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OUTLOOK
A nearly stationary front will linger over our region through early Friday. The next big low pressure moves northeast along the front tonight into Friday bringing more rain chances, mainly to the mountains. The front is forecast to cross our area late Friday with dry and cooler conditions prevailing into Saturday. Another low could move up from the Gulf on Saturday and Sunday, with more precipitation, including possible mountain snow. Expect drier conditions next week.
.Fire Departments Come Together to Raise Money for Injured Firefighter
Otto Fire Chief Terry Rholetter, in his duties as Captain of Macon County Fire Services Squad 4, was injured fighting a wildland fire on Cowee Mountain on February 13th [LINK]. He was flown to the Augusta burn center and has undergone several surgeries. Now, area fire departments are organizing to raise funds to assist him and his family in their time of need. A couple of posts from facebook are embedded below so those interested is contributing can keep up with the effort. A fundraiser has been scheduled for 4pm on Saturday, April 2nd at South Macon Elementary School. [FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE]
From the Clarks Chapel Fire Chief: As the planning of an upcoming benefit continues. I would like to up the stakes a bit, and add some fun competition to supporting a local hero who needs our help. As the Chief of Clarks Chapel I am officially calling out the departments listed below. Here's my proposal. The department that raises the most cash donations aside from other contributions for the benefit will be safe. The remaining departments chiefs or a designee will take a pie to the face at the benefit. Consider yourselves formally challenged. I also challenge the current nominees for Sheriff to the same challenge among themselves.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A slight chance of rain before 7am, then a slight chance of showers between 7am and 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind 5 to 7 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 65. South southwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north northwest in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday
A 20 percent chance of rain after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Calm wind.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35.
Highlands Plateau
Today
chance of rain before 8am, then a chance of showers, mainly between 8am and 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. South southeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 5am. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. South southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a steady temperature around 55. South southwest wind 9 to 17 mph becoming north in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Increasing clouds, with a low around 33. North wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Saturday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. North wind around 9 mph. Saturday Night
A chance of rain before 5am, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers before noon. Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. South wind 3 to 7 mph.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind 6 to 8 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 65. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north northwest in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. North northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.
Saturday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Calm wind.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. South southwest wind 3 to 7 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain between 2am and 3am, then showers likely after 3am. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday
Showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog before 7am. High near 59. West southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming northwest in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. West northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Calm wind.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today. There will be increased chances of rain overnight.
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Almanac
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 due to smoke from several fires in the southeast.
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (6.3 out of 12) today with Juniper, Elm, and Alder being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for February 24th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 75°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2018
Lowest Temperature 3°F in Highlands in 1989
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.42 inches in Nantahala in 1975
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 5.2 inches in Highlands in 2015
Record weather events for February in Macon County
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912
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
• NC scores a C rating (25th of 50 states) for tax friendliness in analysis of income, state, sales and property taxes[Money Geek]
• Trial court rejects NC congressional map, OKs legislative districts [Carolina Public Press]
• NC candidate filing to resume after state Supreme Court decision [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Redistricting latest: Appeals on NC voter district maps could lead to election delays [Raleigh News and observer]
• Otto Fire department establishes a fundraiser to assist the family of an injured firefighter (Cheif Rholetter) on [GoFundMe]
• WARNING: NO TRAILERS OVER 30 FEET: NCDOT, Highway Patrol offer no solution on reoccurring Cullasaja Gorge issue [The Highlander]
Franklin Town Council - January 2022 Regular Meeting
Asheville Citizen-Times COVID-19 Tracker [Asheville Citizen-Times]
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Special Section: Russia Invades Ukraine (Day 1)
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
SPECIAL REPORT: Russia begins military operations in Ukraine
• Russia Attacks Ukraine, Drawing Broad Condemnation [Wall Street Journal]
Ukraine Crisis: Air Raid Sirens Ring Across Kyiv
• Russia deploys mobile crematoriums to follow its troops into battle [SOURCE]
• Putin has changed the world yet again and will continue changing it [Pravda]
• Ukraine asks Turkey to close Bosporus, Dardanelles for Russian warships [Daily Sabah]
• Russia Claims Ukraine Troops Abandoning Positions as Kyiv Maintains Situation 'Under Control' [The Moscow Times]
• Ukraine update [Foreign Exchanges on Substack]
Ukraine's Envoy: Russian Federation Ambassador Confirms Putin Declares War
On The Ground During Ukraine Invasion With Matt Williams
• In photos: Russia launches major military assault on Ukraine cities [AXIOS]
LIVE Discussion - Putin Declares War on Ukraine
New video: Explosions in Ukraine as Russia invades | LiveNOW from FOX
Russia launches military attacks on Ukraine | DW News
• Key Ukrainian government websites hit by series of cyberattacks [CNN]
Ukraine: NATO prepares | The John Batchelor Show
Gen. Jack Keane reveals the risks Putin faces (02-22-2022)
Ukraine Declares Martial Law In Response To Russia Attack
EU President: "The target is the international peace order"
Additional News Sources
• Russia Launches invasion of Ukraine [BBC Liveblog]
https://www.kyivpost.com/
https://ukranews.com/en/news
https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cx1m7zg0gzdt/ukraine
https://www.aljazeera.com/where/ukraine/
https://www.ukrinform.net/
https://www.cgtn.com/europe
NΞMICO NΞTWORK
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNNFS1bhD94Qc5vSARGOo6w
EarthCam Live: Kyiv, Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cyQPN5xQtU
Russian Invasion Of Ukraine | LIVE | Situation Room | INDB | Russian Military Advancing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8iFW7BRNA
Al Jazeera English | Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-upyPouRrB8
DW News livestream | Headline news from around the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9KZGs1MtP4
LIVE MULTI-CAM: EXPLOSIONS NEAR KIEV - UKRAINE/RUSSIA/DONETSK/LUHANSK + TWITTER FEEDS/NEWS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncfpk4OFkXE
Putin announces 'special operation' in Donbass | SPECIAL COVERAGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0I5eglJMRI
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National and World News Roundup
• Oil prices jump 7% as Russia invades Ukraine; Brent tops $100 for first time since 2014 [MSNBC]
• ‘We can’t make it rain’: California farmers left out to dry as US government allots no water [The GUardian]
• U.S. Justice Department to end Trump-era program targeting threats posed by China [Reuters]
• Iranian prisoner dies of 'joy' after death penalty commuted [Middle East Monitor]
• Trudeau ends use of Emergencies Act, says 'situation is no longer an emergency' [CBC News]
• Prosecutors in charge of Trump criminal probe have resigned [AP News]
House Speaker Weekly Briefing (February 23, 2022)
• Why This Economic Boom Can’t Lift America’s Spirits [Wall Street Journal]
• Conflicts to Watch in 2022 [Council on Foreign Relations]
Global National: Feb. 23, 2022 | Ukraine makes plea for peace as Russia on brink of attack
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - February 23rd, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode February 23rd, 2022
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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 5:42pm CET, 23 February 2022, there have been 426,624,859 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,899,578 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 21 February 2022, a total of 10,407,359,583 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:42pm CET, 23 February 2022, there have been 77,846,164 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 928,350 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 18 February 2022, a total of 534,803,540 vaccine doses have been administered.
Ottawa police chief says: even if the protesters "retreat and go home," they will be hunted down
• As omicron wave fades, is the U.S. heading toward herd immunity? [PBS Newshour]
• US COVID vaccination drive collapses as omicron subsides [Tampa Bay Times]
• Covid-19 may cut sperm count and sex drive: HK study [The Straits Times]
• CDC scientist says new metrics to guide Covid-19 restrictions could come as early as Friday [CNN]
• L.A. County bars, offices, gyms can drop mask rules with COVID vaccine verification [Los Angeles Times]
Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID 19 Update: EUA Revoked
• Monitoring COVID-19
• COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs Part I [Reddit]
• COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs Part II [Reddit]
[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]
• Variant: 21L (Omicron) also known as BA.2[CoVariants]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The New York Stock Exchange files trademark for an NFT marketplace [Fast Company]
• Key Ukrainian government websites hit by series of cyberattacks [SOURCE]
• Amazon boots Black Lives Matter off AmazonSmile as scrutiny intensifies [Washington Examiner]
• Meta is building an AI-powered universal language translator [Pocket lint]
• Akamai To Acquire Linode [Linode]
• LG Electronics is going to stop manufacturing solar panels – here’s why [electrek]
• Opera browser now allows emoji-only web addresses [The Verge]
• Astra’s Frugal Design Leads to Latest Unusual Failure [Hackaday]
• Frontier is the first national ISP to offer 2 Gbps internet across its entire network [ZD Net]
• China, Not SpaceX, May Be Source of Rocket Part Crashing Into Moon [New York Times]
• Internet guerrillas: Inside the DIY broadband revolution with NYC Mesh [Digital Trends]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history, current events and technology
Top 5 Raspberry Pi Desktop OS 2022
Platinum from Meteorites w/ Cody'sLab | Event Horizon
Why Cosmic Strings SHOULD Exist
Whatever Happened to The Grape Lady?
Large Methane Tanks Delivered to the Orbital Launch Site | SpaceX Boca Chica
Daily Tech News Show: Nintendoesn't Preserve - DTNS 4218
The Untouchables (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
Advanced Technologies for Modern Airship
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On This Day
February 24th is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 310 days remain until the end of the year (311 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)
484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.
1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.
1386 – King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
1525 – A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
1527 – Coronation of Ferdinand I as the king of Bohemia in Prague.
1538 – Treaty of Nagyvárad between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and King John Zápolya of Hungary and Croatia.
1582 – With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
1597 – The last battle of the Cudgel War was fought on the Santavuori Hill in Ilmajoki, Ostrobothnia.
1607 РL'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its premi̬re performance.
1711 РRinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage, is premi̬red.
1739 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
1803 – In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
1809 – London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving its owner, Irish writer and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan, destitute.
1821 – Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala.
1822 – The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
1826 – The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
1831 – The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
1848 – King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
1854 – A Penny Red with perforations becomes the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
1863 – Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
1868 – Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
1875 – The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
1876 РThe stage premi̬re of Peer Gynt, a play by Henrik Ibsen with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, takes place in Christiania (Oslo), Norway.
1881 – China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
1895 – Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence; the war ends along with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
1916 – The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
1917 – World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
1918 – Estonian Declaration of Independence.
1920 – Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
1920 – The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
1942 – The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
1942 – An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".
1944 – Merrill's Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000-mile journey through Japanese-occupied Burma.
1945 – Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
1946 – Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
1949 – The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1967 – Cultural Revolution: Zhang Chunqiao announces the dissolution of the Shanghai People's Commune, replacing its local government with a revolutionary committee.
1968 РVietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnamese forces led by Ngo Quang Truong recapture the citadel of Hu̩.
1971 – The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
1976 – The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
1978 – The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.
1981 – The 6.7 Ms Gulf of Corinth earthquake affected Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people were killed, 400 were injured, and damage totaled $812 million.
1983 – A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
1984 – Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
1989 – United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
1991 – Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
1996 – Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.
1999 – China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes on approach to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
2004 – The 6.3 Mw Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.
2006 – Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
2007 – Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
2008 – Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
2015 – A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
2016 – Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport.
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Published at 6:30am on Thursday, February 24, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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