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OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will persist across the region today, with continued warming temperatures. A back door cold front will approach from the north tonight and enter the region on Wednesday before moving south of the area by late week. Another cold front may approach from the northwest by early next week, with better moisture possible.
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Local News
Local COVID-19 Numbers for September 23, 2021 [MaconMedia.com] • Towns County mourns the loss of Emmanuel "Manny" Carrion, a friend to all. [Towns Observer]
Update: Readers have let me know that there is a section missing from the public comment portion of the meeting. I will correct it with a new version as soon as I can. Thank you to all those who let me know. It may be tomorrow before I can get the video fixed due to having to prepare for and cover the Board of Health meeting tonight. --Bobby
Macon Board of Education - Sept 2021
The Macon County Board of Education voted 4-1 to keep a mask mandate in place during their regular monthly meeting for September 2021. The full video is posted below. A separate article about the meeting will be posted later today.
Macon County Participates in Oral Rabies Vaccination Program [MaconMedia.com]
Pisgah Legal recommends the NC Medicaid Ombudsman for Medicaid beneficiaries who need education, guidance and advocacy [MaconMedia.com]
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Thursday Night
Franklin area
Today
Widespread dense fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid-50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Widespread dense fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph early becoming calm by midmorning.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.
Otto area
Today
Widespread dense fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid-50s. Light winds out of the north.
Wednesday
Widespread dense fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Nantahala area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid-50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Patchy dense fog, primarily in the vicinity of river valleys and area lakes, will locally reduce visibility to one-quarter mile or less this morning and tonight.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Sep 28 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Sam, located several hundred miles east of the northern Leeward Islands.
1. A broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are conducive for further development, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next day or two while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 5 to 10 mph over the central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.
2. A tropical wave located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic several hundred miles southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Upper-level winds are conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression is likely to form in a day or two while the disturbance moves westward to west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph over the far eastern tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.
3. A well-defined low pressure area associated with the remnants of Peter is located a few hundred miles east of Bermuda. The shower and thunderstorm activity associated with this system has become less organized since early Monday. Although strong upper-level winds are likely to prevent significant development, this system could still become a short-lived tropical depression later today or tonight while it moves northeastward at about 10 mph. By Wednesday, however, conditions are expected to become unfavorable for further development.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.
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Almanac
Air Quality
Air quality is in the upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper 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 medium range (6.7 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.4 out of 12).
Weather Almanac for September 28th (1872-2020)
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
Highest Temperature 89°F in Franklin in 1986
Lowest Temperature 29°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1947
Greatest Rainfall 3.90 inches in Franklin in 1881
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)
IMAGE RED SAND PROJECT
Zonta Club of the Franklin Area Red Sand Project
The Red Sand Project will be held in front of the Macon County Courthouse in downtown Franklin on Saturday October 2 at 9 a.m. Social distancing will be practiced and masks are advised.
Come and help to draw attention to those who metaphorically “fall through the cracks” and become victims of human trafficking. Women and children are more likely to be victims; unfortunately trafficking often goes unrecognized and is far more prevalent here than most people realize. Zonta will highlight how it affects our community and our country and introduce some of the organizations here that combat it. Participants will be given red sand that they will use to fill the cracks in the sidewalk, to draw attention to those who cannot advocate for themselves.
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
Level1 News September 28 2021: Key For Me But Not For Thee
• Republicans Block Government Funding, Refusing to Lift Debt Limit [New York Times]
What is the debt ceiling? Why is it important? What if debt hits the ceiling? Debt Ceiling Explained
Republicans block bill to fund the government, shutdown looms
• Judge rules in Wisconsin teen’s favor after sheriff threatened jail over Covid post [The Guardian]
PBS NewsHour full episode, September 27th, 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 24, 2021]
See Biden get his Covid-19 booster shot while talking to the press
• Top CDC official steps aside as head of pandemic task force [Politico]
• Defeating misinformation is key in ending the pandemic. [American Medical Association]
• Lasting changes to circulating leukocytes in people with mild SARS-CoV-2 infections [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Role of fatty liver in coronavirus disease 2019 patients’ disease severity and hospitalization length: a case–control study [European Journal of Medical Research]
• SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific memory B cells express markers of durable immunity after non-severe COVID-19 but not after severe disease [BioRxiv (PDF)]
President Biden Delivers Remarks on the COVID-19 Response and the Vaccination Program
09/24/21: Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
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On This Day
September 28th is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 94 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.
235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus of Rome.
351 – Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
365 – Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself emperor.
935 – Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him.
995 – Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, kills most members of the rival Slavník dynasty.
1066 – William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest.
1106 – King Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert Curthose at the Battle of Tinchebray.
1238 – King James I of Aragon conquers Valencia from the Moors. Shortly thereafter, he proclaims himself king of Valencia.
1322 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
1538 – Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
1542 – Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California. He is the first European in California.
1779 – American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
1781 – American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
1787 – The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
1821 – The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.
1844 – Oscar I of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
1867 – Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
1868 – The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
1871 – The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
1889 – The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
1892 – The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
1893 – Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
1901 – Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
1912 – The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
1912 – Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
1918 – World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
1919 – Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.
1924 – The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
1928 – Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.
1939 – World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.
1941 – World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
1941 – Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.
1944 – World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
1951 – CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
1961 – A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
1970 – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.
1973 – The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile.
1975 – The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.
1986 – The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.
1992 – A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill in Nepal, killing all 167 passengers and crew.
1994 – The cruise ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
1995 – Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.
1995 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
2000 – Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
2008 – Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit.
2008 – The Singapore Grand Prix is held as Formula One's inaugural night race, with Fernando Alonso winning the event. Almost a year later it was revealed that Alonso's team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr. had been ordered to crash his car to help bring out the safety car and give Alonso the advantage and win.
2009 – The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1,400 people.
2012 – Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.
2014 – The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.
2016 – The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas.
2018 – The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
2020 – Sixteen killed from carbon monoxide poisoning in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing coal mine.
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Published at 3:50am on Tuesday, September 28, 2021
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