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OUTLOOK
A strong cold front will cross the area from the northwest today, bringing the potential for strong storms. The front will usher in cool and dry high pressure, which will build into the area through the end of the week. Dry weather and seasonable temperatures will continue into early next week.
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Local News
ProPublica has collected information on the Paycheck Protection Program participants and organized them into a database made available to the public and made it interactive, allowing employees to report whether or not the loan recipiants have complied with the conditions of the loans, most of which have been forgiven. The searches of the datatbase can be by zipcode, buysiness name, or name of town in which the business is located. Below is more information about the program.
Biden Visits Small Business That Has Benefited from Paycheck Protection Program
Tracking PPP: Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans [ProPublica]
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a $953-billion business loan program established by the United States federal government in 2020 through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) to help certain businesses, self-employed workers, sole proprietors, certain nonprofit organizations, and tribal businesses continue paying their workers.
US Department of the Treasury [Official Website]
The Paycheck Protection Program allows entities to apply for low-interest private loans to pay for their payroll and certain other costs. The amount of a PPP loan is approximately equal to 2.5 times the applicant's average monthly payroll costs. In some cases, an applicant may receive a second draw typically equal to the first. The loan proceeds may be used to cover payroll costs, rent, interest, and utilities. The loan may be partially or fully forgiven if the business keeps its employee counts and employee wages stable. The program is implemented by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The deadline to apply for a PPP loan was initially June 30, 2020, and was later extended to August 8. The Paycheck Protection Program was reopened on January 11, 2021.
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Friday Night
Franklin area
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog before noon. Highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Light winds out of the north.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a slight chance of showers after 3pm. Patchy fog before 2pm. Highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s.
Otto area
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog before noon. Highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Light winds out of the north.
Friday
Sunny, with highss in the low-to-mid 70s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Nantahala area
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog before 11am. Highs in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph by midmorning.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A strong cold front may bring another round of locally heavy rainfall and strong thunderstorms as it crosses the area today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Peter, located a couple of hundred miles north-northeast of Puerto Rico, and on recently downgraded Tropical Depression Rose, located about 1000 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
1. Showers and thunderstorms are becoming better organized in association with a tropical wave located several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. However, satellite wind data indicate that the system still lacks a well-defined center.
Environmental conditions are expected to remain conducive for additional development, and a tropical depression is likely to form in a day or two while the system moves westward at 10 to 15 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic Ocean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.
2. A gale-force, non-tropical low pressure system, the remnants of Odette, is located about 500 miles west of the westernmost Azores. This low could acquire some subtropical characteristics over marginally warm waters during the next few days while it makes a counter-clockwise loop over the north-central Atlantic Ocean. However, by the weekend, this system is expected to move into an environment of strong upper-level winds. Additional information on this system, including gale warnings, can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.
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Almanac
Air Quality
Air quality is in the middlerange of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There is haze from the wildfires out on the west coast.)
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (3.1 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-medium range (7.9 out of 12).
Weather Almanac for September 22nd (1872-2020)
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin in 1955
Lowest Temperature 29°F in Highlands in 1918
Greatest Rainfall 3.10 inches in Highlands in 1898
(rainfall was due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Five of 1898. Storms were not named at that time).
Record Weather Events for September (1872-2017)
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on Sept 4, 1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on Sept 30, 1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on Sept 29, 1964
Record weather events for this date and month in Macon County
Record Weather Events for Sept 1st in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Goldsboro, Wayne County in 1932
Lowest Temperature 33°F in Boone, Watauga County in 1946
Greatest Rainfall 8.98 inches in Andrews, Cherokee County in 1982
Record Weather Events for September in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 109°F in Weldon, Halifax County on 09-07-1954
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 18.30 inches in Southport, Brunswick County on 09-16-1999
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
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FROG FAIR
November 6, 2021
Friends of the Greenway Fall Fundraising Event. FROG FAIR will be held November 6 from 9-3 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge. Vendor spaces are available--check our website for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts & crafts, food, & music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.
Encastic Painting Classes
The Macon County Art Association (a not for profit member organization) is offering classes in encastic painting on Specified Fridays from 10AM-12PM at the Uptown Gallery 30 E Main St Franklin NC. Specific class dates are Friday July 9 and 23, August 3 and 27, September 3 and 17, October 29.
For more information contact the instructor, Karen Smith, at karen@programservices.org
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National News Roundup
House Has Votes to Suspend Debt Limit, Keep Government Funded
Level1 News September 22 2021: Bad Vibrations
Trump campaign knew soon after election that voting machine claims were false: report [The Hill]
President Biden U.N. General Assembly Full Address
World leaders attend the 76th U.N. General Assembly
Agenda of the 76th session
[UN Website]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - September 21st, 2021
PBS NewsHour full episode, September 21st, 2021
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Since it looks like we may be in for a new wave of infections, here is a section on COVID-19. It will include local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [September 20, 2021]
Johnson & Johnson Announces Real-World Evidence and Phase 3 Data Confirming Strong and Long-Lasting Protection of Single-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine in the U.S. [Press Release]
Exerpt:
Booster shot at two months provided 94 percent protection against COVID-19 in the U.S.
The Phase 3 ENSEMBLE 2 study showed that another shot of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine given 56 days after the first provided:
100 percent protection (CI, 33%-100%) against severe/critical COVID-19 – at least 14 days post-final vaccination.
75 percent protection against symptomatic (moderate to severe/critical) COVID-19 globally (CI, 55%-87%).
94 percent protection against symptomatic (moderate to severe/critical) COVID-19 in the U.S. (CI, 58%-100%).
When a booster of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was given two months after the first shot, antibody levels rose to four to six times higher than observed after the single shot.
Booster shot at six months provided 12-fold increase in antibodies
When a booster of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was given six months after the single shot, antibody levels increased nine-fold one week after the booster and continued to climb to 12-fold higher four weeks after the booster. All rises were irrespective of age.
Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant Infections Among Incarcerated Persons in a Federal Prison — Texas, July–August 2021[CDC]
Efficacy of the MMR vaccine in reducing the severity of COVID-19: an interim analysis of a randomized controlled clinical trial [MedRxiv]
The longitudinal kinetics of antibodies in COVID-19 recovered patients over 14 months [MedRxiv]
A novel B.1.1.523 SARS-CoV-2 variant that combines many spike mutations linked to immune evasion with current variants of concern [BioRxiv]
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On This Day
September 22nd is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 100 days remain until the end of the year. It is frequently the day of the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere, though sometimes this falls on September 21 or September 23 instead.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
904 – The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government.
1236 – The Samogitians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule.
1499 – The Treaty of Basel concludes the Swabian War.
1586 – The Battle of Zutphen is a Spanish victory over the English and Dutch.
1692 – The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.
1711 – The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina.
1761 – George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1776 – Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
1789 – Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
1792 – Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
1823 – Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
1857 – The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
1862 – A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.
1866 – The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.
1885 – Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
1891 – The first hydropower plant of Finland was commissioned along the Tammerkoski rapids in Tampere, Pirkanmaa.[1][2]
1892 – Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
1896 – Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
1910 – The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
1914 – A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
1919 – The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
1934 – The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
1939 – World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
1941 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murders 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.
1948 – Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
1948 – Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.[3]
1957 – In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
1960 – The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
1965 – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire.
1966 – 24 people are killed when Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes in Winton, Queensland, Australia.[4]
1975 – Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
1979 – A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
1980 – Iraq invades Iran.
1991 – The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.
1993 – A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
1993 – A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
1995 – An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
1995 – The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.
2006 – Twenty-three people were killed in a maglev train collision in Lathen, Germany.[5]
2013 – At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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Published at 4:15am on Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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