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OUTLOOK
Dry with gusty wind again today thanks to deep west northwest flow of air across the region. The upper level trough aiding in dry and cool weather this weekend will move east over the Atlantic on Monday followed by developing upper level ridging Tuesday and Wednesday. Widespread rain is expected ahead of a cold front on Thursday.
Winds will be high today, so please hold off any outdoor burning. The high winds will continue to cause powerlines to be downed and fire could sparks and rapidly spread, so pay attention to your local condtions.
Vietnam Veterans Day Observance
There was a Vietnam veterans Day Parade and Ceremony in Franklin on Saturday and the video and photos will be published Monday morning. PIctured above is Gary Shields, County Commissioner and member of the Vietnam veterans Chapter #994 addressing those who had gathered to mark the day.
• Otto Fire Department has established a fundraiser to assist the family of an injured firefighter (Chief Rholetter) on [GoFundMe]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 70.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 60.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph in the early evening becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph in the morning becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
Westerly winds of 15 to 20 mph with occasional gusts of 25 to 30 mph, combined with relative humidity values below 25 percent, will result in increased fire danger across the region Sunday. Fire danger will be greatest between the hours of 10 AM and 8 PM. A few higher gusts are possible, and if confidence increases those will become frequent, parts of the region could be upgraded to a Red Flag Warning overnight.
Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn. If you do burn, use extreme caution since fires can quickly get out of hand under these conditions.
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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.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.0 out of 12) today with Juniper, Oak, and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 27th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2007
Lowest Temperature 4°F in Highlands in 1894
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.34 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1965
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.8 inches in Highlands in 1971
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
• Wind-driven wildfires close trails, camp sites in Great Smoky Mountains National Park [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Red flag warning: Crews battle 2 brush fires in Swain County as people evacuate homes [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• The Wrap @NCCapitol: The Robinson abortion, the US Senate race, Trump's visit and that election is closer than you think [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
Macon County Commissioners - March 2022 Special Meeting
The Macon County Board of Commissioners held a special called meeting on March 24th, 2022, to provide match funding to be used by local Internet providers in NC GREAT broadband grant submittals. Commissioners voted 5-0 to each application $50,000 in matching funds from their pot of money ($6.9 million) from the American Rescue Plan Act. Frontier Communications and Balsam West each will receive $50,000 for their applications and $100,000 for the two applications being submitted by Altice USA (known locally as Morris Broadband/Optimum). If the providers are not awarded GREAT funding, the funds will revert back to Macon County.
WNC Broadband Meeting
Kevin Corbin (NC Senate 50th District) and Karl Gillespie (NC House 120th District) hosted an event (MOnday, March 21st) at Holly Springs Baptist Church to discuss expanding access to broadband in western North Carolina. Among those represented, were the Division of Broadband and Digital Equity, members of the NC House (Karl Gillespie (120th), Mike Clampitt (NC-119th), and Mark Pless (118th) that serve the counties in the NC Senate 50th District represented by Senator Corbin. Local elected officials and staff members from the counties and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee and the Town of Franklin and Highlands were also present, as well as Southwestern Community College, Morris Broadband, Frontier Communications, Balsam West, and other regional internet providers. There were also members of the public and regional news media outlets present. This is the video of the full event.
• Otto Fire Department has established a fundraiser to assist the family of an injured firefighter (Cheif Rholetter) on [GoFundMe]
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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates (March 24th)
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 26 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for the 25th]
• UKRAINE CONFLICT UPDATE #19 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for Update #19]
Joe Biden delivers remarks from Warsaw, says Putin is strangling democracy & World order | WION(March 26, 2022)
• Biden says Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ in sweeping speech on Russian invasion of Ukraine [CNBC]
• An interesting Twitter thread [@anders_aslund]
In 2006, Yegor Gaidar published his excellent book "The Downfall of an Empire: Lessons for Contemporary Russia." He explicitly warned Russians against the "post-imperial syndrome, " which could lead it to repeat the course of Weimar and Nazi Germany. A few quotes:
— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) March 26, 2022
• Russian state TV whistleblower: 'We were told war would be over in 2 weeks' [Yahoo! News]
Several airstrikes on Ukraine's western city of Lviv | DW News
CNN reports from airstrike aftermath near Lviv
• Ukraine is using Elon Musk's Starlink for drone strikes [DW]
• Russian general Yakov Rezantsev killed in Ukraine [BBC News]
• Ukraine war: WHO says attacks on health facilities are rising daily [BBC News]
• Ukraine captures one of Russia's most advanced electronic warfare systems, which could reveal military secrets, reports say [Yahpp! News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets
• Russia claims ‘first stage’ of Ukraine offensive complete [Russia Today]
• General: Zelensky will soon surrender See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/world/150866-zelensky_surrender/ [Pravda ]
• Azerbaijan launches airstrikes in Nagorno-Karabakh as tensions flare [Russia Today]
• Putin congratulates the National Guard on their professional holiday [TASS Russian News Agency]
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National and World News Roundup
• Russia accuses Azerbaijan of violating ceasefire in Karabakh [France 24]
• Rep. Jeff Fortenberry resigns from Congress [News Channel Nebraska]
• Biden budget seeks minimum tax on households worth $100m [AP News]
• Nursing grievances over 2020, Trump returns to Georgia seeking allies [Yahoo! NewsE]
• Weekly jobless claims fall to a nearly 53-year low [CNN] [PDF of Report]
Jobless Claims
Global National: March 26, 2022 | Rockets rain down on Ukraine’s Lviv
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 26th, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode March 26th, 2022
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COVID-19 News and Updates
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 6:15pm CET, 25 March 2022, there have been 476,374,234 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,108,976 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 18 March 2022, a total of 10,925,055,390 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:15pm CET, 25 March 2022, there have been 79,139,385 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 967,905 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 11 March 2022, a total of 541,754,260 vaccine doses have been administered.
• New York’s mayor faces a backlash over a vaccine exemption for athletes. [New York Times]
• The U.S. powers down its COVID defenses [AXIOS]
• Scientists have been harassed for years. But a Science survey shows the pandemic has made things far worse for some [Science.org]
• Russia spread anti-vax lies in Ukraine. Will it cause a COVID crisis for Europe? [Los Angeles Times]
• Costs of going unvaccinated in America are mounting for workers and companies [Reuters]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Ukraine is selling NFTs to support its military [engadget]
• Cities in Space: Inspiring Future Generations to Live Off-World [Interesting Engineering]
• Graphics cards to return to 'attractive' price by May says leading retailer [TechRadar]
• Global science project links Android phones with satellites to improve weather forecasts [The Verge]
• Volkswagen Delays Launch Of ID.5 To May Due To Lack Of Wiring Harnesses [Carscoops]
• Winnipeg students learning the skills needed to deal with online misinformation, disinformation [CBC]
• Development of stretchable and printable free-form lithium-ion batteries [Tech Xplore]
• US poised to release 2.4bn genetically modified male mosquitoes to battle deadly diseases [The Guardian]
• The UN plans to extend weather warning systems to everyone on the planet [The Verge]
• The Metaverse Will Be a Multi-Platform Mess [CNET]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history, current events and technology
SpaceX Starship 20 and Booster 4 Retired, OneWeb to Fly with SpaceX, 5000 Exoplanets and more
TuxDigital #191: GNOME 42, Linux Mint, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Lakka, CrossOver and more Linux news!
My New, Huge Ant Colony (Spiny Ants)
The Promise of The Metaverse: the Good, Bad & UGLY
Major Solar System Discoveries So Far, 3 Hour Video Compilation
Taiwan Under the Kuomintang Dictatorship - Cold War DOCUMENTARY
The Loss of Force Z - Why send battleships against aircraft?
Battle for the Holy Land - What was the strategy of the Crusades? - Medieval History DOCUMENTARY
187 - American Army Finally Does Something Right - WW2 - March 26, 1943
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Russia’s military strategy in Ukraine - BBC News
How does the Ukraine war compare to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and 1941 Operation Barbarossa?
Ukraine: At the Front Line of Freedom
Russian "World Of Tanks" Era Is Coming To Its End #ukraine | USHANKA SHOW
How Many Guided Missiles Does Russia Have?
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On This Day
March 27th is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 279 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)
1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
1329 – Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
1625 – Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
1638 – The first of four destructive Calabrian earthquakes strikes southern Italy. Measuring magnitude 6.8 and assigned a Mercalli intensity of XI, it kills 10,000–30,000 people.
1782 – The Second Rockingham ministry assumes office in Great Britain and begins negotiations to end the American War of Independence.
1794 – The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
1809 – Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.
1814 – War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
1836 – Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican Army massacres 342 Texian Army POWs at Goliad, Texas.
1866 – President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
1871 – The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
1884 – A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
1886 – Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
1899 – Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
1901 – Philippine–American War: Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by the Americans.
1915 – Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
1918 – The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
1941 – World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
1942 – The Holocaust: Nazi Germany and Vichy France begin the deportation of 65,000 Jews from Drancy internment camp to German extermination camps.
1943 – World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
1945 – World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
1958 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
1964 – The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
1976 – The first section of the Washington Metro opens to the public.
1977 – Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history.
1980 – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
1981 – The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
1986 – A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
1990 – The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Martí.
1993 – Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
1993 – Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
1998 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
1999 – Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav Army SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.
2000 – A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others.
2002 – Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.
2002 – Nanterre massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 other people are injured.
2004 – HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
2009 – The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
2014 – Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
2015 – Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.
2016 – A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter.
2020 – North Macedonia becomes the 30th member of NATO.
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, March 27, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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