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OUTLOOK
A backdoor cold front will drop south across our area tonight, bringing a brief return to near normal temperatures on Friday. A trough approaching from the west will support increasing temperatures and cloud cover this weekend, followed by showers at times for much of next week.
USFS Prescribed Burn in Nantahala Today
On Thursday, March 3, the 1,107-acre Hickory Branch burn will take place in the Nantahala Community and use a helicopter. The London Bald trail and the Junaluska trail are within the burn unit and will be closed for the day.
The public should be aware of smoke and firefighter traffic in the area.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the early morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Light and variable winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as highs as 30 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in tyhe mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the south 3 to 7 mph. Winds could gust as highs as 20 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the northwest early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the early morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the early morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Light and variable winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected.
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Almanac
Air quality is in the lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle range of yellow due to smoke from several fires in the southeast.
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (9.7 out of 12) today with Alder and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 3rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 82°F in Franklin in 1976
Lowest Temperature -3°F in Franklin in 1980
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.72 inches in Highlands in 1934
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 9.0 inches in Nantahala in 1942
Record weather events for March in Macon County
Highest Temperature 86°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 15, 1967
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on March 7, 1899
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.43 inches in Highlands on March 29, 1898
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 13, 1993
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
• Maps set, candidates file, Cawthorn returns [Smoky Mountain News]
• Voter advocacy groups ask US Supreme Court to deny NC GOP effort to halt congressional map [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC, party of none: Unaffiliated voters will soon become state’s largest voting group [SOURCE]
• State agencies in NC to go mask-optional, but some COVID policies remain for employees [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Otto Fire department establishes a fundraiser to assist the family of an injured firefighter (Cheif Rholetter) on [GoFundMe]
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 8)
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
Day Eight
• 141 countries vote to condemn Russia at UN [AXIOS]
• UN resolution against Ukraine invasion: Full text [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine Live Updates: First Key Southern City Falls, Ukrainian Officials Say [New York Times]
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield at General Assembly Addresses General Assembly
Ukraine Invasion Continues Day 8 (FNN Live)
Blinken holds news briefing on Russia invasion of Ukraine
Putin's Way (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
Genocide in Ukraine: The Holodomor | Into Context | War in Ukraine 01
Below is a video paying tribute to the turkish drone (Baykar Bayraktar TB2) that has helped them inflict damage on the Russian invasion force. Learn more about the drone at [Wikipedia]
BAYRAKTAR - Official Song (English Subtitles) - Ukraine Russia War
Russo-Ukraine War: What the West Doesn't Understand EP 3
Ukraine is the buyer of the first Bayraktar Akinci combat drone made by Baykar Turkey
True state of Ukraine's military today
• Russia Resumes Kharkiv Bombardment in Bid to Break Ukrainian Resistance [Wall Street JOurnal]
• Moscow says hundreds of Russian troops killed, thousands more injured in Ukraine [Yahoo! News]
• Some Russian Troops are Surrendering or Sabotaging Vehicles, Pentagon Official Says [New York times via Yahoo! News]
• After invasion, Ukrainian researchers turn into resistance fighters and refugees [Science]
• Putin says he’ll ‘denazify’ Ukraine. Its Jewish president lost family in the Holocaust. [Washington Post]
• 17 African countries abstain from UN vote to condemn Russia invasion [The East African]
The invasion of Ukraine is suicide for Putin,' says Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky (Dubbed in English)
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
• Democrats set Judge Jackson's confirmation hearings for March 21 [ABC News]
• How Racism And Sexism Could Define Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearings [538]
• Texas judge temporarily blocks state from investigating parents of trans daughter for child abuse [Courthouse News Service]
• Feds net first guilty plea in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case [Politico]
• Millions of Americans could get their tax refunds starting March 1 [CBS News (autoplaying video plus text article)]
• Jan. 6 panel sees evidence of Trump ‘criminal conspiracy’ [Courthouse News Service]
• Conflicts to Watch in 2022 [Council on Foreign Relations]
Ukraine's blue and yellow colors 'everywhere' as the world demonstrates solidarity
Global National: March 2, 2022 | Destruction deepens in Ukraine as Russia escalates invasion
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 2nd, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode March 2nd, 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 5:11pm CET, 2 March 2022, there have been 437,333,859 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,960,972 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 27 February 2022, a total of 10,585,766,316 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:11pm CET, 2 March 2022, there have been 78,307,631 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 943,293 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 25 February 2022, a total of 537,567,013 vaccine doses have been administered.
• White House outlines new plan to combat COVID in US [Al Jazeera]
• Florida gov to masked students: Time to end ‘COVID theater’ [AP News]
• Scientists seek to solve mystery of why some people do not catch Covid [The Guardian]
• Americans can order another round of free at-home Covid-19 tests next week [CNN]
• Google’s Bay Area employees will return to the office in April [The Verge]
• 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
• title [SOURCE]
• After invasion, Ukrainian researchers turn into resistance fighters and refugees [Science]
• Electric Jet Engine Uses 3d Printed Compressor, Skips the Turbine Altogether. [Hackaday]
• Finally, we know production costs for SLS and Orion, and they’re wild [ars TECHNICA]
• The old habits of news consumption died with the internet. What’s replacing them? [Nieman Lab]
• When War Struck, Ukraine Turned to Telegram [WIRED]
• Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1872 [Twit TV]
• Polish Radio launches Ukrainian news bulletins [Shortwave Central]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history, current events and technology
Booster 4 Completes Cryogenic Proof Test | SpaceX Boca Chica
Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past?
Putin's Way (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
Genocide in Ukraine: The Holodomor | Into Context | War in Ukraine 01
Bandcamp is Epic! But Why? – DTNS 4223
Kim Stanley Robinson | Climate Futures: Beyond 02022
V&A with A&V Livestream 3/2/22 8:30 PM
Ukraine's guerrilla warfare could topple Putin' - Mark Galeotti on Russia's invasion
NEW!! Photon Thermal Drive!! Mars in 45 days! Jupiter in one year!
Footage of All the Apollo Launches!
The Ways Russia's Invasion Ukraine Will Affect Space Programs - Deep Space Updates Feb 27th | Scott Manley
SpaceX Starship Updates, 2 Starlink Missions, Cygnus and Roman Space Telescope on Falcon Heavy
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On This Day
March 3rd is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 303 days remain until the end of the year. It is the first day of March. It is also the first day of meteorological spring in Northern Hemisphere.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
1575 – Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Sultan of Bengal Daud Khan Karrani's army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
1585 – The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
1799 – The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.
1820 – The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1849 – The Territory of Minnesota is created.
1857 – Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
1859 – The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.
1861 – Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
1873 – Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
1875 – The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
1878 – The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
1891 – Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
1910 – Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
1913 – Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
1918 – Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
1924 – The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
1924 – The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
1931 – The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
1938 – Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
1939 – In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
1940 – Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
1942 – World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
1943 – World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
1944 – The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
1944 – A freight train carrying stowaway passengers stalls in a tunnel shortly after departing from Balvano, Basilicata, Italy just after midnight, with 517 dying from carbon monoxide poisoning.
1945 – World War II: American and Filipino troops recapture Manila.
1945 – World War II: The RAF accidentally bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
1951 – Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
1953 – A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
1958 – Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
1972 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
1974 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
1980 – The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
1985 – Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers' national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
1985 – A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
1986 – The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.
1991 – An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
1991 – United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on its final approach to Colorado Springs.
2005 – James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
2005 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
2005 – Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006, where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur.
2013 – A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 45 people and injured 180 others in a predominantly Shia Muslim area.
2017 – The Nintendo Switch releases worldwide.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, March 03, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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