Notices by DecaturNature (decaturnature@theatl.social)

The weather in Atlanta is looking good for the next week. And no hurricanes in sight.

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=33.774551&lon=-84.2937

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

#atlanta #weather #haloween #voting

I was just thinking of using pennies as ballast to stabilize a coat-rack. What are other non-monetary uses of pennies?

#AskMastodon #oddities #outsidethebox

A local bookstore used pennies to tile it's floor.

https://littleshopofstories.com/about-us
#books #clever #design #pennies

Hurricane Milton poses a major threat to Tampa and other parts of Florida. This could be comparable to Katrina, with over a million people needing to evacuate tomorrow (Tuesday). There are >3 million people in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area area alone.

Below are some figures from NOAA - more information is at their site:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/213144.shtml?peakSurge#contents

#milton #hurricane #flordia #georgia #Tampa #Atlanta #flood #emergency

While looking at the FL evacuation orders, I came across the Tampa "gridlock guide"... pretty cool resource.
https://data.heraldtribune.com/florida-gridlock-guide/

Shelter offer in MS:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1k5QrMEFz/

#Milton #evacuation #Florida

I'm guessing this class action lawsuit against BioLab is just the first of several.
https://www.404media.co/residents-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-biolab-for-toxic-plume/
#Atlanta #conyers #biolab

We may be smelling the chlorine smoke from the Conyers chemical plant fire again tomorrow (Thursday), according to DeKalb county government.
https://decaturish.com/2024/10/georgia-officials-atlanta-will-be-hazy-and-smell-like-chlorine-on-thursday/
#Atlanta #DeKalb #Georgia

Tomorrow is moving day for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - ambulances will be driving sick kids to their new building on N. Druid Hills Road. Please avoid driving on that route (described below) if possible, starting at 7:30 AM.

“Children’s is asking for the public’s help by yielding to ambulances along the move route from Egleston Hospital to Arthur M. Blank Hospital on Move Day. The route includes Uppergate Drive to Starvine to Clairmont Rd to 1-85 Frontage Road. Approximately 30 patients from the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Scottish Rite Hospital will move to Arthur M. Blank Hospital. They will travel from Meridian Mark to Johnson Ferry Road to Peachtree Dunwoody Road to GA-400 to I-85N to Arthur M. Blank Hospital.”

https://decaturish.com/2024/09/heads-up-childrens-healthcare-of-atlanta-moving-to-north-druid-hills-hospital-on-sept-29/

#Atlanta #DekalbGA #DecaturGA #medicine

If interested, more background information is here:

The current proposal to change vote counting rules:
https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-board-advances-new-rule-before-finalizing-results/BKVW3E6KLRDABKBUFKBIYM2NNY/
Election board politics in general:
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-state-election-board-0141f8011dc9e7c054ed73f63dbf5f58

The State Election Board meeting schedule is posted on their website. The meeting is 9AM on Monday. It will be a zoom meeting. You can register by email to comment at the meeting, or send written email if you cannot attend:

"Members of the public may speak before the Board on matters related to the proposals on the agenda. The first 30 people to sign up for public comment will have the opportunity to speak at the beginning of the meeting. Public comment will last one hour and is limited to 2 minutes per speaker. Any additional individuals who sign up will be able to speak before
the end of the meeting. If you would like to sign up to speak during public comment,
please notify us ahead of time by emailing: ahardin@sos.ga.gov. The public comment sign-
up period will end at noon, August 18. A person cannot read comments written by someone
else. A person who cannot attend the meeting may submit written comments to:
sebpubliccomments@sos.ga.gov"

https://sos.ga.gov/page/state-election-board-meetings-events

The "Stop the Steal" faction of the Georgia Election Board is trying to add more unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles to the election. (see the next message in this thread for how to submit comments to the Election Board)
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-elections-voting-hand-count-raffensperger-730c77c8a14954308c95474022b39d74
#Georgia #election

@hacks4pancakes Tangentially. As a parent, I'm pretty peeved at how schools push kids to do everything through services like Gmail and completely fail to teach awareness of online privacy issues.

@maggiejk We had over 30 years of experience with Ebola by 2014. We knew how it was transmitted, and we'd seen many outbreaks contained in Africa. We knew that the US had the facilities to contain transmission from known cases. The risk of infection was something to take seriously (as doctors definitely did), but Trump paid no attention to the actual risks or available containment measures. Instead, he was willing to sacrifice someone based on his gut reaction. That is irrational.

The article below recounts exactly what Trump said to do. His panicky approach would have hampered our efforts to contain the virus, creating even more risk for us.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/386616-how-ebola-entered-the-american-consciousness-a-trump-tweet/

@futurebird

Has anyone found an excellent ice cream shop in the Atlanta region? I've found a few decent ones, but I know better ice cream is possible.
#Atlanta #food #icecream

@clacke I didn't realize it was the anniversary, but on Sunday I'll be meeting up with some folk from our local, Atlanta-focused Mastodon instance, and raising awareness at Atlanta Streets Alive.
What event happened 16 years ago?

@a13cui Maybe hachyderm.io

Tucker now has a non-discrimination ordinance - details @Decaturish https://decaturish.com/2023/06/tucker-city-council-passes-nondiscrimination-ordinance-after-mayor-leaves-the-room/
#TuckerGA #DeKalbGA