It came, it went and it was INCREDIBLE! The ECLIPSE!
Eclipse totality will not occur in Tennessee for many, many years so what we witnessed on Monday was truly a once in a lifetime experience.
Many eclipse watchers came to the state from several states that could see it in their location.
The total solar eclipse was visible across a 70-mile path through Tennessee, and the rest of the state was treated to a minimum 90 percent eclipse experience.
The last time a total solar eclipse swept the whole width of the U.S. was in 1918.
In the U.S., the next total solar eclipse will occur on April 8, 2024. The line of totality will cross from Texas, up through the Midwest, almost directly over Indianapolis, Cleveland and Buffalo, New York, up over New England and out over Maine and New Brunswick, Canada.
We will see a partial eclipse in Coffee County on October 17, 2153, so make your plans.

High electricity demand is predicted Tuesday afternoon (August 22, 2017). Forecasts indicate that Tuesday’s temperatures and humidity levels will be some of the highest for the month so far. Projected afternoon highs of around 91-92 degrees for Tuesday with relative humidity levels around 64%, will make it feel like 99-104 outside, combined with higher electricity demand due to home cooling, could produce a monthly peak for Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC).
The electric co-op plans to activate Beat the Peak™ and implement other power conservation measures to lower the impact of spiking Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) wholesale rates during the hour of greatest demand. DREMC pays TVA millions of dollars each month in demand charges, but during a peak the price of wholesale power is the most expensive; the cost of electricity purchased by DREMC can increase to almost $10 per kilowatt-hour during peak.
The Beat the Peak™ alert window on Tuesday, August 22 is from 4:00- 6:00 PM.

Tennessee has launched a national search for a Title IX coordinator to oversee the entire University of Tennessee system.
This was one of the recommendations an independent commission made this summer on how Tennessee could improve its Title IX compliance.
The commission was formed after Tennessee reached a $2.48 million settlement last year in a Title IX lawsuit filed by eight women who had said the school fostered a “hostile sexual environment” through a policy of indifference toward assault complaints against athletes.
This coordinator would oversee Title IX compliance for the entire University of Tennessee system. Earlier this month, Ashley Blamey was named Title IX coordinator for Tennessee’s Knoxville campus.
Title IX is the federal law that guides schools on their responses to sexual harassment and sexual violence.

Someone from Erin, Tennessee, in Houston County won $2 million in Saturday’s Powerball drawing.
There was also a $200,000 winner in Memphis among the 96,127 winners across the entire state.
Lottery officials say the $2 million winner matched 5 of the white numbers drawn, just one shy of a jackpot win, and the $200,000 winner matched four of the white numbers.
Both players added the “Power Play” option for an extra dollar, which multiplied their winnings.
The current jackpot stands at $650 million, which is the second largest in Powerball’s history and the third largest in North American lottery history. The next drawing is Wednesday night.

Tennessee residents are allowed to hunt without a license on Saturday, Aug. 26 which coincides with the opening day of squirrel season.
Free Hunting Day is an event the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency annually provides in hopes of increasing interest in hunting.
The TWRA offers a reminder that hunter education requirements are not waived for Free Hunting Day. Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1969 is required to have successfully completed a hunter education course. An apprentice license is required for those born on or after Jan. 1, 1969 if the hunter education course has not been completed. This license exempts the hunter from the mandatory hunter education law for one year from the date of purchase, but may only be purchased for up to three consecutive years during the lifetime of the hunter.