OUTLOOK
A moist stationary front will remain south of the area and maintain rain chances over the next couple days. Dry and cool high pressure builds in from the north Wednesday and slowly warms through the weekend.
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Local News Update
(National News is published after the Macon Calendar section)
Gas Panic of 2021
Some of you may have noticed that gasoline is in short supply at gas stations. This is due to a [Ransomware cyberattack] on Colonial Pipeline that resulted in operations being temporarily shut down. Full operations have been restored and the resulting hiccup in the supply chain should be resolved by this weekend. Panic and overconsumption will just extend the shortage (remember when people rushed the stores last year because they were scared that the supply of toilet paper would run out? They created the very thing they were fearing.) Instead of topping off your fuel tanks, just get gasoline when you normally do.
Read more on [SFGATE] and at [GIZMODO]. The governor has declared a state of emergency easing some regulations in order "to ensure adequate fuel supply supplies throughout the state."
A copy of the press release and link to the Executive Order are published below.
Governor Issues State of Emergency Allowing for Fuel Transportation Waivers After Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Cyber-Attack
In response to the temporary shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, Governor Roy Cooper today signed an Executive Order declaring a state of emergency in North Carolina and temporarily suspending motor vehicle fuel regulations to ensure adequate fuel supply supplies throughout the state. On May 7, 2021, the Colonial Pipeline system reported a ransomware cyber-attack, resulting in a temporary shutdown of that line. The Colonial Pipeline is a primary fuel pipeline for North Carolina.
“Today’s emergency declaration will help North Carolina prepare for any potential motor vehicle fuel supply interruptions across the state and ensure motorists are able to have access to fuel,” said Governor Cooper.
The Order received concurrence from the Council of State.
Read the Executive Order No. 213. [PDF]
• The Franklin Town Council Regular Meeting for May 2021 [LINK]
Proponents of Public Skatepark Adress the Town Council During Public Comment
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Thursday Night
Franklin area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 9am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers likely, mainly before 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
Highlands area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. 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
Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the northeast around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers, mainly before 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs inb the mid-50s. Winds out of the east 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Light winds out of the northeast.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Otto area
Today
INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. 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
Showers likely, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows around 50. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers likely, mainly before 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Light winds out of the east. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.
Nantahala area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 4am. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the northeast around 5 mph before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers likely, mainly before 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Light winds out of the northeast. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Light winds out of the east.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the extereme upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There are no significant sources of smoke in the region as of 3am on 04-22-2021.)
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.0 out of 12) today with Birch, Maple, and Hickory being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.4 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on May 10th
Highest Temperature 88°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2011
Lowest Temperature 29°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1954
Greatest Rainfall 2.02 inches in Highlands in 1943
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
May Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-20-1966
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
On This Day
May 9th is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 236 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
330 – Constantinople is consecrated.
868 – A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.
912 – Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1068 - Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London
1189 - Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade
1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch–Hanoverian army.
1751 - Pennsylvania Hospital founded by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin
1792 – Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
1833 – The Lady of the Lake strikes an iceberg off Newfoundland and sinks with the loss of up to 265 passengers and crew.
1846 – President James K. Polk asked for a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican–American War.
1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
1858 – Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd state of the United States.
1880 – Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
1889 – An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
1894 – Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
1910 – An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
1924 - Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie begin their first joint venture (later merge into Mercedes-Benz)
1943 – World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes.
1960 – Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
1963 – Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a crisis involving federal troops.
1970 – The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250 million in damage.
1973 – Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.
1985 – Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
1987 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
1995 - More than 170 countries agree to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
1996 – After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.
1997 – Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
1998 – India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
2000 - India's population officially reaches 1 billion - Astha Arora named India's billionth baby
2000 – Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
2010 – David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.
2011 – An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain.
2013 – Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
2014 – Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
2016 – One hundred and ten people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad.
2019 - South African parliamentary elections return ruling Cyril Ramaphosa's ANC party to power with reduced majority (58%)
2019 - Militants attack Zaver Pearl-Continental Hotel in Gwadar, Pakistan killing five, Balochistan Liberation Army claim responsibility
2019 - Carbon dioxide levels in the earth's atmosphere hit levels not seen for 3 million years at 415 parts per million, according to the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii
2020 - Colombian airline Avianca, and world's 2nd oldest, becomes 1st major airline to file for bankruptcy
2020 - World Health Organization warns “extreme vigilance” needed as many countries begin easing lockdowns
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Published at 3:25am on Tuesday, May 11, 2021
In response to the temporary shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, Governor Roy Cooper today signed an Executive Order declaring a state of emergency in North Carolina and temporarily suspending motor vehicle fuel regulations to ensure adequate fuel supply supplies throughout the state. On May 7, 2021, the Colonial Pipeline system reported a ransomware cyber-attack, resulting in a temporary shutdown of that line. The Colonial Pipeline is a primary fuel pipeline for North Carolina.
“Today’s emergency declaration will help North Carolina prepare for any potential motor vehicle fuel supply interruptions across the state and ensure motorists are able to have access to fuel,” said Governor Cooper.
The Order received concurrence from the Council of State.
Read the Executive Order No. 213. [PDF]
• The Franklin Town Council Regular Meeting for May 2021 [LINK]
Proponents of Public Skatepark Adress the Town Council During Public Comment
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Thursday Night
Franklin area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 9am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers likely, mainly before 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
Highlands area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. 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
Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the northeast around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers, mainly before 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs inb the mid-50s. Winds out of the east 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Light winds out of the northeast.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Otto area
Today
INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. 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
Showers likely, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows around 50. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers likely, mainly before 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Light winds out of the east. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.
Nantahala area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 4am. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the northeast around 5 mph before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers likely, mainly before 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Light winds out of the northeast. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Light winds out of the east.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the extereme upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There are no significant sources of smoke in the region as of 3am on 04-22-2021.)
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.0 out of 12) today with Birch, Maple, and Hickory being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.4 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on May 10th
Highest Temperature 88°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2011
Lowest Temperature 29°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1954
Greatest Rainfall 2.02 inches in Highlands in 1943
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
May Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-20-1966
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
On This Day
May 9th is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 236 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
330 – Constantinople is consecrated.
868 – A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.
912 – Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1068 - Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London
1189 - Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade
1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch–Hanoverian army.
1751 - Pennsylvania Hospital founded by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin
1792 – Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
1833 – The Lady of the Lake strikes an iceberg off Newfoundland and sinks with the loss of up to 265 passengers and crew.
1846 – President James K. Polk asked for a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican–American War.
1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
1858 – Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd state of the United States.
1880 – Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
1889 – An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
1894 – Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
1910 – An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
1924 - Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie begin their first joint venture (later merge into Mercedes-Benz)
1943 – World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes.
1960 – Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
1963 – Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a crisis involving federal troops.
1970 – The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250 million in damage.
1973 – Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.
1985 – Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
1987 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
1995 - More than 170 countries agree to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
1996 – After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.
1997 – Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
1998 – India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
2000 - India's population officially reaches 1 billion - Astha Arora named India's billionth baby
2000 – Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
2010 – David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.
2011 – An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain.
2013 – Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
2014 – Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
2016 – One hundred and ten people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad.
2019 - South African parliamentary elections return ruling Cyril Ramaphosa's ANC party to power with reduced majority (58%)
2019 - Militants attack Zaver Pearl-Continental Hotel in Gwadar, Pakistan killing five, Balochistan Liberation Army claim responsibility
2019 - Carbon dioxide levels in the earth's atmosphere hit levels not seen for 3 million years at 415 parts per million, according to the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii
2020 - Colombian airline Avianca, and world's 2nd oldest, becomes 1st major airline to file for bankruptcy
2020 - World Health Organization warns “extreme vigilance” needed as many countries begin easing lockdowns
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Published at 3:25am on Tuesday, May 11, 2021
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