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oisture levels will increase from the southwest tonight into Friday as a weak warm front lifts north across the region. An active cold front will cross the forecast area Saturday, before Canadian high pressure builds in on Sunday. Dry high pressure will remain in control of the weather through the middle of next week with temperatures rising above normal by Tuesday.
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 15, 2021]
• Filing Opens for the 2022 Elections [Macon Media]
Filing for the March 2022 Primary Suspended, New Primary Date Set for May 17, 2022
The North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended candidate filing for all offices for the 2022 primary election. This includes filing for rescheduled municipal contests, and any separate filing period in January for those contests. The Supreme Court also pushed the date of the primary and rescheduled municipal elections back more than two months – to Tuesday, May 17, 2022. It had been scheduled for March 8.
Read order: [N.C. Supreme Court Order No. 413P21 (PDF)]
For any candidate whose filing has been accepted by the State Board of Elections or any county board of elections, that candidate “will be deemed to have filed for the same office” in the May primary, subject to any court rulings that would impact that candidate’s eligibility, according to the Supreme Court order. Those candidates would be able to withdraw their candidacy during the new filing period. Any individual who withdraws their candidacy is free to file for any other office for which they are eligible during the reopened filing period.
Dates for a new filing period have not been set. Candidate filing had begun on Monday at the N.C. State Fairgrounds for state- and federal-level contests and at all 100 county boards of elections for local contests. As of Wednesday evening, more than 1,400 candidates had filed statewide.
• Flags Lowered to Half-Staff to Honor Bob Dole [Macon Media]
• Brasstown Ringers to Perform Christmas Concert Series [Macon Media]
• Cooper vetoes election bill that would end grace period for NC’s mail-in ballots [News and Observer/a>]
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Saturday Night
Franklin area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 54. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday
Rain likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rainfallis 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Highs in the mid-to-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers before 8pm, then a slight chance of rain between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the early evening shifting to come out of the southwest after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday
Rain likely, mainly after 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Rain likely. Cloudy, with lows around 50. Light winds out of the southwest increasing to 5 to 10 mph before midnight. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday
Rain before 9am, then showers between 9am and 2pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a slight chance of rain between 8pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the southeast wind 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday
Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in trhe morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Rain likely. Cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers before 7pm, then a slight chance of rain between 7pm and 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Nantahala area
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds ealry in the morning increasing tocome out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows around 40. WInds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday
Rain likely, mainly before 4pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 9pm. Cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers before 8pm, then a slight chance of rain between 8pm and 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today. A strong cold front will cross the region Saturday. Thunderstorms will develop ahead of the front and some of these storms may reach strong or even severe levels.
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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
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (0.9 out of 12) today with Ragweed and various Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for December 9th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 75°F in Highlands in 1946
lowest Temperature -5°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 5.07 inches in Highlands in 1919
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 10.0 inches iat the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2017
Record weather events for December in Macon County
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin on Dec 31, 1951
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands on Dec 30, 1917
Greatest Rainfall 6.00 inches in Highlands on Dec 14, 1901
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 12.0 inches in Franklin on Dec 21, 1876
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ with the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is back in 2021! The 1¼ hour round-trip passenger excursion comes to life as the train departs the Bryson City depot for a journey through the quiet wilderness for a special visit at the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. Children’s faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS™, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as they return back to the Bryson City Depot. For tickets, see [GSMR.com]
Dillsboro Lights & Luminaries
Adapted from an old Scandinavian custom of lighting the way for the Christ child, more than 2,500 candles in small white bags line the streets and every storefront is aglow with Christmas lights and decorations. Shopkeepers and restaurants are open late. See Santa and Mrs. Claus as they ride through town in their pickup truck. Write a letter to Santa and drop it off at his special mailbox. Live music on Front Street. For more information, see [Visit Dillsboro]
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National and World News Roundup
Bushcraft Bear: La Palma Volcano Report for December 8th, 2021
• Two years into this pandemic, the world is dangerously unprepared for the next one, report says [Washington Post]
• Cities around the world are canceling Dec. 31 parties amid Omicron fears. [SOURCE]
• Mark Meadows sues Jan. 6 committee to block subpoenas [Courthouse News Service]
• Man in Custody for Allegedly Torching Christmas Tree Outside Fox News in Midtown [WNBC-TV]
• Man who filmed trooper sleeping in cruiser was pulled over moments later by Massachusetts State Police [Mass Live]
• Here’s Why You Aren’t Allowed to Watch the Ghislaine Maxwell Trial [Foundation for Economic Freedom]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - December 8th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode December 8th, 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: [November 18, 2021]
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
World...694,484 known new cases in 24 hours 266,504,411 known cumulative cases, 5,268,649 known deaths and 7,952,750,402 vaccine doses have been administered. USA......190,353 known new cases in 24 hours 49,982,584 known cumulative cases, 783,435 known deaths and 453,084,481 vaccine doses administered • Los Angeles school board fires 500 unvaccinated employees [AP News]
• Michigan sets pandemic record for COVID hospitalizations; stretched staffs feel defeated, disheartened [M Live]
• COVID-19: Medical board deletes anti-misinformation policy amid GOP pressure [Tennessean]
• Pfizer, BioNTech vaccine neutralises Omicron with three shots [Reuters]
• Pfizer CEO says fourth Covid vaccine doses may be needed sooner than expected due to omicron [CNBC]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
Level1 News December 8 2021: Affluent Trash Vehicle
Meet NASA’s Newest Set of X-ray Eyes on the Universe
Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Mission
Dec. 7 Live Broadcast: Atlas V STP-3
• Rocket Lab 'A Data With Destiny' Launch [Youtube]
• Hitting the Limits: NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Executes 17th Martian Flight [Science Tech Daily]
• Russia Blocks TOR Anonymity Service [The Moscow Times]
• Cordkillers 387 - VCR and Chill [Cordkillers]
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On This Day
December 9th is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 22 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)
480 – Odoacer, first King of Italy, occupies Dalmatia. He later establishes his political power with the co-operation of the Roman Senate.
536 – Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flee the capital.
730 – Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, Al-Jarrah Ibn Abdallah Al-Hakami.
1531 – The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.
1688 – Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
1824 – Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
1835 – Texas Revolution: The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas.
1851 – The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal.
1856 – The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.
1861 – American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
1868 – The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
1872 – In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
1905 – In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
1911 – A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
1917 – World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire.
1922 – Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.
1931 – The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
1935 – Student protests in Beiping (now Beijing)'s Tiananmen Square, dispersed by government.
1935 – Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
1940 – World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
1941 – World War II: China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declare war on Germany and Japan.
1941 – World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
1946 – The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.
1946 – The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
1948 – The Genocide Convention is adopted.
1950 – Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
1953 – Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
1956 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
1960 – The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
1961 – Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
1965 – Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh.
1967 - Jim Morrison arrested on stage for disturbing the peace at the New Haven Arena, Connecticut, making him the 1st rock star to be taken into custody during a performance
1968 – Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).
1969 – U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
1971 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
1973 – British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.
1979 – The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (rinderpest in 2011 being the other).
1987 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
1992 – American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.
1996 – Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topless in Ontario, Canada.
2003 – A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
2008 – The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
2012 – A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people.
2013 – At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia.
2016 – President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal.
2016 – At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Northeastern Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings.
2017 – The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.
2019 – A volcano on White Island, New Zealand, kills 22 people after it erupts.
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Published at 5:20am on Thursday, December 09, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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