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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Almanac
Macon Calendar
Local and StateNews
Special Section: The Situation in Ukraine as of January 21, 2022
National News Roundup
COVID-19 News and Updates
Science and Technology
On This Day
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OUTLOOK
Dry and warming high pressure remains over our area through today. Low pressure moves east from the Gulf across Florida on Tuesday while increasing our clouds a bit. A dry and colder Canadian high settles across the region from Wednesday through the end of the week.
The smoke and fine particulate pollution from several fires in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas should begin impacing our air quality over the next few days. North Carolina is under a Code Yellow Air Quality Alet. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors and outdoor burning should be limited in order to avoid harming those with breathing issues.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 20s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 18.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the west in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 40.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 18.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds in the morniong increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 19.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Light winds out of the southwest.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 30s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is expected today. We are under a Code Yellow Air Quality Alert and those with breathing issues should limit outdoor excertion and outdoor burning should be limited out of respect for them.
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Almanac
The smoke from several fires in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas should begin impacing our air quality over the next few days. North Carolina is under a Code Yellow Air Quality Alet. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
Air quality is in the middle range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.9 out of 12) today with Juniper being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (2.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for January 24th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 73°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1943
Lowest Temperature -5°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in in 1963
Greatest Rainfall 2.92 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
Greatest Snowfall 5.2 inches in Franklin in 1948
Record weather events for January in Macon County
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Jan 28, 1999
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 4.30 inches in Nantahala on Jan 23, 1971
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 14.0 inches in Franklin on Jan 21, 1877
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
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 15, 2021]
• Get free at-home COVID-19 tests [COVIDtests.gov]
• Shelter options available with shuttles as Code Purple extended through Tuesday night [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Word from the Smokies: Living with bears today requires humans to adjust behavior [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Keepers of the Light: North Carolina’s Linemen [Our State]
• Clampitt speaks on Oath Keepers [Smoky Mountain News]
Franklin Town Council - January 2022 Regular Meeting
Asheville Citizen-Times COVID-19 Tracker [Asheville Citizen-Times]
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Special Section: The Situation in Ukraine as of January 21, 2022
Repeat from Yesterday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir0x_X3b-8I Background (note: some of this material includes pro-Russian viewpoints not as an endorcement, but to attempt to show other views)
• 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis [Wikipedia]
• Kremlin’s unwillingness to recognize Ukraine as a sovereign state has resulted in major strategic failure for Russia, Stanford scholar says [Stanford News]
• Conflict in Ukraine [Global Conflict Tracker]
What's triggered tension between Ukraine and Russia? | Inside Story
Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer (2015)
Senate Republicans discuss the Ukraine crisis
Latest Developments
How Russia lost Ukraine
Why is Russia's Putin so focused on Ukraine?
The Russian Military Threat to Ukraine: How Serious?
If Russia did invade: How far would the West go to support Ukraine?
Lavrov holds presser after meeting Blinken over Ukraine crisis
Ukraine border tensions: Blinken gives press conference after meeting with Lavrov • FRANCE 24
Tensions continue to rise between Russia and Ukraine
Blinken Begs Lavrov for Time, Hints at Ukraine Settlement, After US' Disastrous Week of Diplomacy
Canada offers $120M loan to Ukraine amid Russia crisis
Ukraine-Russia: Can a new war be avoided? - BBC Newsnight
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National and World News Roundup
• Thousands march in DC against COVID-19 vaccine mandates [WTOP-FM (Washington, DC)]
• Taiwan detects 39 Chinese warplanes, scrambles jets [CNN]
• UAE says it intercepts 2 ballistic missilles over Abu Dhabi [AP News]
• ‘I’ve already sold my daughters; now, my kidney’: winter in Afghanistan’s slums [the Guardian]
• title [SOURCE]
Global National: Jan. 23, 2022| UK accuses Russia of plotting to install pro-Putin leader in Ukraine
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - January 23rd, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode January 23rd, 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]
Globally, as of 5:55pm CET, 21 January 2022, there have been 340,543,962 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,570,163 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 19 January 2022, a total of 9,571,502,663 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:55pm CET, 21 January 2022, there have been 68,199,861 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 852,334 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 14 January 2022, a total of 511,548,471 vaccine doses have been administered.
Dr John Campbell: Immunology with Professor Robert Clancy
• Fauci optimistic omicron will peak in February [ABC News]
• End of pandemic in Europe ‘plausible’ after Omicron, says World Health Organization [The Times of Israel]
• Why do pigs exposed to the coronavirus not get sick? [CTV News]
• John Stockton’s defiance of COVID-19 mask mandate forces Gonzaga to suspend NBA Hall of Famer’s basketball season tickets [The Spokesman-Review]
• Masks made of ostrich cells make COVID-19 glow in the dark [ZME Science]
• Monitoring COVID-19
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
[Outbreak.info]
• CDC Releases Emergency Guidance for Healthcare Facilities to Prepare for Potential Omicron Surge [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
• COVID-19 case rates by county in 2021 [AXIOS]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Google Team That Keeps Services Online Rocked by Mental Health Crisis [Bloomberg]
• European Parliament approves initial proposal to ban some targeted ads [The Verge]
• Ireland's data centers are an economic lifeline. Environmentalists say they're wrecking the planet [CNN]
• Riot Games agrees to pay $100 million in settlement of class-action gender discrimination lawsuit [Washington Post]
• Once billed as a revolution in medicine, IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts [STAT]
• MoonBounce Malware Hides In Your BIOS Chip, Persists After Drive Formats [Tom's Hardware]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Liberty Leaks and Lies | LINUX Unplugged 442
Big Tech's Latest Antitrust Battle
• Roxas v. Marcos (Entry 1086.PR1506) [Omnibus! with Ken Jennings and John Roderick]
Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning | Lex Fridman Podcast #258
SpaceX Mechazilla Action, Starlink, Russian EVA, Tonga Volcano Eruption, Gilmour Space
Exciting FlatHub, Wine 7.0, SUSE Liberty Linux, Linux Mint, AppIndicators | This Week in Linux 182
Civilizations at the End of Time: The Big Rip
Why This Zig-Zag Coast Guard Search Pattern is Actually Genius - Smarter Every Day 268
Linux Mint's Disastrous Mozilla Partnership
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On This Day
January 24th is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 341 days remain until the end of the year (342 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.
914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.
1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.
1458 – Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary.
1536 – King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.
1651 – Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647.
1679 – King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
1742 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
1758 – During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
1817 – Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the action of Picheuta.
1835 – Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
1857 – The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
1859 – The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
1900 – Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
1908 – The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
1915 – World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
1916 – In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
1918 – The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
1939 – The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
1942 – World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
1946 – The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
1960 – Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
1961 – Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
1966 – Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc.
1968 – Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
1977 – The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
1978 – Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
1984 – Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
1989 – Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, with over 30 known victims, is executed by the electric chair at the Florida State Prison.
1990 – Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
2003 – The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
2009 – Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
2011 – At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, January 24, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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