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OUTLOOK
A deep upper level trough will maintain below-normal temperatures through tonight, with snow showers likely continuing near the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, and frost or freeze concerns for most of the region. A rapid warming trend will occur Sunday, with temperatures then running above normal most of the week. Unsettled weather will develop by Thursday, and chances for showers and storms.
• 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 Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A slight chance of snow showers before 10am, then a chance of rain and snow showers, then a chance of rain showers after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. WInds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Calm winds.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of snow showers before noon, then a chance of rain and snow showers between noon and 1pm, then a chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 40. Winds out of the wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southwest5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid to upper 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 11am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the nnorthwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the west 3 to 7 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Light winds out of the southwest.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Nantahala Area
Today
A chance of snow showers before 10am, then a chance of rain and snow showers, then a chance of rain showers after 11am. Cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the south.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Most of the county will not see hazardous weather conditions, but locations above 3500 feet or in the Nantahala Community could see some minor accumulation of snow depending on elevation. Be careful if you're planning to drive through these areas.
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Almanac
Air quality is in the upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.6 out of 12) today with Oak, Juniper, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (9.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 9th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 86°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2015
Lowest Temperature 17°F in Highlands in 1902
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.62 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1980
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 1.2 inches in Highlands in 1916
Record weather events for March in Macon County
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1873 to 2018 Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987
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
• Smokies proposes parkwide parking fee [Smoky Mountain News]
• Alaska Presley, former Ghost Town owner, dies at 98 [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Trump's visit to Selma expected to make big splash in NC midterm elections [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Sylva grieves young shooting victims [Smoky Mountain News]
• Newsome to step down at Carolina Public Press [Carolina Public Press]
• N.C. Proud Boy pleads guilty to Jan. 6 conspiracy charge, faces up to 7 years in prison [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Photos and video of the 2022 Vietnam Veterans Day Observance in Franklin, NC [Macon Media]
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.
• Interactive map: average date of last spring freeze across the United States [Climate.gov]
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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 8 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]
• Ukraine Invasion Update #22 (04-08-2022) [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]
War in Ukraine: Courage and resilience amid Russian offensive • FRANCE 24 English
Russia's New Priorities: Izyum/Slovansk; Kyiv Cleanup (FNN Live)
1/ Ukrainian Theater of War, Day 41: The past 24 hours saw Russian forces continue retreat from the Sumy oblast, although a small portion maintains a token Russian force. Redeployment of units from Kyiv & Sumy to Izium continues. #UkraineWar #RussianUkrainianWar #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/jqxPf9AAmD
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) April 6, 2022
Day 43: Short Update | Operator Starsky
Train station attack, mass graves in Ukraine
Ukraine-Russia conflict: US ends normal trade ties with Russia | International News | WION
• Russians bury dead soldiers as Kremlin admits major losses in Ukraine [Reuters via Yahoo! News]
• Ukraine: 52 people die in rocket strike on Kramatorsk train station [DW News]
• An abomination’: World reacts to deadly Kramatorsk attack [Al Jazeera]
• Inside Chernobyl: We stole Russian fuel to prevent catastrophe [BBC News]
• God, church, Tsar: The world of Russian oligarch Malofeyev and his Western associates [France 24]
• To understand modern autocrats, read Soviet children’s literature [The Economist]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets
• Russia accuses Ukraine of ‘barbarism’ [Russia Today]
• Has Russia become pariah for the whole world? [Pravda ]
• Russian operation a result of Kiev’s unwillingness to stop genocide of Russians - envoy [TASS Russian News Agency]
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National and World News Roundup
Judge Jackson's Historic and Bipartisan Confirmation
• No convictions for defendants in Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnapping trial [NBC News]
• Whitmer kidnap plot: 2 men acquitted, hung jury for 2 more [AP News]
Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter at the Enforcers Roundtable at the ABA Spring Meeting
• Discovery takes control of HBO, CNN, and Warner Bros., creating new media giant [CNN]
• LA jail guards routinely punch incarcerated people in the head, monitors find [The Guardian]
Global National: April 8, 2022 | Top EU politician visits Ukraine after deadly train station bombing
PBS NewsHour Full Episode April 8th, 2022
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes 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 7:01pm CEST, 8 April 2022, there have been 494,587,638 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,170,283 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 5 April 2022, a total of 11,250,782,214 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 7:01pm CEST, 8 April 2022, there have been 79,544,396 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 976,516 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 1 April 2022, a total of 546,128,894 vaccine doses have been administered.
• New PSA shows Trump telling supporters to get vaccinated. And it's working. [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• TWiV 886: COVID-19 clinical update #109 with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• Airlines that dropped mask requirements are now suffering staff shortages due to COVID-19 [CBS News]
• Seven days, 18,000 deaths: A look at omicron’s deadliest week [NBC News]
• U.S. life expectancy falls for 2nd year in a row [NPR]
• FDA Authorizes More COVID-19 Over-the-Counter At-Home Antigen Tests Based on Data from the NIH Independent Test Assessment Program [FDA]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• SpaceX successfully launches first all-private crew en route to space station for Axiom Space [The Verge]
SpaceX launches Axiom-1 crew to International Space Station
• Elon Musk says production of Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot could start next year [CNBC]
• Fed-up managers declare WFH (Work from Home) is over, as 77% say they’d fire you or cut your pay for not coming back to the office [Fortune]
• Ride into orbit secured for Sentinel-1C [ESA]
• FedEx will start testing a 1,900-pound drone for hauling packages [Popular Science]
• Nissan, NASA teaming on "game changing" electric vehicle batteries so stable they could be used in pacemakers, Nissan says [CBS News]
• Nissan, NASA teaming on "game changing" electric vehicle batteries so stable they could be used in pacemakers, Nissan says [CBS News]
• Chip industry's expansion plans at risk as equipment delays grow [Nikkei Asia]
• The World's Electric Vehicle Fleet Will Soon Surpass 20 Million [Bloomberg]
• Microsoft: Windows 10 20H2 reaches end of service next month [Bleeping Computer]
• 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
Ax-1 Mission | Launch
Ax-1 Mission | Approach and Docking (Live on April 9th at 5:30am)
Twitter's Unmentionables - DTNS 4250
Lex Fridman at Tesla Giga Texas grand opening
Cyber Rodeo at Giga Texas | Tesla
Why Russia is Fighting Japan Over These Islands
Self-Growing Habitats & Space Bases
The Incredible Logistics Behind Corn Farming
What was the most expensive book ever?
Here Is What We've Learned About Light Sails For Space Travel
Will Smith BANNED From The Oscars For Ten Years But He Can Still Get Nominated!
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> "Who is winning?" - Mythbusting the Ukraine-Russia war
The Conflict In Ukraine. VP vs. VZ. The War Of Two Presidents #ukraine
Fighting Communists, Nazis, and Russia: Ukraine | Into Context | War in Ukraine 06
War in Ukraine: Courage and resilience amid Russian offensive • FRANCE 24 English
Anonymous Hack Russian Oil, Gas And Logging Industries | Anonymous Ukraine
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On This Day
April 9 is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 266 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)
190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
193 – The distinguished soldier Septimus Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.
475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
537 – Siege of Rome: The Byzantine general Belisarius receives his promised reinforcements, 1,600 cavalry, mostly of Hunnic or Slavic origin and expert bowmen. He starts, despite shortages, raids against the Gothic camps and Vitiges is forced into a stalemate.
1241 – Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.
1288 – Mongol invasions of Vietnam: Yuan forces are defeated by Trần forces in the Battle of Bach Dang in present-day northern Vietnam.
1388 – Despite being outnumbered 16 to 1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels.
1454 – The Treaty of Lodi is signed, establishing a balance of power among northern Italian city-states for almost 50 years.
1609 – Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
1609 – Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
1682 – Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
1784 – The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784.
1860 – On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
1865 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
1909 – The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
1914 – Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
1917 – World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
1918 – World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
1937 – The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
1939 – African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
1940 – World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
1940 – Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends. An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and the Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire.
1945 – Execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, anti-Nazi dissident and spy, by the Nazi regime.
1945 – World War II: The German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer is sunk by the Royal Air Force.
1945 – World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
1945 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
1947 – The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
1947 – The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
1947 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
1948 – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
1948 – Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.
1952 – Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalization of tin mines
1957 – The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
1959 – Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
1960 – Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
1967 – The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
1969 – The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
1980 – The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
1981 – The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it and killing two Japanese sailors.
1989 – Tbilisi massacre: An anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
1990 – An IRA bombing in County Down, Northern Ireland, kills three members of the UDR.
1990 – The Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement is signed for 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi) in the Mackenzie Valley of the western Arctic.
1991 – Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
1992 – A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
2003 – Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces.
2009 – In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
2013 – A 6.1–magnitude earthquake strikes Iran killing 32 people and injuring over 850 people.
2013 – At least 13 people are killed and another three injured after a man goes on a spree shooting in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanča.
2014 – A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
2017 – The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place.
2017 – After refusing to give up his seat on an overbooked United Express flight, Dr. David Dao Duy Anh is forcibly dragged off the flight by aviation security officers, leading to major criticism of United Airlines.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, April 09, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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