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OUTLOOK
A cold front will move east of the area today, resulting in dry conditions over the weekend. Expect unseasonably warm weather to return on Sunday, followed by periods of unsettled weather through the upcoming week.
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [October 21, 2021]
From a Reader:
Hey, Macon County friends, Macon County EMS is offering a "First On The Scene" course free of charge.
This is a great opportunity to learn hands only CPR, how to use and AED, bleeding control, epi pen use, narcan use and much more.
Our first course will be on Wednesday, October 27th, 9am til 1pm. There will be other dates available on the sign up sheet.
To sign up use the following link: https://maconnc.org/emsedu.html
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Friday Night
Franklin area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 70. Light winds out of the northwest.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Otto area
Today
Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s.
Nantahala area
Today
Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-60s Calm winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Oct 22 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
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Almanac
Air Quality
Air quality is in the extreme upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the extreme 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 low-medium range (3.4 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (3.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for October 22nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 82°F in Highlands in 1931
Lowest Temperature 15°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1952
Greatest Rainfall 2.74 inches in Highlands in 1956
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date)
Record Weather Events for October (1872-2017)
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on Oct 5, 1954
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Highlands on Oct 30, 1910
Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on Oct 4, 1964
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands on October 20, 1913
Record Weather Events for October 6th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 102°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1954
Lowest Temperature 22°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1968
Greatest Rainfall 14.00 inches in Aberdeen, Moore County in 1913
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches on Montreat, Yancey County in 1932
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane 5 of 1913. The storm formed off the coast of Rhode Island and traveled southwest, striking North and South Carolina. This was before Tropical Storms and Hurricanes were named).
Record Weather Events for October in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 102°F in Albemarle, Stanly County on 10-06-1954
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 10-21-1952
Greatest Rainfall 14.00 inches in Aberdeen, Moore County on 10-06-1913
Greatest Snowfall 11.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 10-25-1990
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
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 and World News Roundup
Level1 News October 20 2021: Amazon First
• House votes to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt [ABC News]
• Biden says US will defend Taiwan if China attacks [BBC News]
• In-N-Out blasts S.F. over vaccine mandate shutdown: 'We refuse to become the vaccination police' [San Fransisco Chronicle]
• Longest sentence yet given out to Jan. 6 defendant [Courthouse News Service]
• Origin of domestic horses finally established [Science Daily]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - October 21st, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode October 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: [October 21, 2021]
• COVID reinfections likely within one or two years, models propose [Nature]
• Evidence of transmission from fully vaccinated individuals in a large outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in Provincetown, Massachusetts [MedRxiv]
• Does infection with or vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 lead to lasting immunity? [The Lancet]
• B.1.617.2 (aka Delta variant) enters and fuses lung cells with increased efficiency and evades antibodies induced by infection and vaccination [Cell reports]
• BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine Effectiveness against Death from the Delta Variant [SOURCE]
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On This Day
October 21st is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 71 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)
1096 – A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fights off the People's Crusade.
1097 – Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.
1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
1392 – Japanese Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
1512 – Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
1520 – Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as the Strait of Magellan.
1520 – João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".
1600 – Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.
1774 – The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
1797 – In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.
1805 – Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar.
1824 – Portland cement is patented.
1854 – Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
1861 – American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
1867 – The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
1879 – Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
1888 – The Swiss Social Democratic Party is founded.
1892 – Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
1895 – The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
1907 – The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
1910 – HMS Niobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
1921 – President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. president against lynching in the deep South.
1931 – A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
1940 – The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
1943 – World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.
1944 – World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMAS Australia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
1944 – World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
1944 – World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
1945 – French women vote for the first time during the 1945 French legislative election.
1950 – Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
1956 – The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
1959 – In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
1959 – President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
1965 – Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
1966 – A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, 116 of which were schoolchildren.
1967 – The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
1969 – The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
1971 – A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
1973 – Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
1978 – Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
1979 – Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
1981 – Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
1983 – The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
1984 – Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix.
1986 – In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
1987 – The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
1989 – In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa.
1994 – North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
1994 – In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
2005 – Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
2019 – Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2019 – In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit in a minority government.
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Published at 4:05am on Thursday, October 22, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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