🌱 Patch AM: How Isaias’s heavy rains hit a Tucker neighborhood this weekend

Hello Tucker! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Isaias's heavy rains hit a Tucker neighborhood this weekend
• Tucker woman describes the moment a storm-toppled tree hit her home

Also on today's calendar: Soccer for a Good Cause! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Turning sunny and warmer, with a high of 84 and low of 56 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunny and very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 58. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Flash flood warning issued for metro Atlanta as Isaias brings heavy rain, downed trees (wsbradio.com) — Heavy rain and winds from Isaias brought a flash flood warning and downed trees across metro Atlanta, including one that fell onto a home on Samaria Court in Tucker. While no injuries were reported, residents should watch for flooding, power outages, and additional falling trees as the storm's remnants move through Georgia.
   

• Ga. woman grateful to be alive after tree hits home during storm (wrdw.com) — A Tucker homeowner is cleaning up after a tree crashed through the front of her house during heavy winds from Hurricane Isaias' outer bands early Saturday. She woke to the impact and alarm, but escaped injury, joining other metro Atlanta residents dealing with downed trees and storm damage from the weekend weather.
   

📸 Around Tucker

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Wednesday October 14
• Gwinnett Support Group →
  AMS Vans, 6275 Lawrenceville Highway, Tucker
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Monday October 12
• Decompress with Perler Beads
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
  5:30 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Baby Babbles Storytime
  Northlake-Barbara Loar Library -
  9:30 am
• Tales for Twos
  Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library -
  9:30 am
• Toddler Storytime
  Northlake-Barbara Loar Library -
  10:30 am
• Kids Punch and Paint
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
  5:30 pm
• Architectural Legacy Seminar
  Northlake-Barbara Loar Library -
  6:00 pm
• Podcast Club
  Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library -
  6:30 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Musical Mother Goose
  Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library -
  9:30 am
• Need for Speed Networking: Tucker @ Tucker Brewing Company →
  Tucker Brewing Company, 2003 South Bibb Drive, Tucker
  5:30 pm
Saturday October 24
• Soccer for a Good Cause! →
  Mercedes-Benz Stadium, 1 AMB Dr NW, Atlanta
  10:00 am
Monday October 26
• Black Dog Books ACOTAR 6 Book Release PJ Party →
  Black Dog Books, 2323 Main St, Tucker
  9:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello to all my Dekalb Neighbors,
  I hope everyone is well and happy on this rainy Saturday. I was just wondering if any of the 8 different people that had posted they were in need… (Nextdoor Dekalb County)

• Visionworks posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate Part Time in Tucker. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut - Flynn Group posted a job opening for Team Member in Tucker. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Tucker here.

🗞 Nearby News

Clarkston

• PT Weekend: Clarice Assad (yourclassical.org)

Stone Mountain

• Pic(k) of the Week: Beneath Stone Mountain (yoursforgoodfermentables.com)
• Ex-Ameris Bank employee charged over about $931,500 taken from six customers' accounts (newsbreak.com)
• Have some fun at Olde Town Conyers Fall Festival this Saturday, Oct. 17th (atlantaonthecheap.com)

Ok Tucker! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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