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OUTLOOK
An upper level trough will continue sliding off the East Coast through today. The relative humidity will slowly moisten through the first half of the week and the wind will not be as breezy as it was over the weekend. An upper level ridge will bring warmer temperatures by Wednesday. A cold front then crosses our area from the west on Thursday with widespread rain. Brief dry weather will return Thursday night through Friday before low pressure crosses the Gulf Coast States then our area over the weekend.
Increased Fire Danger Continues Today
The main concern today, as it has been all weekend, is extremely low humidity coupled with strong winds will lead to conditions that will allow any loose fire to spread rapidly. Please do not burn out doors today. Powerlines that have been downed by the winds or by trees and tree limbs that have fallen on them have been the main source of the numerous wildfires over the past several days.
Vietnam Veterans Day Observance
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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 thos 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 Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the northwest in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Wind gusts will peak in the late afternoon in the 15 to 25 mph range.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest early in the around 5 mph becoming calm by midnight.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm windss in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s.
Wednesday Night
Showers, mainly after 10pm. Lows around 53. Chance of rain is 80%.
Highlands Plateau
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
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of teh south 3 to 6 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Wednesday Night
Showers, mainly after 10pm. The rain could be heavy at times. Lows around 50. Chance of rain is 80%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Light winds out of the north in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm by midnight.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Wednesday Night
Showers, mainly after 10pm. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust up to 30 mph in the late afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 70.
Wednesday Night
Showers, mainly after 10pm. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
The main concern today, as it has been all weekend, is extremely low humidity coupled with strong winds will lead to conditions that will allow any loose fire to spread rapidly. Please do not burn out doors today. Powerlines that have been downed by the winds or b y trees and tree limbs that have fallen on them have been the main source of the numerous wildfires over the past several days.
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
Winds out of the west to northwest of 10 to 20 mph with gusts of 20 to 30 mph, combined with relative humidity values in the teens to lower 20 percent range, will create another day with increased fire danger across the region.
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 lower range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (9.6 out of 12) today with Juniper, Oak, and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 28th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 81°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2007
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Franklin in 1982
Greatest Rainfall 2.64 inches in Highlands in 1898
Greatest Snowfall 2.3 inches in Highlands in 1893
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
• Interactive map: average date of last spring freeze across the United States [Climate.gov]
• ‘People can die.’ Staffing crisis endangers thousands inside NC nursing homes [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Photos and video of the 2022 Vietnam Veterans Day Observance in Franklin, NC [Macon Media]
• Red flag warning: Crews battle 2 brush fires in Swain County as people evacuate homes [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Allies distance themselves from NC's Madison Cawthorn, ex-supporters seek to oust him [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Madison Cawthorn says Washington is a lot like 'House of Cards,' claims members of DC's elite did cocaine in front of him and invited him to an orgy [Business Insider]
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 27 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for the 25th]
• UKRAINE CONFLICT UPDATE #19 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for Update #19]
Day 31: War in Ukraine
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]
• Ukraine says "Nazis have returned" after Russians hit Holocaust memorial [NewsweekE]
• 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]
• Ukraine is using Elon Musk's Starlink for drone strikes [DW]
• Biden pledges more military support for Ukraine, calls Putin a ‘butcher’ [Courthouse News Service]
• 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
• Oil slumps as Shanghai lockdown raises fears over drop in demand [Reuters]
• Nuclear fears in US amid Russia-Ukraine war: AP-NORC poll [Yahoo! News]
• Murdered Putin rival 'tailed' by agent linked to FSB hit squad[BBC News]
• Saudi-led coalition air strikes pummel Yemen despite Huthi truce [France 24]
• 'Thank you for your service,' he said, before hurling the word 'traitor' at me [The Pueblo Chieftain]
• Trump attacked Ketanji Brown Jackson for being 'disrespectful' to GOP senators who 'nicely' asked questions at Supreme Court confirmation hearings [Yahoo! News]
• Weekly jobless claims fall to a nearly 53-year low [CNN] [PDF of Report]
Jobless Claims
Face The Nation: Woodward, Costa, Hurd - March 27
Meet The Press Broadcast (Full) - March 27
Global National: March 27, 2022 | Is Russia’s strategy shifting to split Ukraine apart?
PBS NewsHour Full Episode March 27th, 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.
• ‘We Have Essentially Turned a Blind Eye to Our Own Children for Decades’ [Washington Post]
• Israeli study: 2nd vaccine booster significantly lowers COVID death rate [Reuters]
• With All Eyes on BA.2, Here's What Experts Say Might Happen in the U.S. [TimeE]
• The COVID-19 pandemic pushed social media to become increasingly tribal [The Conversation]
• Earning the public’s trust [Science Advances]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• How light from black holes is narrowing the search for axions [Science News]
• Taxes 2022: Here's where to file your taxes for free [Yahoo! NewsE]
• Stanford transitions to 100 percent renewable electricity as second solar plant goes online [Stanford Report]
• Google, Apple will need to be ‘forcibly’ removed from app fee business, analyst says[Yahoo! News]
• Autonomous nanomachines inspired by nature [PHYS.org]
• Elon Musk giving 'serious thought' to build a new social media platform [Reuters]
• Ukraine is selling a timeline of the Russian invasion as NFTs [The verge]
• Washington state plans to ban most non-electric vehicles by 2030 [NBC News]
• 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
Brett Johnson: US Most Wanted Cybercriminal | Lex Fridman Podcast #272
JPL and the Space Age: Destination Moon
SpaceX Starship 20 and Booster 4 Retired, OneWeb to Fly with SpaceX, 5000 Exoplanets and more
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Ariel Ekblaw: Space Colonization and Self-Assembling Space Megastructures | Lex Fridman Podcast #271
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Battle for the South of Ukraine
How does the Ukraine war compare to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and 1941 Operation Barbarossa?
Gen. McCaffrey: Russia Has ‘Lost Command And Control’
Day 31: War in Ukraine
Switchblade: America's Suicide Drone Used to Destroy Russian Tank
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 28th is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 278 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)
AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.
193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.
364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
1566 – The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
1801 – Treaty of Florence is signed, ending the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.
1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.
1814 – War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels.
1842 – First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
1860 – First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
1862 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near in France.
1918 – General John J. Pershing, during World War I, cancels 42nd 'Rainbow' Division's orders to Rolampont for further training and diverted it to the occupy the Baccarat sector.[17] Rainbow Division becomes "the first American division to take over an entire sector on its own, which it held longer than any other American division-occupied sector alone for a period of three months".
1918 – Finnish Civil War: On the so-called "Bloody Maundy Thursday of Tampere", the Whites force the Reds to attack the city center, where the city's fiercest battles being fought in Kalevankangas with large casualties on both sides. During the same day, an explosion at the Red headquarters of Tampere kills several commanders.
1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
1933 – The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
1942 – World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
1946 – Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.[25]
1959 – The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
1965 – An Mw 7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.
1968 – Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a student protest.
1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1970 – An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring at least 1,200.
1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
1979 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
1979 – The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.
1990 – United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1994 – In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.
1999 – Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill at least 130 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
2003 – In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
2005 – An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, March 28, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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