• Flood Watch for Trenton - Click for Details
    ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
    Expires: February 13, 2025 @ 7:00am
    PRECAUTIONARY
    You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
    LOCATIONS
    WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
    INFO1
    WHERE...Portions of north central, northeast, northwest, and west central Georgia, including the following areas, in north central Georgia, Barrow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Lumpkin, Newton, North Fulton, Pickens, Rockdale, South Fulton, Union and Walton. In northeast Georgia, Banks, Jackson, Towns and White. In northwest Georgia, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker and Whitfield. In west central Georgia, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding and Troup.
    INFO2
    WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Thursday.
    INFO3
    IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.
    INFO4
    ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of moderate to heavy rain will continue across north and parts of west-central Georgia through early Thursday morning. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected with locally higher amounts of up to 4 inches possible. Numerous rivers and creeks are expected to rise to at least Minor Flood stage and larger impacts may be possible where the heaviest rain occurs.
  • River Flood Warning for Trenton - Click for Details
    ...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO FRIDAY MORNING...
    Expires: February 14, 2025 @ 7:45am
    LOCATION
    WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
    INFO1
    WHERE...Lookout Creek near New England.
    INFO2
    WHEN...From this evening to Friday morning.
    INFO3
    IMPACTS...At 15 feet, Minor flooding continues to expand along Sells Lane in Trenton...Mason Road near Rising Fawn...and Creek Road near New England. These roads and other roads with creeks flowing into Lookout Creek will flood causing the roads to be closed. The water will be a few feet deep on portions of these roads. Also minor flooding will continue to expand downstream as the creek crosses the Tennessee border into the Tiftonia area.
    INFO4
    ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:15 PM EST Wednesday the stage was 12.4 feet and rising. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 14.5 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Friday morning. - Flood stage is 12 feet.
    PRECAUTIONS
    Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Additional information is available at weather.gov

65 Years Ago: Elvis Presley Records ‘Heartbreak Hotel’

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It was 65 years ago Sunday (January 10th, 1956), that Elvis Presley recorded his first Number One hit, "Heartbreak Hotel." The song, its B-side "I Was The One," and several other tunes were recorded in Nashville at Elvis' first RCA recording session, just two days after his 21st birthday. The previous November, RCA Records had bought his existing Sun Records contract for a whopping $40,000 — $5,000 of which went straight to Elvis as a signing bonus.

The music to "Heartbreak Hotel" was written by Mae Boren Axton — mother of country songwriter Hoyt Axton — with lyrics by Tommy Durden. Durden was inspired to write the lyrics after reading a newspaper account of a man who left behind a suicide note containing the phrase: "I walk a lonely street." As was the case with many hits of the 1950's, Elvis' name was added as both a courtesy and incentive for recording the song — which also ensured that he received a third of the song's royalties.

"Heartbreak Hotel" featured Elvis' usual band at the time, with Bill Black on double bass, Scotty Moore on lead guitar, and D.J. Fontana on drums, along with country legends Floyd Cramer on piano and Chet Atkins on guitar. The single was rush-released on January 27th, 1956 and went on to become Elvis Presley's first million-seller.

We asked the late, great D.J. Fontana, who ultimately decided on the rhythm of Elvis' classic '50s singles: ["Well, sometimes I would — sometimes Elvis would count it off the way he felt it. So it was a mixture of different guys and sometimes (guitarist) Scotty (Moore) would do it, just according to what kind of mood we was (laughs) all in, y'know? But it seemed like it all, it all turned out good for some reason. Who knows? Y'know what, those things happen."] SOUNDCUE (:17 OC: . . . those things happen)

During his 2012 keynote address at Austin's South By Southwest music festival, Bruce Springsteen recalled seeing Elvis Presley debut on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 9th, 1956: ["It was the evening that I realized that a white man could create magic. That you did not have to be constrained by your upbringing, by the way you looked, or by the social context that oppressed you. You could call upon your own powers of imagination, and you could create a transformative self. A certain type of transformative self that perhaps at any other moment in American history might've seemed difficult, if not impossible."] SOUNDCUE (:26 OC: . . . if not impossible)

When Elvis returned to live performances in 1969, "Heartbreak Hotel" was one of the few '50s numbers included in his act. He continued performing the song sporadically through 1974.

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