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Dry and warming high pressure will begin building into the region today and remain through the middle of the week. A significant storm system is then expected to bring a return of unsettled weather late in the week.
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [October 21, 2021]
Knob Fire Timelapse (11-07-2016)
Photo of the camera and tripod used to shoot the time lapse.
• Town of Franklin, NC to Honor Veterans on November 11th [MaconMedia.com]
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Wednesday Night
Franklin area
Today
Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around freezing. Light winds out of the northwest.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-30s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid-30s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph becoming calm by midmorning.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm by midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
Otto area
Today
Mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm by midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows in the upper 30s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Nantahala area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid-30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm by midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s.
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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
100 AM EST Sun Nov 7 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Wanda, located less than 700 miles west-northwest of the Azores.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
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Almanac
Air Quality
Air quality is in the middle range of green 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 range (1.5 out of 12) today with Ragweed and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (2.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for November 7th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 80°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2015
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Franklin in 1967
Greatest Rainfall 2.68 inches in Highlands in 1975
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no measurable snowfall recorded)
Record Weather Events for November (1872-2017)
Highest Temperature 83°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Nov 4, 2003
Lowest Temperature -3°F in Highlands on Nov 25, 1950
Greatest Rainfall 4.69 inches in Highlands on Nov 29, 1914
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands on Nov 28, 1922
Record Weather Events for November 1st in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 90°F in Maysville, Onslow County in 2009
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1913
Greatest Rainfall 5.08 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1969
Greatest Snowfall 13.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2014
Record Weather Events for November in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 90°F in Goldsboro, Wayne County on 11-09-1900
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Montreat, Yancey County on 11-25-1950
Greatest Rainfall 8.15 inches in Idlewild, Ashe County on 11-06-1977
Greatest Snowfall 18.00 in Montreat, Yancey County on 11-04-1930
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
The Town of Franklin will host the annual Veterans Day parade and ceremony on Thursday, November 11th. Veterans will assemble in the town hall parking lot at 10am and the parade starts at 10:30am. The route will be from the town hall to the town gazebo, where a short ceremony will occur. Details are at [MaconMedia.com]
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National and World News Roundup
President Biden Delivers Remarks on the Passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
• H.R.3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act [Congress.gov]
• President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal [CNN Politics]
First Underground Farm To Launch in 2022 Could Be Industry Game-Changer
• Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop yields -CF Industries [Reuters]
Bushcraft Bear Reports from La Palma (11-05-2021)
• Missing N.C. teen found after using TikTok hand sign alerting she was in danger [NBC News]
• China Has World’s Largest Navy With 355 Ships and Counting, Says Pentagon [USNI News]
• Criminal probe opened into stampede at rap concert in Houston that killed 8 [Reuters]
• CIA director dispatched to Moscow to warn Russia over troop buildup near Ukraine [CNN Politics]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - November 5th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Weekend Full Episode November 6th, 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]
• The era of anti-Covid pills begins [France 24]
• Brightest ever X-ray shows lung vessels altered by Covid-19 [University College of London]
• NIH scientists identify mechanism that may influence infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 variants [National Institutes of Health]
Dr John Campbell: British Medical Journal vaccine trial report
• Prevea Health and Aaron Rodgers end partnership [CNN Business]
TWiV 826: COVID-19 clinical update #87 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #87, Dr. Griffin reviews PCR cycle threshold and RNA copy number, rapid antigen tests, hospitalization rate after infection or vaccination, allergies and vaccination, community transmission and viral RNA load, early treatment with sotrovimab, meta-analysis of tocilizumab treatment, antibiotic overuse, and guidelines on the use of anticoagulation for thromboprophylaxis.
Show notes at [https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-826/]
TWiV 827: A shot to save the world with Greg Zuckerman
• A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine [Amazon (Link to Kindle Edition)]
Show notes at [https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-827/]
• COVID-Vaccine Mandates for Kids Are Coming [The Atlantic]
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On This Day
November 5th is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 54 days remain until the end of the year.
This day marks the approximate midpoint of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and of spring in the Southern Hemisphere (starting the season at the September equinox).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
335 – Athanasius is banished to Trier, on charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.
680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.
921 – Treaty of Bonn: The Frankish kings Charles the Simple and Henry the Fowler sign a peace treaty or 'pact of friendship' (amicitia), to recognize their borders along the Rhine.
1426 – Lam Sơn uprising: Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi.
1492 – The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.
1504 – Christopher Columbus returns from his fourth and last voyage.
1619 – Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia.
1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
1775 – John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
1811 – Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.
1837 – In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
1861 – The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
1881 – Mapuche uprising of 1881: Mapuche rebels destroy the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial after defenders fled to the hills.
1885 – The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
1893 – Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
1900 – Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
1900 – The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
1907 – Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometres (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
1912 – The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
1913 – The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
1914 – The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
1916 – Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
1916 – Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
1916 – Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
1917 – The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
1917 – World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
1918 – The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
1918 – Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
1919 – The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.
1920 – Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
1931 – The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
1933 – Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Madrid Defense Council is formed to coordinate the Defense of Madrid against nationalist forces.
1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
1941 – World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
1944 – Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
1949 – The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
1954 – In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
1956 – Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
1956 – Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
1957 – Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
• [Wikipedia: Gaither Report]
• [PDF Copy of Deterrence & Survival in the Nuclear Age aka "Gaither Report"]
1967 – Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1972 – United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time.
1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
1975 – In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman.
1983 – United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.
• [1983 United States Senate bombing]
• [Tonight We Bombed the U.S. Capitol: The Story of America’s First Female Terrorist Group]
• [The Insane True Story of America’s First Female Terrorist Group]
1983 – Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Poland on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war
1987 – In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
1987 – The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service.
1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
1989 – David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
1990 – Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
1991 – Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.
1994 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast.
1996 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
2000 – Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.
2000 – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
2004 – Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
• [Wikipedia: Second Battle of Fallujah]
• [Brutal Urban Combat: Battle of Fallujah (2004) | Animated History]
• [Fallujah II - 2004 Operation Phantom Fury/al-Fajr]
• [Inside the Kill Zone of Fallujah's “Hell House”]
2007 – Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people.
2012 – An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
2017 – Shamshad TV is attacked by armed gunmen and suicide bombers. A security guard was killed and 20 people were wounded. ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.
• [ISIS Claims Deadly Attack On Kabul TV Station | NBC News]
• [A Leading Afghan TV Station Is Attacked in Kabul]
• [Gunmen, suicide bombers attack Kabul TV station]
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, November 07, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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