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OUTLOOK
A weak area of low pressure will track along the Gulf Coast today spreading precipitation back into the area, including possible very high elevation snow. Dry high pressure builds in Monday and likely dominates our weather through the end of the 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 Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog before 2pm. Highs near 50. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows around freezing.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog. Highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog before 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with lows around 30. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming light and variable by noon.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog before 2pm. Highs near 50. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with lows around 30. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 4pm. Highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Light and variable winds.
Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with lows around 30. Light winds out of the northwest.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Rain will move across the area this morning and exit this afternoon. Rain may mix with or change to snow above the 5,000 foot line for a few hours before returning to rain. Most areas will not see accumulation, some may see a dusting. No impacts expected.
Light snowfall accumulations up to a few tenths of an inch are possible across the northeast TN mountains with trace amounts in the VA mountains.
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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-high range (0.4 out of 12) today with Alder and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (8.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for February 27th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 76°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1996
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Franklin in 1963
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.80 inches in Highlands in 1913
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 11.0 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1982
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
US Senate Debate (Republican Primary Candidates) by John Locke Foundation
• NC Republicans seek to differentiate themselves in first US Senate debate [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 7 takeaways from NC GOP's first U.S. Senate primary debate [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)E]
• NC jail equipment upgrade courtesy of federal COVID relief dollars (McDowell County) [Carolina Public Press]
• Hundreds gather in support, solidarity, prayer for Ukraine in downtown Asheville [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• One dead, one flown to hospital after shots fired outside McDonald's in Cherokee [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• 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 4)
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
Day Four • Statement by NATO Heads of State and Government on Russia’s attack on Ukraine [NATO]
• Austin Orders Fort Stewart Armored Brigade Combat Team to Europe [US Department of Defense]
Ukraine Invasion Continues Day 4 (FNN Live)
Kremlin's POV: Putin at extreme personal risk | John Batchelor Show
• Why Putin's '£15BILLION-a-day' invasion ISN'T going to plan: MI6 chief warns war is 'unwinnable' and ex-defence chief says Russia will run out of cash and arms if Kyiv holds out for 10 days as Moscow send in superweapons after Ukraine OBLITERATED convoy [The Daily Mail]
• Elon Musk says SpaceX’s Starlink satellites now active over Ukraine [AXIOS]
• Chechen general Magomed Tushayev, the president’s right-hand man, killed near Kiev [Kiratas]
Germany decides to send weapons from its military to Ukraine | DW News
• Anti-war sentiment grows in Russia despite govt crackdown [ABC News]
Russia Ukraine conflict: Armed volunteers resist Russian advance | BBC 4
• Let’s Try To Understand What’s Happening In Ukraine Using OSINT (Feb 24th)[The Aviationist]
• Russian cargo ship seized in the English Channel [CNBC]
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
'You know who I am?': Congressional candidate Martin Hyde threatens cop's career during traffic stop
• How Ketanji Brown Jackson found a path between confrontation and compromise [Washington Post]
• Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic nomination puts public defender experience on center stage [Courthouse News Service]
• Chris Licht, a Creator of ‘Morning Joe’ and ‘Colbert’ Producer, Is Set to Run CNN [New York Times]
• The death knell is sounding for Chicago’s political dynasties [Courthouse News Service]
• Port of Savannah plans to boost container capacity by 60% [Freight Waves]
• Trump at CPAC rally: "I got you out of wars" [Yahoo! News]
• Conflicts to Watch in 2022 [Council on Foreign Relations]
War in Ukraine: What's driving Putin? | DW News Special
Global National: Feb. 26, 2022 | Ukraine mounts determined defence as Russian forces advance
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - February 26th, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode February 26th, 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 4:39pm CET, 25 February 2022, there have been 430,257,564 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,922,049 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 4:39pm CET, 25 February 2022, there have been 78,050,838 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 935,093 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 18 February 2022, a total of 534,803,540 vaccine doses have been administered.
• New Research Points to Wuhan Market as Pandemic Origin [New York Times]
• A Kennedy’s Crusade Against Covid Vaccines Anguishes Family and Friends [New York Times]
• Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment and animal samples of the Huanan Seafood Market [Research Square (click "Full Text"]
• COVID-19 pandemic forces a nationwide reckoning for American churches on how to safely reopen [ABC News]
• Why do people die from COVID-19?[Science]
• 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
• Elon Musk says SpaceX’s Starlink satellites now active over Ukraine [AXIOS]
• Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C [ZD Net]
We are creating an IT army. We need digital talents. All operational tasks will be given here: https://t.co/Ie4ESfxoSn. There will be tasks for everyone. We continue to fight on the cyber front. The first task is on the channel for cyber specialists.
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 26, 2022
• Anonymous Hackers Claim Responsibility for Russian Government Website Outages, Hacked State TV Broadcasts [Mediaite]
• Sickle cell: ‘The revolutionary gene-editing treatment that gave me new life’ [BBC News]
• The 8 Best Linux Secure Phones for Privacy and Security [Ubuntu Pit]
• Russia may deny US participation in Venera-D project due to sanctions - Roscosmos chief [TASS (Russian News Agency)]
• Information Warfare: They Phished The Wrong Guy [Strategy Page]
• Kyiv: full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT has been achieved, the process has begun [UA Wire]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history, current events and technology
Mark Zuckerberg: Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #267
DANGEROUS FIRE ANTS Invaded Our ANT HOUSE (We're In Big Trouble!) | Ants Canada
Long March-8 Y2 launches 22 satellites
A Video I Wish I Didn’t Have To Make...
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On This Day
February 27th is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 307 days remain until the end of the year (308 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)
380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
425 – The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
907 – Abaoji, a Khitan chieftain, is enthroned as Emperor Taizu, establishing the Liao dynasty in northern China.
1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland.
1594 – Henry IV is crowned King of France.
1617 – Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
1626 – Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after leading the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
1700 – The island of New Britain is discovered by Europeans.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
1782 – American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
1801 – Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
1809 – Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine.
1812 – Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
1812 – Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
1844 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
1860 – Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
1864 – American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
1870 – The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
1881 – First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
1898 – King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
1900 – Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
1900 – The British Labour Party is founded.
1900 – Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
1902 – Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
1916 – Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
1921 – The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
1922 – A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
1933 – Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
1939 – United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
1940 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
1942 – World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
1943 – The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
1943 – The Holocaust: In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
1961 – The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
1962 – Vietnam War: Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
1963 – The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
1964 – The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1971 – Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
1973 – The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government.
1976 – The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
1988 – Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
1991 – Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
2001 – Loganair Flight 670A crashes while attempting to make a water landing in the Firth of Forth in Scotland.
2002 – Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
2002 – Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
2004 – A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
2004 – Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack.
2007 – Chinese stock bubble of 2007: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.
2010 – An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
2013 – A shooting takes place at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.
2015 – Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.
2019 – Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and capture him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Published at 6:00am on Sunday, February 27, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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