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OUTLOOK
A stationary front across the Southeast will interact with an upper-level disturbance, focusing possible heavy rain and thunderstorms tonight through Saturday. A lull in precipitation on Sunday will be followed by a return to more seasonal weather Monday into next week.
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Local News
Franklin Town Council, August 2021
The Franklin Town Council met last night. The public agenda and agenda packet are posted on [MaconMedia.com]
Macon County Board of Education, July 2021
For more information, visit [MaconMedia.com].
Macon County Board of Commissioners, July 2021
Supporting documents can be found at [MaconMedia.com]
Franklin Town Council - July 2021
Supporting documents posted online at [MaconMedia.com]
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Sunday Night
Franklin area
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Isolated showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Saturday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. East wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midmorning. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto area
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Scattered showers. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
Nantahala area
Today
Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then isolated showers between midnight and 4am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Aug 6 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms located a few hundred miles south-southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands is associated with a tropical wave interacting with a broader surface trough. Environmental conditions appear somewhat conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression is likely to form this weekend or early next week while the system moves generally west-northwestward across the eastern tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent.
2. A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic continues to produce some disorganized showers and thunderstorms. This system is expected to move west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph, and some slow development is possible early next week when it is expected to be near the Lesser Antilles.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
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Almanac
Air Quality
Air quality is in the extreme upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the extreme upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There is haze from the wildfires out on the west coast.)
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (6.1 out of 12) today with Grasses, Nettle, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.9 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on August 5th
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1980
Lowest Temperature 43°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1948
Greatest Rainfall 2.60 inches in Nantahala in 1975
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
August Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980 Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968 Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of August
Data available from 1870 to 2020
Highest Temperature 110°F Fayetteville, Cumberland County 08-21-1983
Lowest Temperature 31°F Banner Elk, Avery County 08-23-1930
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 13.08 in Idlewild, Ashe County 08-14-1930
Monthly Averages for North Carolina
Warmest Weather Station 79.7°F Wilmington, New Hanover County
Coldest Weather Station 59.6°F Mount Mitchell, Yancey County
Wettest Weather Station 7.74 in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County
Driest Weather Station 3.12 in Lexington, Davidson County
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
The Macon County Art Association (a not for profit member organization) is offering classes in encaustic painting on Specified Fridays from 10AM-12PM at the Uptown Gallery 30 E Main St Franklin NC. Specific class dates are Friday July 9 and 23, August 3 and 27, September 3 and 17, October 29.
For more information contact the instructor, Karen Smith, at karen@programservices.org
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National News Roundup
Level1 News August 6 2021: Otaku's Eleven
'We are backsliding': Our pandemic momentum has been squandered [Yahoo! News]
Majority of Americans believe worst in pandemic is still ahead [The Hill]
Buncombe County recommends return to masking in indoor public spaces [Mountain Xpress]
Biden administration considers withholding funds and other measures to spur vaccinations [Stamford Advocate]
Latest Olympic Results [New York Times]
NBC Nightly News, August 5th, 2021
PBS NewsHour full episode, August 5th, 2021
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Since it looks like we may be in for a new wave of infections, here is a section on COVID-19. It will include local, regional, state, national, and global items.
Weekly COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County (August 5, 2021) [Macon Media]
Coronavirus infections three times lower in double vaccinated people - REACT [Imperial College London]
Antibodies Can Last for More Than 1 Year After SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Follow-Up Study From Survivors of COVID-19 [Frontiers in Medicine]
Infections caused by the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) of SARS-CoV-2 are associated with increased viral loads compared to infections with the Alpha variant (B.1.1.7) or non-Variants of Concern. [Research Square]
COVID-19, the first pandemic in the post-genomic era [Clinical Trials]
Back to School Vaccination Week of Action Kickoff (August 5th, 2021)
Dr John Campbell: UK wins reopening gamble
TWiV 789: Does delta mean a change?
TWiV reviews a leaked CDC document on virulence and spread of the delta variant, and how anti-alphavirus antibodies that do not neutralize infection can nevertheless protect mice from disease. Show notes at [https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-789/]
'COVID-19 Q and A with A and V Livestream (August 4th, 2021)
Coronavirus Briefing: NC Gov. Roy Cooper (August 4th, 2021)
PRESS RELEASE (08-04-2021)
GOVERNOR ROY COOPER
Governor Cooper Announces Third COVID-19 Cash Drawing Winner and Highlights HOPE Program for Rental and Utility Assistance
HOPE Program has increased cap on awards and is now accepting landlord referrals
Today, amid higher COVID-19 numbers statewide, Governor Roy Cooper again urged North Carolinians to get vaccinated. He also announced the third winner of North Carolina’s Your Shot at $1 Million Summer Cash Drawing. Winston-Salem resident and incoming Fayetteville State University freshman Audrey Chavous received the $1 million prize as part of the cash drawing that includes North Carolinians 18 and over who have received a COVID-19 vaccine.
“The highly contagious Delta variant makes vaccination all the more important,” said Governor Cooper. “We can’t afford for people to wait any longer. Cases, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 are up. Simply put, get your shot.”
Kody Kinsley, Chief Deputy Secretary for Health at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), said he hopes Chavous will inspire other young adults to get vaccinated right away and take advantage of the state’s new $100 Summer Cards for people who get their first dose of the vaccine.
“New cases of COVID-19 are on the rise and most of these cases are among young adults,” said Kinsley. “Vaccination is our way out of this pandemic and putting masks behind us. Our $1 Million Summer Cash drawings might be over, but you can still get a $100 Summer Card through the end of August. Don’t wait to vaccinate.”
In the last couple of weeks, North Carolina has seen a 42% increase in first shots.
“Facts about COVID-19 vaccines are key,” said Chavous, the cash drawing winner. “If you take your time and do the research, you’ll see that it’s backed by science and that the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines far outweigh any short-term side effects or rare risks.”
Governor Cooper was also joined by Laura Hogshead, Director of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency to update on the progress of emergency rental assistance.
The North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) stood up the HOPE program last year and it is helping people across the state stay in their homes with the lights on. The average turnaround from application to payment on claims is 14-18 days. Since the HOPE Program opened last fall, more than $328 million has been awarded to help North Carolina families, with over $234 million already paid to landlords and utility providers statewide.
The HOPE Program has recently implemented program changes that will expand landlord participation and increase the amount of assistance going to families across the state. As of August 1, HOPE is accepting landlord referrals of tenants who need assistance. If you are a landlord whose tenant is struggling to pay rent, you can submit their name and contact information at the HOPE website.
In addition, the HOPE Program has increased the cap on financial awards to applicants The monthly rent award limit has increased by 30 percent and the utility award limit has increased a full 100 percent for all new applications as of August 1.
For more information on the HOPE program visit WWW.HOPE.NC.GOV or call 888-9ASK HOPE to get help.
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On This Day
August 6th is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 147 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1806 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the Austrian Empire.
1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
1824 – Peruvian War of Independence: The Battle of Junín.
1825 – The Bolivian Declaration of Independence is proclaimed.
1861 – Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
1901 – Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
1912 – The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
1915 – World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
1917 – World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
1926 – In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
1940 – Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
1942 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
1944 – The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
• [Wikipedia: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]
• [Wikipedia: Pacific War]
• [Movietone Newsreel]
• [Ten Seconds That Shook The World]
• [Hiroshima: Dropping the Bomb] (Dramatization mixed with Survivor Accounts)
• [FAS: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki]
• [WECT-TV: NC airman dropped bomb on Hiroshima, never regretted it]
• [Atomic Bomb Aftermath Hiroshima and Nagasaki] (Graphic Imagery)
1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
1960 – Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
• [Wikipedia: Voting Rights Act of 1965]
• [Documentary: LBJ signs the Voting Rights Act in 1965]
• [Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise [on the Voting Rights Act], 3/15/65] (LBJ Addresses a Joint Session of Congress)
1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
1991 – Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
1996 – The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace, Los Angeles, CA.
1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
1997 – Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 228 of 254 people on board.
2001 – Erwadi fire incident: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
2010 – Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
2011 – War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
• [Wikipedia: 2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown]
• [Deadliest Day in SEAL Team 6 History - What Actually Happened?]
• [EXTORTION 17 Tribute Video]
2012 – NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
• [Official Website]
• [Wikipedia: Mars Science Laboratory]
• [Full Video of Curiosity Landing on Mars]
• [Mars Science Laboratory - Curiosity Rover - Mission Animation]
2015 – A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, August 06, 2021
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