Map showing Dalton's 2.7 Magnitude Earthquake on 11/9/2011
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A few pictures from various pull-overs on Fort Mountain.
A few photos from this set
A look at the damage from the recent tornado in Ringgold and up Cherokee Valley Rd.
A few photos from this set
Spent 3 or 4 good hours today at Windy Gap riding with my Dad and brothers.
A few photos from this set
I’m always interested in politics and seeing how Congressmen vote/feel about bills and resolutions as they come up. It really gives the people a look at whose interest they have at heart, the people’s or special interests’.
Dalton has an office for Congressman Tom Graves (702 South Thornton Avenue), the Representative for the 9th District of Georgia. Even before having a local office, I made calls voicing my opinions on upcoming matters, matters that always matter like the wars, federal reserve, taxes, etc., but driving by the office at least 4 times a day really gives you a greater sense of connectedness to the people. Even though it’s just a satellite office for him, seeing it at least gives me that sense. I really hope it has the same effect on others, and it’s really a shame that people do feel a huge disconnect between ourselves and Washington that they don’t even feel it worth voicing their opinion to their representatives. But we should. After all, that is their job-listening to us.
A few photos from this set
DALTON — When the stars walk down the red carpet to kick off tonight’s Academy Awards, the plush feeling enjoyed by their feet will be coming to them courtesy of Dalton.
More specifically, American Carpet Wholesalers.
Leslie Unger, director of communications for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, told The Daily Citizen that the carpet was obtained through American Carpet Wholesalers in Dalton.
The carpet, which is covered in plastic until the very last minute to protect it from the elements and muddy footprints, is about 500 feet long and 33 feet wide.
Unger said the carpet brand is Weston Hill which is manufactured by Mohawk Industries.
The carpet, over which all of the guests entering the Kodak Theater will travel to enter the awards ceremony, was put down earlier this week.
It’s pretty obvious by looking at the road closure map, that we never get enough ice or snow to really make preparing for any really worth it. The way it usually works is if they call for anything, we get nothing. It’s really not that much different for what we got yesterday evening. We only got enough snow to dust the ground to where things are mostly white, but not really enough for it to be enjoyable—just a mess. But since the temperatures have been below freezing for the past few days, it was just right for the snow to melt on the roads and then refreeze to make them icy. It’s not really at all what we were expecting, we were expecting a few inches of snow, but it was still enough for work to be canceled today.
Last night we heard and felt some explosions, but had no idea what it was. We wasn’t sure if it was an accident or what, but from the way it felt, we imagined it being something less than a mile away. My dad guessed that it was dynamite somewhere, but we couldn’t think of anyplace where they would need to be using it. The newspaper reported on it last night after it had occurred, and I just now saw it.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation oversaw controlled explosions of dynamite Tuesday in the 2000 block of Leonard Bridge Road in Murray County because the dynamite was decomposing and could not be safely transported, officials said. The dynamite was legally possessed.
The explosions were from roughly 4 to 6:30 p.m.. officials said.
If you take the main roads, that’s about 10 miles from our house. I had no idea that dynamite would be able to be felt that far away.
Help Portrait is a movement of photographers who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate this holiday season.
I first learned about Help Portrait by one of the guys (Ty Miller) setting up the one here in Dalton through Twitter. While watching the video, which was very touching, and showing it to my brothers and Alicia, I wanted to be a part of it, as did they. The turnout for volunteers was great, and they already had pretty much every aspect of it covered. So we just tried to help out wherever we could be of any assistance. We also brought some snacks for the volunteers and the people that showed up to enjoy while they were there. It was really nice to see everyone work together and work hard to pull the event off. I think there ended up being close to 32 sessions of people show up for portraits. It was awesome and felt really good to see their smiles and see the happiness in their faces as their photos were handed to them. It was definitely a great experience and something that I am very proud to have been a part of. I hope for us to be able to be a part of it next year as well and help bring hope to many more people through this awesome movement.
Only the absence of one person can tell his true value in your life.
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