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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front will steadily dissipate across the piedmont through the end of the week. Typical July conditions are otherwise expected for much of the next seven days, with mainly scattered diurnal showers and storms and near-normal temperatures. The approach of another weak cold front may briefly enhance shower and thunderstorm chances on Monday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Friday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Friday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Friday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
00 AM EDT Thu Jul 14 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - Keeping an Eye on Tropical Atlantic - July 13, 2022
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
No smoke fields will be crossing Macon County today, no map was produced.
Air quality is in theupper 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 low range 1.8 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.0 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 14th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 39°F in Highlands in 1903
Greatest Rainfall 3.22 inches in Highlands in 1898
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of July
Data available from 1873 to 2022
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on 07-29-1952
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Highlands on 07-27-1911
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on 07-29-1879
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
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
• NC lawmakers turn to sales taxes to boost road funding [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Nearly 9 inches of rain fall in section of Great Smoky Mountains, prompting closures [Raleigh News and Observer]
• How much have short term rentals impacted rent, mortgage rates in Buncombe County? [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Greenbrier roads, trails and picnic area temporarily closed due to flooding [Smoky Mountain News]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - July 2022 [Macon Media]
• Rep. Gillespie Legislative Newsletter Volume XXV [Macon Media]
State Budget Details
• NC Budget Table of Contents [Google Drive (PDF)]
• NC House Bill 103: 2022 Appropriations Act [Google Drive (PDF)]
• Joint Conference Committee Report on the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2022 [Google Drive (PDF)]
• House Bill 103 Information and Voting History [NC General Assembly Website]
• Raises for state employees, preparations for recession, in proposed state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
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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, July 13 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 12th]
What will be the deciding factor in winning the war in Ukraine? | DW News Desk
• Ukraine attacks Russian-held Kherson, plans counterattack [Al Jazeera]
• Putin expands fast-track Russian citizenship to all of Ukraine [AL Jazeera]
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 98-107)
1/ Ukrainian TVD, Day 108-123. Mid-June has seen the Russian Armed Forces maintain their operational momentum and make important gains in the Donbas while the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to press their counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast. #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar pic.twitter.com/5MnyYOaUbz
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) June 28, 2022
• Russia: Tens of thousands flee 'cold civil war' [DW News]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 141 [Al Jazeera]
• Russia, Ukraine and Turkey Approach a Deal on Ukraine Grain Exports, Officials Say [Wall Street Journal]
• France pays homage to Ukraine in Bastille Day military parade [France 24]
• 38 dead, 9 rescued from shelled apartment building after Russian rocket attack, Ukraine officials say [CBS News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Trade among BRICS countries soaring – data [Russia Today]
• Deception and looting: A norm of life of Western civilisation [Pravda ]
• Serbian leader says conflict in Ukraine is world war where West is fighting against Russia [TASS Russian News Agency]
The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• Inflation rose 9.1% in June, even more than expected, as consumer pressures intensify [CNBC]
• PSA on nuclear attack leaves New Yorkers worried, baffled [CTV News]
• Ex-C.I.A. Engineer Convicted in Biggest Theft Ever of Agency Secrets [New York Times]
• Ninth Circuit reverses US judge’s refusal to enforce French court’s Picasso copyright ruling [Courthouse News Service]
• Alex Jones wants CT judge to block Sandy Hook families from mentioning white supremacy at trial [News-Times (Danbury, CT)]
• Weeks after she was denied a protection order, a Michigan woman and her family are dead [NBC News]
• Arrest made in rape of Ohio girl that led to Indiana abortion drawing international attention [Columbus Dispatch]
• Former CIA engineer convicted in WikiLeaks espionage case [Reuters]
Global National: July 13, 2022 | Bank of Canada surprises many with key interest rate hike
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 13th, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 13th, 2022
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
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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:
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 5:16pm CEST, 13 July 2022, there have been 555,446,890 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,353,692 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 12 July 2022, a total of 12,130,881,147 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:16pm CEST, 13 July 2022, there have been 87,673,034 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,011,363 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 8 July 2022, a total of 589,664,214 vaccine doses have been administered.
• The 'worst variant' is here [CNN]
• SARS-CoV-2 accelerated clearance using a novel nitric oxide nasal spray (NONS) treatment: A randomized trial [The Lancet]
• Two Pandemic Years Have Created a PPE Wasteland [Sierra Club]
• Masks could return to Los Angeles as COVID surges nationwide [AP News]
• Experts warn latest omicron variants can spread more easily outdoors; prior infections provide less immunity [CBS News]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The years and billions spent on the James Webb telescope? Worth it. [Washington Post]
• California moves forward with high-tech energy storage facility [Courthouse News Service]
• Kids and teens spend more time on TikTok than YouTube [Tech Crunch]
• Netflix and Microsoft team up for cheaper plan with adverts [BBC News]
• How Electric ‘Infinity Trains’ Could Run Forever on One Initial Charge [The Drive]
• Ex-CIA engineer convicted for sending classified hacking tools and info to WikiLeaks [The Verge]
• Panasonic reportedly building new factory in Kansas to produce batteries for Tesla and rest of EV industry [CNBC]
• A copyright lawsuit threatens to kill free access to Internet Archive’s library of books [Popular Science]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
NASA Reveals First Images from James Webb Telescope | CNET
JWST First Full-Color Images Explained | Universe Today
The Mysterious First Science of the James Webb Space Telescope | Event Horizon
Level1 News July 13 2022: Bezos vs. Bluegrass
You Need Bluetooth LE Audio - DTNS 4314 | Daily Tech News Show
HG Wells's "The Things That Live On Mars": A Reading | ParallaxNick
Cordkillers 414 - New Jersey is the New Hollywood (w/ Hammond Chamberlain)
The Problem with the Next Moon Mission | Real Engineering
How the Creator Economy Works | Wendover Productions
Jack Barsky: KGB Spy | Lex Fridman Podcast #301
Live From Main Street | The CarpetBagger
The History of Guangzhou (Part 2) | Ep. 304 | The China History Podcast
SpaceX's First 'FAA Approved' Fireball Of 2022 - Post Event Commentary | Scott Manley
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> What will be the deciding factor in winning the war in Ukraine? | DW News Desk
Ukraine on new war footing, having 'tremendous successes in striking Russia's military stockpiles' | France 24
Russian ammunition depot 'destroyed' in Ukraine's Kherson | Al Jazeera
Ukraine’s PR Strategy to Rally Global Support Includes Cute Dogs, Bono and Ads | WSJ
Gravitas: Ukraine war: Putin renews old friendships | WION
"Outgunned" - Artillery and The War in Ukraine - Developments, lessons, & logistics | Perun
Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
July 14th is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 170 days remain until the end of the year.
The date is most famously associated with the Storming of the Bastille in Paris, the event which escalated widespread unrest into the French Revolution. Bastille Day (Fr. Fête nationale) remains a day of national celebration in France.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army defeated in pitched battle with Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy.
1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II.
1420 – Battle of Vítkov Hill, decisive victory of Czech Hussite forces commanded by Jan Žižka against Crusade army led by Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor.
1430 – Joan of Arc, taken by the Burgundians in May, is handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.
1769 – An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
1771 – Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
1789 – Storming of the Bastille in Paris. This event escalates the widespread discontent into the French Revolution.
• [Wikipedia: torming of the Bastille]
• [Storming the Bastille (July 14, 1789)]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Dramatization from "La Révolution française" (1989)]
• [France celebrates Bastille Day with Champs Elysées military parade | LIVE]
• [Multi-camera mix of Bastille Day celebrations in Paris | LIVE]
1790 – Inaugural Fête de la Fédération is held to celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation.
1791 – Beginning of Priestley Riots (to 17 July) in Birmingham targeting Joseph Priestley as a supporter of the French Revolution.
1798 – The Sedition Act of 1798 becomes law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.
• [Wikipedia: Sedition Act of 1798]
• [The First U.S. 'War on Terror': The 1798 Sedition Act & Constitutional Politics]
• [Constitutional Crisis: The Alien & Sedition Acts]
• [The Sedition Act of 1798: Source of Domestic Turmoil and Runaway Partisanship]
• [Free Speech Under Attack: The Sedition Act of 1798] (Scheduled for 12:30pm on 07-14-2021)
1808 – The Finnish War: the Battle of Lapua was fought.
1850 - First public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration
• [Wikipedia Bio: John Gorrie]
• [The Forgotten History of Ice]
• [WIRED: What a Cool Idea, Dr. Gorrie]
• [Gorrie's Fridge]
• [John Gorrie Museum]
• [John Gorrie Museum State park]
1853 – Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
1865 – The first ascent of the Matterhorn is completed by Edward Whymper and his party, four of whom die on the descent.
1874 – The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
1881 – American outlaw Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the Maxwell House at Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
1900 – Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.
1902 – The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.
1911 – Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, is greeted by President Taft after he lands his aeroplane on the South Lawn of the White House, having flown from Boston.
1915 – Beginning of the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence between Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and the British official Henry McMahon concerning the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire.
1916 – Battle of Delville Wood begins as an action within the Battle of the Somme, lasting until 3 September 1916.
1933 – In a decree called the Gleichschaltung, Adolf Hitler abolishes all German political parties except the Nazis.
1933 – Nazi eugenics programme begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring requiring the compulsory sterilization of any citizen who suffers from alleged genetic disorders.
1943 – In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.
1948 – Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.
1950 – Korean War: beginning of the Battle of Taejon.
1951 – Ferrari take their first Formula One grand prix victory at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
1957 – Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.
1958 – In the 14 July Revolution in Iraq, the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who becomes the nation's new leader.
1960 – Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild.
1965 – Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet.
• [LINKTEXT]
• [Mariner 4: NSSDC Image Catalog]
• [MEN ENCOUNTER MARS (1965) - Mariner 4, first Mars flyby & photos [NASA documentary]]
• [1965: Discovery at Mars] (50th Anniversay Lecture/Presentation)
• [MARS Mariner IV NASA's Vidicon Tube Camera (First MARS close-up photos 1965)]
1983 – Mario Bros. is released in Japan, beginning the popular Super Mario Bros franchise.
2002 – French president Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt from Maxime Brunerie during a Bastille Day parade at Champs-Élysées.
2013 – Dedication of statue of Rachel Carson, a sculpture named for the environmentalist, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
2015 – NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System.
• [Wikipedia: New Horizons]
• [New Horizons - Summiting the Solar System: Part 1]
• [New Horizons Image Gallery]
2016 – A man ploughs a truck into a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, France, killing 86 and injuring 434 before he was gunned by police.
• [Wikipedia: 2016 Nice truck attack]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q7EWlxoVuc]
• [Attack in Nice: At least 84 killed during Bastille Day celebrations - BBC News]
2018 - More than 300 people now reported killed in protests against government of President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua
• [Wikipedia: Timeline of the 2018 Nicaraguan protests]
• [The Aftermath Of Nicaragua's Protests Against Ortega (HBO)]
• [Wikipedia: 2018–2022 Nicaraguan protests]
2018 - US President Donald Trump calls the EU a "trade foe" in interview with CBS ahead of meeting with Russian President Putin
• [Donald Trump: European Union is a foe on trade | BBC News]
• [Trump calls European Union a"foe" of the USA on trade | Euronews]
• [rump's EU as Foe 'Very Dangerous' for U.S. Security,' Says Hormats]
2018 - Russian covert agent Maria Butina arrested by the FBI in Washington, D.C.., charged with being unregistered foreign agent
• [Wikipedia BioXT]
• [Russian activist linked to NRA arrested | ABC News]
• [Maria Butina: The Russian gun activist who was jailed in the US | BBC News]
2021 - Drug overdose deaths in the US rose 30% to record 93,000 in 2020 according to CDC
• [New York Times]
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, July 14, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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