Pouring rain, clapping thunder, and bright lightning may be making your allergy symptoms worse.

Instead of washing away allergies, this week's thunderstorms may make the allergy season worse.

Eight-year-old Mack Atencia isn't the only one who dreads the yellow stuff.

"It really bothers my allergies. It makes it actually worse," says Austin Bearden of this Spring's pollen.

And they're not the only ones.

Dr. David Plaxico is an asthma and allergy specialist, he says this time of year he sees around 30 patients a day.

"Trees are pollinating, they're dropping pollen into the air to be dispersed," says Dr. Plaxico.

And he says storms like the ones that whipped through Central Georgia last weekend, could blow in even more allergens.

"It gets it circulating there, it's more dispersed for a larger space than it would normally," he says.

New York’s Robbers were back in town this past weekend to continue the ruckus they helped start in our first TBI Acoustic Alley session that you can find here. This time, instead of drawing a crowd of fans in the alley beside The 567 along with Macon favorites Floco Torres, AL K!NG, and Stribling, the group shared the tab with local favorites Citizen Insane and Joshua McGinty. It was a special night with an intimate crowd of die-hard fans of each act coming out to support. Joshua McGinty opened the night with a special set of fan favorites along with a few new tunes.

Macon Mayor Robert Reichert plans to appoint an interim Public Works Director, effective Monday.

Reichert sent a letter to council members Wednesday notifying them that he plans to appoint Shawn Fritz, according to mayoral spokesman Andrew Blascovich.

He said they're not releasing any information on Fritz's background until Monday.

Fritz will replace former director Richard Powell, who was fired in February.

Public Works and Engineering Committee Chairman Lonnie Miley says he hasn't seen Fritz's resume, but says Fritz has a military background with Robins Air Force Base.