Tommy Stafford

Thankfully recovered from life as TV news reporter & weather guesser. Airplane & heli pilot. Fitness trail runner, dad & husband in the VA Blue Ridge mountains.

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

@aspen_lindsay Must have come from same parts. VA Blue Ridge mtns 22 years but NW-TN was home before. Ironically there last week visiting friends ending w/ days on KY Lake near Big Sandy. My rural days back in NW TN gave me a solid foundation moving forward in life. Never forgot them.

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

@aspen_lindsay This 💯%

[BlueRidgeLife @BlueRidgeLife]

George McKinney had to be one of the most interesting people I've ever met. And how we met, almost boringly, created over two decades of two pilots exchanging stories, and flights.: Clear Skies and Tailwinds - Goodnight My Friend George :https://t.co/rWmkSd3UfT

[0️⃣BlackBetty ⚓️ @BabyD1111229]

Erin Brockovich has launched a new interactive website and map tracking data centers across America — and the response has been overwhelming.

In just the first week, the site logged 1,690 resident complaints, with over 1,800 submissions coming in from 47 states shortly after launch.

Residents are reporting serious issues including:
• Massive water usage draining local supplies
• Sharply rising utility bills for nearby homes
• Constant 24/7 noise from fans and generators disrupting sleep and daily life
• Concerns over e-waste and potential PFAS contamination

This comes from the same Erin Brockovich who famously won a $333 million settlement against PG&E in the 1990s for contaminating drinking water in Hinckley, California.

The map shows operational, under-construction, and proposed AI data centers, allowing people to submit reports with photos and locations.

What the map shows~

• Major AI data centers (operational, under construction, or proposed) across the U.S.

• Overlaid with community-reported concerns (pins from residents emailing in issues).

• You can click markers for details, sources, and reports. It uses a leaflet/OpenStreetMap-based interactive map.

Stats from the site (as of ~May 24, 2026)
• 33 Operational (built & running)

• 44 Under Construction (announced or building)

• 27 Proposed (in pipeline/pending approval)

• Hundreds/thousands of community reports nationwide (earlier reports mentioned 2,700+ submissions from 49 states, with Texas leading heavily).

Many Americans are now asking whether the rapid expansion of data centers is coming at too high a cost to local communities and the environment.

https://t.co/yD03JLSJjp

[BlueRidgeLife @BlueRidgeLife]

VA Army National Guard & Chesterfield County Fire & EMS To Hold Helicopter Training Wednesday (story continues at link - insta readers link in bio) - @WTONradio : https://t.co/Xpo2S2Bi9R

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

@JulieBorowski This is hilarious. People can’t process sarcasm when it stares them in the face. 🤦‍♂️

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

@naomirwolf @thehealthb0t @DrJackKruse We spend considerably more money to buy true incandescent bulbs. Worth every penny. The difference is literally night and day. LED bulbs have their place, but not in every lamp or fixture inside your home.

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

@hanno_sauer I can’t disagree. As a former cop for a decade in the 80s I was repulsed by the myopic mindset. In fact most of the world was not what we thought it was from the inside. That said, later, after 2 decades on air in TV news, I said the same thing about TV newsrooms.

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

@PopBase Ummm, no.

[Robert W Malone, MD @RWMaloneMD]

Your odds of being struck by lightning are more than seven times greater than getting Hantavirus in the USA.
About 250 people get struck by lightening each year.
There are about 35 cases per year of Hantavirus in the UEA, with about 12 deaths per year on average.
Obviously, Hantavirus shouldn't be a big concern for the vast majority of Americans.

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

Two weeks to flatten the curve. And here we are over five years later being told the same thing. Just different words. #psych

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

@SenRandPaul Seems the apple did fall a bit far from the tree after all. :/

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

@mtgreenee @RealCandaceO Nothing says you are a man child with no ability to control your emotions than something like this. Can you imagine a real, mannered, CEO doing this, or instructing someone to do this? Pathetic.

[BlueRidgeLife @BlueRidgeLife]

Area Vineyard & Orchard Owners Assessing Damage From Recent Freeze (story continues at link) - https://t.co/mMHf0Pwfs8

[Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @FmrRepMTG]

And the inside traders love it.

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

There's a reason I always tell folks, "Don't plant your gardens before May 1, at earliest." And we had a pretty good frost overnight last night too!

[BlueRidgeLife @BlueRidgeLife]

Upgraded : Freeze Warning In Effect Late Monday Night Into Tuesday Morning (info continues at link ) @WTONradio https://t.co/cpuA3LNYX9

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

@blish4 @Matt_Pinner Ditto. I’m 63. Saw my doc for last week. Allergies. His exact words. “You are in better fitness now than when I started seeing you in 2005.” I’d just run 3 miles 90 mins before that visit. BP 112/68 no drugs. It’s possible. But not as easy as age 23. That’s true.

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

@DowdEdward Boom! @DowdEdward I began following you back when Covid was starting. You were the voice of reason then, with stats, numbers and such. You continue to be the voice of reason still to this day. And this is spot on.

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

@FmrRepMTG @delilah1378510 I left TV news in 2004. It’s only gotten worse. Remember when we’d see Peter Jennings from the bureau in Israel or reporters in the field sending back reports on what was happening? It’s all smoke and mirrors now.

[Tommy Stafford @thstaff]

@DowdEdward It’s is incredible indeed. Watching the mass ignorance, or denial.