Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Brief high pressure brings a mainly dry day on Thursday. Showers and scattered thunderstorms return Friday and continue into the weekend. Isolated afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms are expected early next week.
Budget Message and Proposed 2024-2025 Budget for the Town of Franklin
The Franklin Town Council will be holding a budget work session at 6pm on Monday, May 20th, in the lower level of the town hall to discuss the proposed budget. A copy of the budget and budget message by the town manager are posted below, as is a PDF copy you can download and look over yourself on the Macon Media website. [LINK]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Friday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, 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 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows around 60. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then showers between 8am and 11am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the northwest around 5 mph decreasing to light and variable after midnight.
Friday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Friday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then showers between 8am and 11am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog between 2am and 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph decreasing to calm before midnight.
Friday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then showers between 8am and 11am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Highs near 70. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday and Saturday. Heavy rainfall rates and strong thunderstorms may be possible. Localized flooding may be possible, especially for flood prone locations.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (7.8 out of 12) today with Birch, Hickory, and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.9 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for May 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin in 1962
Lowest Temperature 29°F in Highlands in 1904
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.11 inches in Highlands in 1955
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-20-1996
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-02-1963
Greatest Rainfall 5.97 inches in Highlands on 05-30-2018
Greatest Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands on 05-07-1992
Record Weather Events for May 16th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 98°F in Monroe, Union County in 1941
Lowest Temperature 22°F in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County in 2006
Greatest Rainfall 6.00 inches in Lillington, Harnett County in 1916
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 107°F in Aurora, Beaufort Countyy on 05-26-2011
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-09-2020
Greatest Rainfall 8.51 inches in Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County on 05-20-1942
Greatest Snowfall 15.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-07-1992
Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
May 2024 Schedule
5-18-24---Jim Austin’s Classic Country Band (see above)
5-25-24---Barry Roma—Franklin’s Favorite Crooner bringing you love songs of the past
For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Pactiv Evergreen negotiating sale of former Canton, North Carolina mill site | WYFF-TV (Greenville, SC)
State lawmakers debate bills to ban masks, AI-generated pornography | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Canton mayor confirms buyer has submitted letter of intent to purchase Canton mill [Smoky Mountain News]
• Pactiv Evergreen announces deal to sell former Canton mill site [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC Senate votes to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Groups seek legislation to punish NC public schools for books that some call ‘obscene’ [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NCDOT awards $1.1 billion contract for main I-26 Connector sections [Mountain Xpress]
---NATIONAL---
Biden, Trump agree to 2 presidential debates | ABC News
Opening statements in corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez | NBC News
• Inflation Eases as Core Prices Post Smallest Increase Since 2021 [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSJ (text archive)]
• Here’s the inflation breakdown for April 2024 — in one chart [CNBC]
• SCOTUS expansion, term limits on the menu for new House task force [Courthhouse News Service]
• Will the Debates Matter? The Media Doesn’t Care. [Politico Magazine]
• Why Biden Wanted to Debate Trump Early, and Why Trump Said Yes [New York Times]
• Court allows Louisiana to move forward with two majority-Black districts [SCOTUSblog]
• Ex-Trump Lawyer Says Michael Cohen Is 'Connecting' With Jury [Newsweek]
International News Headlines
Vladimir Putin heads to China for talks with Xi Jinping | DW News
Video shows moment Slovak PM shot multiple times by 71-year-old gunman | BBC News
• Slovakia: PM Fico shot in 'an attack on democracy' [DW News]
• France to deploy army to New Caledonia over riots [BBC News]
• France imposes state of emergency, bans TikTok in riot-hit New Caledonia [France 24]
• Biden unveils tariff hikes on Chinese EVs, solar cells, semiconductors, other imports [Yonhap News Agency]
• Xi tells Putin China ready to uphold justice with Russia [Kyodo News]
• Xi welcomes ‘old friend’ Putin to Beijing, affirms strength of China-Russia bond [South China Morning Post]
Why Did Dali Lose Power in Baltimore? | NTSB Releases Preliminary Report | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (5-15-24): Joe Biden & Donald Trump agree to two presidential debates, on CNN and ABC | C-SPAN
Global National: May 15, 2024 | Thousands flee Fort McMurray wildfire
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 15, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | May 15, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - May 15, NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (May 15, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Why Ships Crash: Inside the Crash That Shut Down the Global Economy I Full Documentary I NOVA I PBS
• The Sky This Week from May 10 to 17: Catch some comets [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 10 – 19 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Brightens, Grows a Tail [Sky and Telescope]
The Level1 Show May 15 2024: A Win For Democracy | Level1 Techs
Slot-GPT - DTNS 4770 | Daily Tech News Show
• Huge, solar flare-launching sunspot has rotated away from Earth. But will it return? [Space.com]
• Netflix Ad Tier Hits 40M Monthly Active Users, Nearly Double Its Scale At Start Of 2024 [Deadline]
• New Answers for Mars’ Methane Mystery [Universe Today]
• MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says [ARS TECHNICA]
• Dazzling auroras are just a warm-up as more solar storms are likely, scientists say [Nature]
• Google and OpenAI are racing to rewire the internet [The Verge]
• Google I/O 2024: Everything revealed including Gemini AI, Android 15 and more [Engadget]
• Google I/O: Android 15's Second Public Beta Is Here, and It's Focused on Keeping Your Secrets [Gizmodo]
• Google AI/O – DTNS 4769 [Daily Tech News Show]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
German-American Jews fight the Nazis - War Against Humanity 132 | World War Two
Over 53 New Alien Dyson Sphere Candidates Detected | John Michael Godier
When Volcanoes Erupt Metallic Lava; A Geologic Oddity | GeologyHub
Time to Get Real about Climate Change | Sabine Hossenfelder
Are Shrouded Rooftop Wind Turbines the Future of Energy? | Undecided with Matt Ferrell
Google Keynote (Google I/O ‘24) | Google
Google A/I - Google I/O 2024 | This Week in Google
Google I/O 2024: Everything Revealed in 12 Minutes | CNET
OSINT At Home #9 – Top 4 Free Satellite Imagery Sources | Bendobrown
---Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup---
Kharkiv Battle Update, Sumy Invasion Next? | Task and Purpose
Russia: dance partners change but the tune remains the same | How We Got Here | TVP World
• Sobering update from NATO: Russia’s military now larger and more capable post-invasion [Euromaidan Press]
• Putin in China seeking support for Ukraine war effort [DW News]
• Ukraine troops pull back in Kharkiv after Russia offensive [BBC News]
• ‘Our decisions have weight,’ says Romanian PM amid Russian threats [TVP World]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 812 [Al Jazeera]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• Slovak PM Robert Fico: Noted critic of Western approach to Ukraine conflict [Russia Today]
• Putin is going to China with half of his revamped cabinet [Pravda]
• Russian forces advancing daily in special op, everything going according to plan — Putin [TASS: Russian News Agency]
On This Day
May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 229 days remain until the end of the year.
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)
946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
955 - Octavian, son of Duke Alberic II of Spoleto, elected Pope John XII
1165 - Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine
1204 – Having been elected on May 9, Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
1426 – Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes king of Ava.
1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
1584 – Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
1739 – The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
1770 – The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
1771 – The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
1811 – Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
1812 – Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia.
1822 – Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
1832 – Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush.
1834 – The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
1842 – The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers.
1860 - Republican convention in Chicago selects Abraham Lincoln as candidate
1861 - American Civil War: Major General Twiggs surrenders to Confederate Army in San Antonio, Texas
1866 – The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
1868 – The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
1874 – A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
1877 – The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
1888 – Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
1891 – The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
1916 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
1919 – A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
1929 – In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
1943 – The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
1959 – The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
1961 – Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
1966 – The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
1969 – Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
1974 – Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
1988 – A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
1995 - Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara & charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier
1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
2003 – In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
2005 – Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
2011 – STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
2014 – Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya.
2019 - US President Donald Trump declares a national emergency over IT threats, banning US companies from using foreign technology without a license
2020 - 118-year old American department store JC Penney files for bankruptcy
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, May 16, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Friday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, 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 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows around 60. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then showers between 8am and 11am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the northwest around 5 mph decreasing to light and variable after midnight.
Friday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Friday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then showers between 8am and 11am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog between 2am and 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph decreasing to calm before midnight.
Friday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then showers between 8am and 11am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Highs near 70. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday and Saturday. Heavy rainfall rates and strong thunderstorms may be possible. Localized flooding may be possible, especially for flood prone locations.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (7.8 out of 12) today with Birch, Hickory, and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.9 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for May 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin in 1962
Lowest Temperature 29°F in Highlands in 1904
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.11 inches in Highlands in 1955
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-20-1996
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-02-1963
Greatest Rainfall 5.97 inches in Highlands on 05-30-2018
Greatest Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands on 05-07-1992
Record Weather Events for May 16th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 98°F in Monroe, Union County in 1941
Lowest Temperature 22°F in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County in 2006
Greatest Rainfall 6.00 inches in Lillington, Harnett County in 1916
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 107°F in Aurora, Beaufort Countyy on 05-26-2011
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-09-2020
Greatest Rainfall 8.51 inches in Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County on 05-20-1942
Greatest Snowfall 15.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-07-1992
Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
May 2024 Schedule
5-18-24---Jim Austin’s Classic Country Band (see above)
5-25-24---Barry Roma—Franklin’s Favorite Crooner bringing you love songs of the past
For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Pactiv Evergreen negotiating sale of former Canton, North Carolina mill site | WYFF-TV (Greenville, SC)
State lawmakers debate bills to ban masks, AI-generated pornography | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Canton mayor confirms buyer has submitted letter of intent to purchase Canton mill [Smoky Mountain News]
• Pactiv Evergreen announces deal to sell former Canton mill site [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC Senate votes to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Groups seek legislation to punish NC public schools for books that some call ‘obscene’ [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NCDOT awards $1.1 billion contract for main I-26 Connector sections [Mountain Xpress]
---NATIONAL---
Biden, Trump agree to 2 presidential debates | ABC News
Opening statements in corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez | NBC News
• Inflation Eases as Core Prices Post Smallest Increase Since 2021 [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSJ (text archive)]
• Here’s the inflation breakdown for April 2024 — in one chart [CNBC]
• SCOTUS expansion, term limits on the menu for new House task force [Courthhouse News Service]
• Will the Debates Matter? The Media Doesn’t Care. [Politico Magazine]
• Why Biden Wanted to Debate Trump Early, and Why Trump Said Yes [New York Times]
• Court allows Louisiana to move forward with two majority-Black districts [SCOTUSblog]
• Ex-Trump Lawyer Says Michael Cohen Is 'Connecting' With Jury [Newsweek]
International News Headlines
Vladimir Putin heads to China for talks with Xi Jinping | DW News
Video shows moment Slovak PM shot multiple times by 71-year-old gunman | BBC News
• Slovakia: PM Fico shot in 'an attack on democracy' [DW News]
• France to deploy army to New Caledonia over riots [BBC News]
• France imposes state of emergency, bans TikTok in riot-hit New Caledonia [France 24]
• Biden unveils tariff hikes on Chinese EVs, solar cells, semiconductors, other imports [Yonhap News Agency]
• Xi tells Putin China ready to uphold justice with Russia [Kyodo News]
• Xi welcomes ‘old friend’ Putin to Beijing, affirms strength of China-Russia bond [South China Morning Post]
Why Did Dali Lose Power in Baltimore? | NTSB Releases Preliminary Report | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (5-15-24): Joe Biden & Donald Trump agree to two presidential debates, on CNN and ABC | C-SPAN
Global National: May 15, 2024 | Thousands flee Fort McMurray wildfire
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 15, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | May 15, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - May 15, NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (May 15, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Why Ships Crash: Inside the Crash That Shut Down the Global Economy I Full Documentary I NOVA I PBS
• The Sky This Week from May 10 to 17: Catch some comets [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 10 – 19 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Brightens, Grows a Tail [Sky and Telescope]
The Level1 Show May 15 2024: A Win For Democracy | Level1 Techs
Slot-GPT - DTNS 4770 | Daily Tech News Show
• Huge, solar flare-launching sunspot has rotated away from Earth. But will it return? [Space.com]
• Netflix Ad Tier Hits 40M Monthly Active Users, Nearly Double Its Scale At Start Of 2024 [Deadline]
• New Answers for Mars’ Methane Mystery [Universe Today]
• MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says [ARS TECHNICA]
• Dazzling auroras are just a warm-up as more solar storms are likely, scientists say [Nature]
• Google and OpenAI are racing to rewire the internet [The Verge]
• Google I/O 2024: Everything revealed including Gemini AI, Android 15 and more [Engadget]
• Google I/O: Android 15's Second Public Beta Is Here, and It's Focused on Keeping Your Secrets [Gizmodo]
• Google AI/O – DTNS 4769 [Daily Tech News Show]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
German-American Jews fight the Nazis - War Against Humanity 132 | World War Two
Over 53 New Alien Dyson Sphere Candidates Detected | John Michael Godier
When Volcanoes Erupt Metallic Lava; A Geologic Oddity | GeologyHub
Time to Get Real about Climate Change | Sabine Hossenfelder
Are Shrouded Rooftop Wind Turbines the Future of Energy? | Undecided with Matt Ferrell
Google Keynote (Google I/O ‘24) | Google
Google A/I - Google I/O 2024 | This Week in Google
Google I/O 2024: Everything Revealed in 12 Minutes | CNET
OSINT At Home #9 – Top 4 Free Satellite Imagery Sources | Bendobrown
---Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup---
Kharkiv Battle Update, Sumy Invasion Next? | Task and Purpose
Russia: dance partners change but the tune remains the same | How We Got Here | TVP World
• Sobering update from NATO: Russia’s military now larger and more capable post-invasion [Euromaidan Press]
• Putin in China seeking support for Ukraine war effort [DW News]
• Ukraine troops pull back in Kharkiv after Russia offensive [BBC News]
• ‘Our decisions have weight,’ says Romanian PM amid Russian threats [TVP World]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 812 [Al Jazeera]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• Slovak PM Robert Fico: Noted critic of Western approach to Ukraine conflict [Russia Today]
• Putin is going to China with half of his revamped cabinet [Pravda]
• Russian forces advancing daily in special op, everything going according to plan — Putin [TASS: Russian News Agency]
On This Day
May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 229 days remain until the end of the year.
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)
946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
955 - Octavian, son of Duke Alberic II of Spoleto, elected Pope John XII
1165 - Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine
1204 – Having been elected on May 9, Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
1426 – Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes king of Ava.
1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
1584 – Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
1739 – The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
1770 – The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
1771 – The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
1811 – Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
1812 – Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia.
1822 – Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
1832 – Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush.
1834 – The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
1842 – The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers.
1860 - Republican convention in Chicago selects Abraham Lincoln as candidate
1861 - American Civil War: Major General Twiggs surrenders to Confederate Army in San Antonio, Texas
1866 – The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
1868 – The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
1874 – A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
1877 – The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
1888 – Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
1891 – The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
1916 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
1919 – A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
1929 – In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
1943 – The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
1959 – The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
1961 – Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
1966 – The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
1969 – Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
1974 – Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
1988 – A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
1995 - Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara & charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier
1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
2003 – In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
2005 – Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
2011 – STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
2014 – Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya.
2019 - US President Donald Trump declares a national emergency over IT threats, banning US companies from using foreign technology without a license
2020 - 118-year old American department store JC Penney files for bankruptcy
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, May 16, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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