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Saturday, August 21, 2021

News and Weather Briefing for Saturday, August 21, 2021



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COVID-19 News and Updates
On This Day
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OUTLOOK

An upper level low or trough will persist over the eastern seaboard, as Tropical System Henri moves over the offshore waters. Weak surface high pressure will set up over the southern Appalachians, with a lee trough of pressure persisting in the Piedmont. The upper-level pattern will remain relatively unchanged through the most of the period. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will remain possible this weekend into early next week.

Haywood County Coverage by Haywood County Outlets

• Smoky Mountain News [The Pigeon River Flood of 2021] • The Mountaineer [Flood Coverage]


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Local News

Macon County Board of Education - August, 16, 2021



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 Monday Night


Franklin area

Today

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Calm wind. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday

Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night

Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 63. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday

Sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 65.




Highlands Plateau

Today

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday

Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night

Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Light north wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday

Sunny, with a high near 80. Light and variable wind.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 61.




Otto area

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Calm wind. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday

Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night

Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 64. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday

Sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 66.




Nantahala area

Today

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Calm wind. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday

Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night

Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 63. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday

Sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 65.


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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. The main threats will be cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall. One or two storms may become strong to severe.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK


TROPICAL TIDBITS

Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media's favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to "make them more exciting." He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.

Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]

[Fri / Aug 20] Henri Expected to Hit New England on Sunday; Grace Nearing Landfall in Mexico





Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Aug 21 2021

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Grace, located over the extreme southwestern Gulf of Mexico near the coast of mainland Mexico, and on Tropical Storm Henri, located a couple of hundred miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

1. A tropical wave located over the eastern Atlantic several hundred miles to the southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing a broad area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. This wave is expected to interact with another wave over the far eastern Atlantic in a day or two. Afterwards, environmental conditions appear marginally favorable for some slow development by the beginning of next week as this system moves gradually to the northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

* 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

Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.4 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (8.4 out of 12).


Weather Extremes for Macon County on August 21st


Highest Temperature 97°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1983
Lowest Temperature 43°F in Highlands in 1918
Greatest Rainfall 1.54 inches in Highlands in 1949
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)


IMAGE A TASTE OF TUSCANY

A Taste of Tuscany
September 11, 2021


The Zonta Club is proud to announce its upcoming fundraising event to aid the Franklin Fire Department’s infant car seat program and the Special Liberty Project. Now headquartered in Macon County, the Special Liberty Project is a non-profit organization serving the entire veteran family, focusing on Gold Star families, spouses of suicide victims and healing veterans.

The nature-based, therapeutic programs offered include fun, educational activities for children with Veteran Mentors, retreats and support groups for Gold Star families and family members of suicide victims, as well as peer-supported outdoor pursuits to help veterans return to civilian life.

The Taste of Tuscany event will be held on September 11 at 5 p.m. at 757 Harrison Avenue in Franklin and will honor our first responders. It will feature an open air wine tasting of Slanted Window wines from SenAmore Vineyards in Tellico, accompanied by food and music. There will be a live auction, as well as a silent auction featuring artwork and designer goods. Slanted Window wines will be available for purchase. A limited number of tickets are still available at $100 per person, to include a wine tasting flight and commemorative wine glass. VIP tickets are available for $150 that feature an exclusive evening with the vintner and more. Tables of eight, including two VIP tickets, may be reserved.

For more information visit the Zonta Franklin NC Facebook page or their website, zontafranklinnc.org


Encastic Painting Classes

The Macon County Art Association (a not for profit member organization) is offering classes in encastic 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

Search continues for missing people in Haywood County



The Haywood County Flood 2021



Canton Flood, Haywood County NC 2021



NBC Nightly News, August 19th, 2021



PBS NewsHour full episode, August 19th, 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.





COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [August 20, 2021]


How does COVID-19 affect the brain? A troubling picture emerges [National Geographic]

Vaccines still effective against Delta variant of concern, says Oxford-led study of the COVID-19 Infections Survey [Oxford University]

The mutation that helps Delta spread like wildfire [Nature]

SARS-CoV-2 aerosol transmission in schools: the effectiveness of different interventions [MedRxiv]

Intriguing New Faces Of Covid-19: Persisting Clinical Symptoms And Cardiac Effects in Children [Cambridge University]

The F.D.A. is aiming to give full approval to Pfizer’s Covid vaccine on Monday [New York Times]

Effectiveness of the CoronaVac vaccine in older adults during a gamma variant associated epidemic of covid-19 in Brazil: test negative case-control study [BMJ]


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 21st is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 132 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)


959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.

1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars.
• [LINKTEXT]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [郾城之战 battle scene] (dramatization, no translation available)
• [General Yue Fei | The China History Podcast | Ep. 95]
• [Jin–Song Wars]

1192 – becomes Sei-i Taishōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: the 12th day of the 7th month in the 3rd year of the Kenkyū (建久) era).
• [Wikipedia Bio: Minamoto no Yoritomo]
• [Genpei War 1: How the Samurai Took Over Japan | History of Japan 60]
• [The Origins of the Shogun and the Bushi | Setting the Stage Episode 1]

1331 – King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia.

1415 – Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Conquest of Ceuta.

1680 – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
• [LINKTEXT]
• [Grandfather Po'pay & The Pueblo Revolt (1680): Tewa-Pueblo Spiritual Leader & War Leader] (subtitled in English)
• [Spanish colonization of the Americas]
• [Indigenous Peoples' Day: Pueblo Revolt Story | Web Extra]

1689 – The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland. 1716 – Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.
• [Siege of Corfu (1716)]
• [1716 - Corfu, the bastion of Europe] (Greek with English subtitles)
• [Battle of Petrovaradin]

1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

1772 – King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.

1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.

1791 – A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
• [Bois Caïman]
• [The Haitian Revolution - Documentary (2009)]
• [Haitian Revolution]
• [Haitian Voodoo | National Geographic]

1808 – Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
• [Battle of Vimeiro]
• [||Kings and Generals|| Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Vimeiro (1808) - Peninsular War ]
• [||Redcoat History Podcast|| The Peninsular War: Part 2, The Battle of Vimeiro]

1810 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.

1821 – Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.

1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks.
• [Nat Turner's slave rebellion]
• [Nat Turner & The Rebellion That Shook the South]
• ["Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property" 2003 Charles Burnett Docu-Drama]

1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.

1858 – The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois.
• [Lincoln–Douglas debate held in Ottawa, Illinois]
• [Lincoln 101: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858]
• [The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text]
• [National Park Service]
• [Various Books at The Internet Archive]

1863 – Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
• [Lawrence massacre]
• [Eyewitness to the Raid on Lawrence Kansas]
• [Music Video About the Incident]

1883 – An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• [1883 Rochester tornado]
• [How the Mayo Clinic grew out of a devastating tornado]
• [Weather History: 1883 Rochester Tornado]

1888 – The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.

1897 – Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.

1901 – Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.

1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.

1914 – World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.

1918 – World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.

1942 – World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru (sometimes called the Battle of the Ilu River or the Battle of Alligator Creek).
• [Battle of the Tenaru]
• [Pvt Al Schmid (2/1 Marines) Battle of the Tenaru, Guadalcanal 21AUG1942]
• [Guadalcanal 1942 - The Battle of Alligator Creek]
• [Battle of Alligator Creek - Guadalcanal] (Walking Tour of Battlefield)

1944 – Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
• [Dumbarton Oaks Conference]
• [Newsreel]
• [History and Charter of the United Nations]

1944 – World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.

1945 – Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• [Wikipedia: Demon core]
• [Kyle Hill: The True Story of The Demon Core]
• [History And Physics: The Demon Core]

1957 – The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.

1959 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.

1963 – Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.

1968 – Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.

1968 – James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.

1971 – A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.

1982 – Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.

1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).

1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
• [Killer Fog | National Geographic]
• [Limnic Eruptions: When Lakes Explode]

1988 – The 6.9 Mw  Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.

1991 – Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.

1991 – Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.

1993 – NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.

1994 – Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.

1995 – Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board.

2000 – Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.

2013 – Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
• [Ghouta chemical attack]
• [Hell on Earth: Horrific aftermath of alleged Syria chemical attack]
• [Russia blocks UN probe into Syria chemical attacks]

2017 – A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.
• [Total Solar Eclipse|2017|Franklin NC|GoPro]
• [Eclipse 2017 in Franklin, NC with ambient shots]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [Total Eclipse of My Heart - Carpetvlog 8/21/17]
• [
2017 Total Solar Eclipse, Franklin, NC]





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Published at 5:30am on Saturday, August 21, 2021



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