Late Night Roundup

Very light rain has fallen since late afternoon here in Cookeville, Tennessee.  We've mostly had mist-type rain this evening with waves of heavier mist.  Checking the handy CoCoRaHS rain gauge, I've got nearly .20"...we'll see what it reads in the morning at the 7 am observation.

Quite a change in weather coming for us for Friday through next week. Temperatures, which earlier this week were near 80° every day, will back off into the mid 60's for Friday and even lower on Saturday (around 61°). We do see a bit of a warm up for Sunday (69°) and Monday (73°) but will go backwards as we continue through the early part of workweek.

Our average high and low this time of year is 71° and 44° respectively.

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Tonight, we focus on some interesting links.  There is something for everyone from falling leaves that are beautiful in color in my home state to a crazy situation concerning what you breathe out and finally, learning about faith.  Enjoy the links below.

I LOVE AUTUMN
Fall Colors in the Smokies link

DON'T BREATHE OUT!
Incredible story about Obama's plan to declare Carbon Dioxide a pollutant.   Guess they will decide how much you are allowed to exhale.

EXERCISE YOUR FAITH
Excellent story about faith from Barbie Bassett, chief meteorologist at WLBT-TV, the NBC station in Jackson, MS.  I really enjoy her posts.

Here Comes The Rain (and Cooler Temps)

Say good-bye to those days in the 80's.  We'll see rainfall develop in eastern Middle Tennessee later today and continue this evening as highs will struggle to break 70° this afternoon.

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Latest On Hurricane OMAR:
Omar is a major Category 3 hurricane this morning and is crossing the Leeward Islands between St. Martin and the Virgin Islands.  Glad my family got out of St. Maarten when they did!  More here on Omar

Fall Colors Arriving Quickly
Back here in Tennessee, if you love fall weather, you'll love this weekend.  Highs in the 60's and lows in the 40's...the fall colors are beginning to look nice.  Peak color is about a week to ten days away.

Sign Thief:
Finally, some idiot stole my McCain sign from my yard.  Guess the thief didn't like the whippin' Big Mac put on Obama in the debate last evening.  Funny thing is, I have a Lamar Alexander for Senate sign right next to it and that sign was untouched.  No big deal, I'll go get another one from the headquarters here.

McCain or Obama

Your choice...but, be informed.

Don't just vote for one man or the other because of style, race, oratory skills or lack thereof, etc.  That is called ignorant.  You should always vote the issues.

Here is a Voter's Guide to let you see the issues.

Dirty Tricks (off subject)

**Cookeville Weather Guy statement to readers**  

Typically, I only report on weather.  Tonight, however, I am breaking with that as the 2008 campaign has ended up in the gutter.  I will go back to talking about weather tomorrow.  Thanks for allowing me off on this bunny trail.
~Michael 

Turns out that State Representative Mike Kernell (Democrat-Memphis) admits his son has been contacted by David has been contacted by the FBI for hacking into Republican VP nominee's Sarah Palin's e-mail account.

A webmaster in Georgia who operates a service that helps 'hide' someone's identity has been contacted by the FBI and Secret Service.

David Kernell is a student at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and the boy is in BIG trouble.  His father is a member of the same party that, when a candidate wins they don't like, changes the will of people in elections by voiding the outcome.

This young man, if he has committed this crime, has violated Federal Law and should be prosecuted.   I bet you he is an avid Barack Obama supporter.  Obama has been strangely quiet on this.  Figures.