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Thursday, February 23, 2023

News and Weather Briefing for Thursday, February 23, 2023



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Russo-UKrainian War Updates
National News Roundup
COVID-19 News and Updates
Science and Technology
On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK

The exceptionally warm weather pattern in conjunction with a strong upper level ridge remains in place through Friday. Daily high temperatures will be more like April or May than February. Daily and perhaps even monthly record highs could be broken. However, cool and damp weather is expected Saturday with a stalled front and wedge of high pressure. A cold front moves through on Monday with dry high pressure through the middle of next week.

Saturday March 4th chilli cook off at the community building 2 to 4pm. $5 entry fee to come in and taste chilli and vote for your favorite. All proceeds go to helping a child go to gymnastics camp this summer with her team mates.





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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Sunday Night





Franklin Area

Today

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 5pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows in the lower 50s. Light and variable winds.

Friday

A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night

A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday

Rain. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.

Saturday Night

A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau

Today

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 5pm. Patchy fog in the morning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.

Friday

A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday Night

A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. East southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.

Saturday

Rain. Highs near 50. Chance of rain is 80%.

Saturday Night

A 40 percent chance of rain before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 5pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph after midnight.

Friday

A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday Night

A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday

Rain. Highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.

Saturday Night

A 30 percent chance of rain before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.


Nantahala Area

Today

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the southwest around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.

Friday

A slight chance of showers before 8am, then a chance of rain, mainly after 10am. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the north around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night

A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Light and variable winds increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph before midnight.

Saturday

Rain. Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.

Saturday Night

A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.


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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Minor flooding may result after the rainfall that occured overnight and early this morning. Winds will increase behind the cold front this afternoon through tonight. Gusts of 35 to 45 mph will be possible across the higher terrain, especially across the northern mountains and at elevations above 3500 feet. Even stronger gusts will be possible on the higher peaks and ridge tops.



Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.

Space Weather A Solar Polar Vortex and the X-Factor Returns | Space Weather News: 10 February 2023




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Almanac

24 Hour Smoke Forecast

No known appreciable smoke field will be crossing Macon County today or tonight.















PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE)


Fire and Smoke Map




Local Air Monitor



Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (9.1 out of 12) today with Juniper, Elm, and Alder being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.8 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for February 23rd

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2018
Lowest Temperature 3°F in Highlands in 1939
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.89 inches in Highlands in 1994
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.5 inches in Highlands in 1989

Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of February Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899 (also a state record)
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912

Record Weather Events for February 23rd in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 84°F in Marshall, Madison County in 2018
Lowest Temperature -3°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1999
Greatest Rainfall 2.89 inches in Highlands, Macon County in 1994
Greatest Snowfall 18.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1984
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of February Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 88°F in New Bern, Craven County on 02-28-1962
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Brevard, Transylvania County on 02-17-1958
Greatest Rainfall 8.83 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 24.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 02-12-1985




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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)

Thursday, February 23, 2023,

Yoga at the Macon County Public Library

Meet in the Living Room for an all levels vinyasa flow yoga class as we move mindfully through the body with the breath to create a deep sense of calm and relaxation, releasing tension, stress and anxiety.

Please bring a mat and plan to arrive by 5:55 p.m. before the doors lock at 6:00 p.m.

Saturday March 4th

Chili Cook Off at the community building 2 to 4pm

$5 entry fee to come in and taste chili and vote for your favorite. All proceeds go to helping a child go to gymnastics camp this summer with her team mates. Contact sgors.sg@gmail.com for more information.



Contra Dance at the Library
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room

Join an enthusiastic group of musicians and dancers every first Saturday of the month, with beginners’ lessons at 6:30. Suggested donation, $10 per person helps to pay the musicians and callers for their travel and expertise. Contra dances are hosted and organized by the Arts Council of Macon County.





No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News



• Aetna meeting with state employees as State Health Plan contract fight, transition, continues [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• NC House votes to repeal handgun purchase permits, but one bill sponsor votes no [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Asheville Skatepark to close in March for $200,000 renovation project [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Residents object to LGBTQ literature at Macon library [Smoky Mountain News]

• State Senator Kevin Corbin explains how proposed Medicaid expansion might benefit the region [BPR]


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National and World News Roundup

• Hundreds of Energy Department Officials Hold Stocks Related to Agency’s Work Despite Warnings [ Wall Street Journal ]
Surveillance video shows the timeline of Ohio toxic train derailment | CNN



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• US can’t keep up with China’s warship building, Navy Secretary says [ CNN ]
Biden, Russia's Putin deliver vastly different speeches | ABC News



• Powerful winter storm reaches SoCal, with LA region's 1st blizzard warning since 1989 [ KABC-TV (Los Angeles, CA) ]
• Strong earthquake strikes Tajikistan, near border with China [ Reuters ]
• Spectrum News 13 crew member, 9-year-old girl killed in Pine Hills shootings [ Spectrum News 13 (Orlando, FL) ]
• The 2022 Long-Term Budget Outlook (July 2022) [Congressional Budget Office ] [PDF Download]

Washington Today (2-22-23): Supreme Court debates Twitter liability for specific terror attack | C-SPAN RADIO



Donald Trump remarks in East Palestine, Ohio following train derailment disaster | LiveNOW from FOX



Global National: Feb. 22, 2023 | NATO, Russia diplomatic tensions rise over Ukraine war



Nightly News Full Broadcast (February 22nd)


PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 22, 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:






• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]

In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:24pm CET, 21 February 2023, there have been 101,752,396 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,106,783 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 10 February 2023, a total of 662,514,513 vaccine doses have been administered.

Globally, as of 4:24pm CET, 21 February 2023, there have been 757,264,511 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,850,594 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 19 February 2023, a total of 13,220,848,592 vaccine doses have been administered.

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• Assessing the impact of one million COVID-19 deaths in America: economic and life expectancy losses [ Nature: Scientific Reports ]

• Long Covid causing job losses and homelessness in Australia, inquiry hears [ The Guardian ]

• CIDRAP unveils roadmap for advancing better coronavirus vaccines [ CIDRAP ]

• TWiV 983: One flu vaccine for them all with Scott Hensley [Microbe TV]

• TWiV 982: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• SpaceX adjusts Starlink monthly pricing for residential customers based on service capacity [CNBC]

• ChatGPT Has Already Decreased My Income Security, and Likely Yours Too [ UBI Guide ]

• Blue Origin awarded NASA launch contract for Mars mission [Reuters]

• Google’s quantum computer reached an error-correcting milestone [Science News]

• Physicists Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing [ Quanta Magazine ]

• Z-Library returns, aims to avoid seizures by giving each user a secret URL [ARS TECHNICA]


Evergreen Links

• Red Dead Online player bids farewell to Google Stadia save by releasing horse they named after their departed daughter [Games Radar]

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69 - Twilight of the Æsir



Hardcore History: AddendumEP24 Manifesting the Muse with Rick | Dan Carlin



• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]

• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]


How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain






Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics

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The Level1 Show February 22 2023: All Your Disorder Data Are Belong To Us | Level1Techs



Sony is in the Corner With Their Arms Folded - DTNS 4462 | Daily Tech News Show



SpaceX Starship Tanker NOT returning! NASA Perseverance - Two Year Review | What about it?



Linux Action News 281 | Jupiter Broadcasting



New Eye on the Universe | NOVA PBS



KDE Plasma 5.27, Endless OS, Fedora 38, Future of Thunderbird and More Linux News | This Week in Linux





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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)



• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 22 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for February 22nd]

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 365 [Al Jazeera]

• LIVEBLOG: Day 365 of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]

• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 364: Russia to suspend nuclear arms treaty [Euromaiden Press]


• A year of Russia’s war in Ukraine: Your simple guide [Al Jazeera]

• Biden vows to 'defend literally every inch of NATO' territory: 'Article 5 is a sacred commitment' [Fox News]

• Mapping major battles of the Ukraine war, one year on [Al Jazeera]

• U.S. Congress approves sale of Himars batteries to Poland [TVP World]

• Ukraine updates: Putin threatens to boost nuclear forces [DW News]

• Ukraine won the ‘geek war’ but it wasn’t enough on the front line [ France 24 ]

• Biden hails 'rock solid' Nato as Putin blames West for Russia's war [BBC News]

A brief update on the Ukraine War | LazerPig



Live at 9am: UN General Assembly expected to vote on Ukraine war resolution | DW News



Artillery war in deadlock on east Ukraine's frozen front lines | FRANCE 24 English



Putin stages huge pro-war rally to mark Ukraine invasion anniversary | BBC News



The West united as never before - Joe Biden's visit to Poland and Ukraine summerized | TVP World Today




News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective

The Russians fall back and regroup OR they'll be Annihilated | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor



• The World Gone Wrong: The USA Proxy War Against Russia will Unleash Hell[Russia Today]

• Russia adopts new law to protect Russian language from foreign words [Pravda]

• Russia perceives events in Ukraine as war with West for survival — envoy [TASS Russian News Agency]





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On This Day

February 23rd is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 311 days remain until the end of the year (312 in leap years).



Historical Events

(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)




303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.

532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.

628 – Khosrow II, last Sasanian shah of Iran, is overthrown.

705 – Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty.

1455 – Traditionally the date of publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.

1778 – American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to help to train the Continental Army.

1820 – Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed and the conspirators arrested.[6]

1836 – Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas.

1847 – Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

1854 – The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.

1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.

1870 – Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.

1883 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.

1885 – Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.

1886 – Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.

1887 – The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.

1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.

1900 – Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.

1903 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".

1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.

1909 – The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.

1917 – First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).

1927 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.

1927 – German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.

1934 – Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.

1941 – Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.

1942 – World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.

1943 – The Cavan Orphanage fire kills thirty-five girls and an elderly cook.

1943 – Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.

1944 – The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.

1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.

1945 – World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies."

1945 – World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.

1945 – World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.

1945 – World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.

1947 – International Organization for Standardization is founded.

1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.

1958 – Five-time Argentine Formula One champion Juan Manuel Fangio is kidnapped by rebels involved in the Cuban Revolution, on the eve of the Cuban Grand Prix. He was released the following day after the race.[8]

1966 – In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist.

1971 – Operation Lam Son 719: South Vietnamese General Do Cao Tri was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering campaign.

1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.

1980 – Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.

1981 – In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.

1983 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.

1987 – Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

1988 – Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq.

1991 – In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.

1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.

1999 – Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.

2007 – A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.

2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.

2010 – Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.

2012 – A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.

2017 – The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.

2019 – Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.

2021 – Four simultaneous prison riots leave at least 62 people dead in Ecuador.

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Published at 5:20am on Thursday, February 23, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins


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