.

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"Especially striking are some of the local records. Several major East Coast cities with century-plus climate data had the driest month ever recorded. Below are some of the locations where all-time driest months occurred in October, along with the periods of record (PORs), as compiled by weather historian Christopher Burt. A value of 0.00 inch means that not even a trace of precipitation (not a single raindrop or snowflake) was measured." - Yale Climate Connections

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/11/october-turned-up-the-u-s-burners-and-turned-off-the-tap/

"Also representative of the prevailing ethos of that time was the memorable final scene from the post-apocalyptic 1968 film Planet of the Apes, written by the great Rod Serling....Upon discovering the shattered remains of the Statue of Liberty, and coming to this chilling realization, Taylor falls to his knees and pounds the ground: “They finally, really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! Oh, goddamn you all to hell!

I feel a lot like Taylor right now."

https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/welcome-to-the-american-petrostate/

"We reached for the stars, and we acted like men. We aspired to intelligence; we didn't belittle it; it didn't make us feel inferior. We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election, and we didn't scare so easy. And we were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML3qYHWRIZk

"Today, the Center for Collaborative Heat Monitoring opened applications for communities across the U.S. to monitor and evaluate factors influencing local #heatrisk, as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
Funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, selected communities will receive $10,000 and technical support to collect heat distribution data through community-led campaigns."

NOAA Climate Program Office

https://cpo.noaa.gov/applications-now-open-nationwide-for-community-led-heat-monitoring-campaigns/

Bright planet #Venus over downtown #ChattanoogaTN early Thursday evening as seen from the @WDEF @Epb Speedy's Total Car Care webcam, available at:
https://www.wdef.com/weather-cam-network/

"Heavy, heavy.... heavy!!!" -
#EasyReader
#IWannaBe4Again

Thanks to @WDEFnews12 viewer Sheryl Hale of #ChattanoogaTN for a placid view of #LulaLake... Thursday's @LangleyRoofing #WeatherWindow #PictureOfTheDay.

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#WDEFWeather #News12Weather #BlipCast Thursday: Clouds only for tonight, and then off-and-on, with clearing skies on Friday. More sunshine means more warm temperatures to end the week.
More on your forecast tonight on @WDEFNews12 at 5:30, 6, 7 & 11.

@NWSNashville's #Weather101 #weathereducation program continues tonight at 7 PM CST with the topic of #WinterWeather.

https://www.weather.gov/ohx/weather101

Thanks to @WDEFNews12 viewer Greg Keagy from Spring City for a view of clouds over #WattsBarLake, Wednesday's @LangleyRoofing #WeatherWindow.
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#WDEFWeather #News12Weather - @WDEFNews12 @EPB_Chattanooga Bailey's Heating & Air weather webcam looking over downtown #ChattanoogaTN with dense fog forming. #DenseFogAdvisory in effect overnight.

https://www.wdef.com/weather-cam-network/

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather - From the North Shore on the Speedy's Total Car Care @WDEFNews12 @Epb weather webcam, looking through dense fog across the #TennesseeRiver towards downtown #ChattanoogaTN.

https://www.wdef.com/weather-cam-network/

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather - #DenseFogAdvisory issued for NE Alabama and SE Tennessee until 9AM EST Thursday. Visibilities could be below 1/4 mile at times.

"We face the biggest test of our professional lives,” he told them. “Now we get to see if we really meant it when we said we will hold power to account. Will we do so when our subjects have true power on their side and a willingness to use it?

We may be harassed. We may be sued. We may be threatened with violence. We may be ignored. Are we just sunshine journalists or are we ready?”

@ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/second-trump-administration-investigative-journalism