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Thursday, March 9, 2023

News and Weather Briefing for Thursday, March 09, 2023



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GENERAL OUTLOOK

Clouds and moisture will increase with an approaching cold front from the west, bringing rain to our area tonight through early Friday. Dry and cool high pressure will be in control Friday night and Saturday. Another low pressure system will cross the region on Sunday and bring moisture back into the area for the latter half of the weekend. Colder air will arrive from the northwest early next week.

MACON COUNTY SCHOOLS 2023 GRADUATION DATES

Franklin High School
- Saturday, June 3, 2023, 9:00 am- Franklin High School Football Field

Nantahala School
- Friday, June 2, 2023, Senior Reception- Nantahala School Cafeteria- 5:00 pm,
Graduation Ceremony- 6:00 pm, Nantahala School Gym

Highlands School
- Saturday, May 27, 2023, 10:00 am- Highlands School New Gym

Macon Early College
- Sunday, June 4, 2023, 2:00 pm, Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts

Union Academy
- Friday, May 26, 2023, 6:00 pm, Holly Springs Baptist Church





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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Saturday Night





Franklin Area

Today

A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

Rain likely before midnight, then showers between midnight and 4am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a slight chance of showers in the early afternoon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.

Saturday Night

A 40 percent chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau

Today

A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

Rain likely before midnight, then showers between midnight and 4am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows around 40. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a slight chance of showers in the aerly afternoon. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to 15 ro 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Saturday

Sunny, with highs near 50. Breezy.

Saturday Night

A 50 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the south 3 to 7 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4am. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of teh southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a slight chance of rain in the aerly afternoon. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.

Saturday Night

A 40 percent chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.


Nantahala Area

Today

A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

Rain likely before midnight, then showers between midnight and 4am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Patchy fog after 11pm. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday

Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a slight chance of showers in the early afternoon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday

Sunny, with highs near 50.

Saturday Night

A 50 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.


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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Relative humidity levels will dip to near 30% this afternoon, so the fire danger will not decrease until rain showers start moving in in the late afternoon. Please consider putting off burning outdoors until then and fill out your information at the online burn permitting system at https://www.ncforestservice.gov/burn_permits/burn_permits_main.htm.





Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.

Space Weather Radio Blackouts with Radiation Storms and 1,2-Punch | Space Weather News: 27 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 45 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD)


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 Alder, Juniper, and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (4.9 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for March 09th

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

Highest Temperature 83°F in Franklin in 1974
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Highlands in 1996
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.30 inches in Franklin in 1880
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 9.0 inches in Franklin in 1962

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

Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-29-2020
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on 03-07-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.61 inches in Highlands on 03-26-2021
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993

Record Weather Events for March 09th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 90°F in Greenville, Pitt County in 1974
Lowest Temperature -10°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1899
Greatest Rainfall 3.30 inches in Franklin, Macon County in 1941
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 2014
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of March Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 98°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 03-27-1921
Lowest Temperature -11°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-03-1980
Greatest Rainfall 10.10 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 03-04-1979
Greatest Snowfall 36.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-13-1993




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

Thursday, March 9th

Walking with Spring: Chasing the Smokies Moon, with author Nancy East
6:00pm to 7:30pm in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room

Two lives lost too soon. When a search and rescue member’s unresolved grief is triggered by tragedy, will a life-changing hike end in hope?

Waynesville-based author and search and rescue team member Nancy East's program will focus on both her book and hiking safety. Don't let the risk of getting lost or bears, blisters, snakes and storms prevent you from enjoying yourself on a hike. Empower yourself with the knowledge and skills to stay 'safe and found' and enjoy your time on trail without hesitation. Copies of her book will be available for purchase and signing at this free event co-sponsored by the Nantahala Hiking Club.

The Macon County Public Library’s “Walking with Spring” series in partnership with the Nantahala Hiking Club and the Franklin Appalachian Trail Community Council corresponds with thru-hiker season in Franklin and highlights the A.T.'s hikers and authors, as well as other great outdoor activities and opportunities in the area.





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Local and State News



• Cooper details $1B mental health plan; GOP sets budget limits [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

PBS North Carolina and NEXTGEN TV



• Details of NC Republicans’ Medicaid expansion deal are out. Read the bill. [Raleigh News and Observer]

• NC General Assembly [House Bill 76]

• Ripple effects on economy from Pactiv Evergreen paper mill closure estimated to be $500M [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Bill calls for tougher penalties for opioid, fentanyl dealers [BPR]


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National and World News Roundup

• New Way to Control Its Biggest Companies: Golden Shares [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]

• 2 American survivors of deadly Mexico kidnapping are being treated in US hospital as bodies of 2 killed are expected to be repatriated Thursday [CNN]

• More Americans Are Killed in Mexico Every Year Than You Realize [Newsweek]

Atmospheric River: California braces for more rain, flooding threats | LiveNOW from FOX



• 11 East Cleveland officers indicted; videos show them beating, kicking suspects, destroying evidence [WEWS-TV (Cleveland, OH)]

• Georgian police use water, tear gas in move to break up second day of protests [Reuters]

• GOP operative comes forward as accuser in sexual misconduct claim against CPAC head [Washington Post]

• Senate Minority Leader McConnell Is Hospitalized After Fall [Bloomberg]

• NC’s Tillis has one word to describe Tucker Carlson’s latest Jan. 6 coverage on Fox News [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Tucker Carlson’s scorn for Trump revealed in court papers [AP News]

• Feds decline Endangered Species Act protections for Joshua trees [Courthouse News Service]

Washington Today (3-8-23): Senate joins House in repealing DC crime law | C-SPAN RADIO



CBC News: The National | Election interference, King's coronation, Putin’s endgame



Global National: Mar. 8, 2023 | Pressure on Trudeau for answers to foreign interference claims



Nightly News Full Broadcast (March 08th)


PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 08, 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 6:06pm CET, 28 February 2023, there have been 102,019,564 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,109,145 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 10 February 2023, a total of 662,514,513 vaccine doses have been administered.

Globally, as of 6:06pm CET, 28 February 2023, there have been 758,390,564 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,859,093 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 28 February 2023, a total of 13,228,728,467 vaccine doses have been administered.


Select Subcommittee Hearing: Investigating the Origins of COVID-19 | GOP Oversight



Witnesses and testimonies:

Dr. Robert Redfield, M.D.
Former Director
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• [ Document ]

Dr. Jamie Metzl, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
The Atlantic Council

• [ Document ]

Nicholas Wade
Former Science and Health Editor, The New York Times; Former Editor, Science; and Former Editor, Nature

• [ Document ]

Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, MBA (Minority Witness)
Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases; Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Professor of Medicine; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Past President, Infectious Diseases Society of America

• [ Document ]


• ‘We may not ever know’: Fauci says origin of coronavirus could remain a mystery [ Boston Globe ]

• Previous COVID infection linked to lower brain oxygen levels, cognitive problems: study [ CTV News ]

• NYC Mayor Eric Adams is telling stores to have customers remove their face masks [ NPR ]

• Covid backlash hobbles public health and future pandemic response [ Washington Post ]

• The science and politics of COVID natural immunity [ WBUR-FM (Boston, MA) ]

• TWiV 989: Antibody cross-reactivity is metal [Microbe TV]

• TWiV 988: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• Musk apologizes for mocking and firing Twitter exec with muscular dystrophy [ARS TECHNICA]

• Historic decline in IQ could stem from poor education, study shows [Campus Reform]

• Women with acute chest pain get different levels of care than men [SciMex]

• The FBI Just Admitted It Bought US Location Data [Wired]

• Taiwan suspects Chinese ships cut islands’ internet cables [AP News]

• 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

The Level1 Show March 8 2023: Put Another NFT In The Jukebox | Level1Techs



Has DuckDuckGo Quacked the AI Code? - DTNS 4472 | Daily Tech News Show



Aliens and the Purple Earth | John Michael Godier



Developing Tech That Can Last On Venus | Fraser Cain



A New Particle Physics Anomaly! | Sabine Hossenfelder



Does acceleration solve the twin paradox? | Fermilab



Battle at the Blackett Strait - Pacific War #68 | Kings and Generals





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



• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 08 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for March 08th]

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 379 [Al Jazeera]

• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 378: Ukrainian government approves forced evacuation of children from Bakhmut [Euromaiden Press]


• Russia fires barrage of missiles on Ukraine cities, officials say [ Al Jazeera ]

• Poland ready to give MiG-29s to Ukraine: Polish president on CNN [ TVP World ]

• Ukraine updates: Russia renews major missile attacks [ DW News ]

• Ukraine war: Russian air strikes hit cities across country [ BBC News ]

EU mulls plan for joint munitions buying amid dwindling supplies | DW News



Nord stream Sabotage revelations : Who’s really behind Russian gas pipeline explosions? | FRANCE 24



Ukraine war: Russia’s Wagner Group ‘controls’ all of eastern Bakhmut | Al Jazeera



Horror scenes in the Donbas - Military Mind | TVP World



Inside Bakhmut where Ukrainian and Russian fighting continues - BBC Newsnight | BBC News




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

The weight of Russian manpower is crushing Ukrainians | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor



• Back in the USSR: 15 minute cities have unleashed a wave of conspiracy theories, but the concept is borrowed from a Soviet idea [Russia Today]

• Defence Minister Shoigu explains why Russia needs to take Bakhmut [Pravda]

• CIA, White House consider version of Kiev’s involvement in Nord Stream sabotage acts — WSJ [TASS Russian News Agency]





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On This Day

March 9th is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 297 days remain until the end of the year. It is the first day of March. It is also the first day of meteorological spring in Northern Hemisphere.



Historical Events

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




141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.

1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.

1226 – Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.

1230 – Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.

1500 – The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.

1701 – Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three-year occupation.

1765 – After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.

1776 – The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.

1796 – Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.

1811 – Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.

1815 – Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine.

1841 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.

1842 – Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.

1842 – The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.

1847 – Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.[16

1862 – American Civil War: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.

1908 – Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.

1916 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.

1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.

1942 – World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.

1944 – World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.

1945 – World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.

1946 – Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.

1954 – McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.

1956 – Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.

1957 – The 8.6 Mw  Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.

1959 – The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.

1960 – Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.

1961 – Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.

1967 – Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people.

1974 – The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.

1976 – Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.

1977 – The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.

1978 – President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.

1987 – Chrysler announces its acquisition of American Motors Corporation

1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.

1997 – The Notorious B.I.G. is murdered in Los Angeles after attending the Soul Train Music Awards. He is gunned down leaving an after party at the Petersen Automotive Museum. His murder remains unsolved.

2011 – Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.

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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, March 09, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins


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