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Sunday, October 31, 2021

News and Weather Briefing for Sunday, October 31, 2021



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OUTLOOK

As low pressure departs the region, dry high pressure will spread back over the area today through tonight. Quiet weather will then be in store for the region through the early part of the week. More active weather with rain and possible snow on mountain tops, may return late in the week.




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Local and State News

COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [October 21, 2021]

Monica Collier receives national recognition through the NYC Big Book Award®! Franklin, NC -- The NYC Big Book Award recognized PINK: A Christmas Romance, released October 5, 2021, in the category of Christian Fiction as the winner. The competition is judged by experts from different aspects of the book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters. Selected award Winners and Distinguished Favorites are based on overall excellence. Read the full press release at [Macon Media/a>]

You can find the book at your favorite local bookstore or on [
Amazon]

Monoclonal Antibodies Treatment Presentation by Dr Dewhurst



• Macon Middle School will be having a Virtual Day on MOnday, November 1, 2021 • Construction Has Begun on the South Macon Backbone! [Little T BroadbandE]




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Local Weather

National Weather Map for Today



General forecast through Tuesday Night


Franklin area

Today

Patchy fog through midmorning. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph.

Monday

Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.




Highlands Plateau

Today

Patchy fog through midmorning. Otherwise, mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday

Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the north around 5 mph early becoming calm by midmorning.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-30s.






Otto area

Today



Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.

Monday

Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Calm winds.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Calm winds.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.




Nantahala area

Today

20 percent chance of showers before 11am. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. West northwest wind around 5 mph.

Monday

Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Calm winds.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.


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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Hazardous weather is not expected today.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK




Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 PM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021

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

1. Showers and thunderstorms have become more concentrated near the center of a gale-force low pressure system located over the central Atlantic several hundred miles southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland. The low continues to lose its frontal structure, and the system is likely to transition to a subtropical storm later tonight or on Sunday while it moves southeastward over the central subtropical Atlantic. By the middle of next week, the system is expected to turn northward and move toward colder waters. For more information on this system, including gale warnings, see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.

2. A broad area of low pressure located over the tropical eastern Atlantic a few hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Slow development of this system is possible during the next couple of days before it moves into a region of strong upper-level winds early next week. This system is expected to move west-northwestward to northwestward at 10 to 15 mph during the next few days.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.



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Almanac

Air Quality




Air quality is in the middle range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle 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 low range (1.9 out of 12) today with Ragweed and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (2.6 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for October 31st

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

Highest Temperature 84°F in Franklin in 1950
Lowest Temperature 15°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest Rainfall 3.30 inches in Nantahala in 1949
Greatest Snowfall 0.7 inches in Highlands in 2012

Record Weather Events for October (1872-2017)

Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on Oct 5, 1954
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Highlands on Oct 30, 1910
Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on Oct 4, 1964
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands on October 20, 1913
Record Weather Events for October 6th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 102°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1954
Lowest Temperature 22°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1968
Greatest Rainfall 14.00 inches in Aberdeen, Moore County in 1913
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches on Montreat, Yancey County in 1932

(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane 5 of 1913. The storm formed off the coast of Rhode Island and traveled southwest, striking North and South Carolina. This was before Tropical Storms and Hurricanes were named).

Record Weather Events for October in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 102°F in Albemarle, Stanly County on 10-06-1954
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 10-21-1952
Greatest Rainfall 14.00 inches in Aberdeen, Moore County on 10-06-1913
Greatest Snowfall 11.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 10-25-1990



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




FROG FAIR
November 6, 2021


Friends of the Greenway Fall Fundraising Event. FROG FAIR will be held November 6 from 9-3 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge. Vendor spaces are available--check our website for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts & crafts, food, & music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.


Mitchell Mozeley Memorial March

We have planned a Mitchell Mozeley Memorial March for Saturday, November 6th at 7pm in Franklin, NC, starting at the Macon County Courthouse, proceeding to the Old Jail where Mr. Mozeley was momentarily detained, only to be taken by a mob. From there we will retrace Mozeley’s fateful route, down the “town hill” and to the town bridge which traverses the Little Tennessee River where Mr. Mozeley was executed by the mob, rope around his neck while on horseback, with the horse then removed.

We are working on contextualizing the Mozeley lynching into the broader picture of what was happening in NC in 1898. The short version is the "fusion" government of Republican and Populist parties which was nominally progressive on matters relating to race took power in 1896. The successful 1898 election was brilliantly and cruelly engineered by the Democratic Party to reverse that fortune. The murderous coup in Wilmington after the election was almost a celebratory coda to the 1898 campaign. And then in 1900, the nominally progressive governor was ousted and North Carolina became the second state, following Louisiana, to pass a voter suppression amendment (literacy tests with grandfather clauses) to its constitution.

In short, there was a full-on voter suppression campaign in North Carolina in 1898. That campaign was successful and was punctuated by acts of terror carried out by the Ku Klux Klan and the even more militant “Red Shirts.” We believe, though cannot prove, that Mozeley’s execution was an act of voter suppression, an act of political terrorism, coming a mere 48 hours before the ballots were to be cast in North Carolina.

For more information on the lynching, see [ttps://ncgenweb.us/macon/strange-fruit/]



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 and World News Roundup

• COP26: 'Moment of truth' as world meets for climate summit [BBC News]

• Agencies look toward new emergency networks when disaster strikes [Federal News Network]

• After Charlottesville Tiki Torch Hoax, Democrats Sense Dread Looming on Election Day [Election Central]

• Texas sues Biden over vaccine mandate for federal contractor employees [Courthouse News Service]

• High availability of fast-food restaurants across all US neighborhood types linked to higher rates of type 2 diabetes [Science Daily]

NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - October 30th, 2021



PBS NewsHour Full Episode October 30h, 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: [October 21, 2021]



• Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Among Adults Hospitalized with COVID-19–Like Illness with Infection-Induced or mRNA Vaccine-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Immunity — Nine States, January–September 2021 [Morbidity and Mortaility Report]

TWiV 823: COVID-19 clinical update #86 with Dr. Daniel Griffin



In COVID-19 clinical update #86, Dr. Griffin discusses virologic features of infection in children, antibody tests should not be used to asses level of protection, test-to-stay programs in schools, FDA authorizes Moderna boosters, results of TOGETHER trial for fluvoxamine, statins and 28 day mortality, and cognitive function in patients. Show notes at [Microbe TV]

TWiV 824: Immunogoblins in the nose and lungs



TWiV explores the properties of the spike glycoproteins of an influenza B virus discovered in the Wuhan spiny eel, and protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection one year after mRNA-1273 vaccination of nonhuman primates. Show notes at [Microbe TV]

• How COVID Vaccines for Young Kids Could Change the Pandemic [Scientific American]

• Direct SARS-CoV-2 infection of the human inner ear may underlie COVID-19-associated audiovestibular dysfunction [Nature]

• Nasal prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection by intranasal influenza-based boost vaccination [BioRxiv (PDF)]

• Complete protection by a single-dose skin patch–delivered SARS-CoV-2 spike vaccine [Science]

• Camel nanobodies broadly neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants [BioRxiv (PDF)]



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On This Day

October 31st is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 61 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)



475 – Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
683 – During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down.
802 – Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators place Nikephoros, the minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne.
932 – Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir is killed while fighting against the forces of general Mu'nis al-Muzaffar. Al-Muqtadir's brother al-Qahir is chosen to succeed him.
1517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
1587 – Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.
1822 – Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.
1863 – The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
1903 – The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
1907 – The Parliament of Finland approved the Prohibition Act, but the law was not implemented because it was not ratified by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
1913 – The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
1917 – World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
1918 – World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves full sovereignty.
1922 – Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
1923 – The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
1924 – World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
1938 – Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
1940 – World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
1941 – World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
1943 – World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.
1956 – Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
1956 – Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
1961 – In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
1963 – A propane tank explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now the Indiana Farmers Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show.
1968 – Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
1973 – Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.
1979 – Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
1984 – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed.
1994 – American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board.
1996 РTAM Transportes A̩reos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in Ṣo Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.
1998 – Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.
1999 – Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
1999 – EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
2000 – Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
2000 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
2003 – Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.
2011 – The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion.
2014 – During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California,
2015 – Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.
2017 – A truck drives into a crowd in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.
2020 – Berlin Brandenburg Airport opens its doors after nearly 10 years of delays due to construction issues and project corruption.



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Published at 5:20am on Sunday, October 31, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins


Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to the following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center. Back to Top

Saturday, October 30, 2021

News and Weather Briefing for Saturday, October 30, 2021



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On This Day
Support Macon Media


OUTLOOK

A deep low pressure system will cross the area today. As this low pressure moves away to the east through the latter half of the weekend, drying high pressure will spread back over the region by Sunday. Quiet weather will then be in store for the region through early next week. More active weather may return to the area middle to late next week.




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Local and State News

COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [October 21, 2021]

Monica Collier receives national recognition through the NYC Big Book Award®! Franklin, NC -- The NYC Big Book Award recognized PINK: A Christmas Romance, released October 5, 2021, in the category of Christian Fiction as the winner. The competition is judged by experts from different aspects of the book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters. Selected award Winners and Distinguished Favorites are based on overall excellence. Read the full press release at [Macon Media/a>]

You can find the book at your favorite local bookstore or on [
Amazon]

Monoclonal Antibodies Treatment Presentation by Dr Dewhurst



• Macon Middle School will be having a Virtual Day on MOnday, November 1, 2021 • Construction Has Begun on the South Macon Backbone! [Little T BroadbandE]




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Local Weather

National Weather Map for Today



General forecast through Saturday Night


Franklin area

Today

Showers likely, mainly after noon. Patchy fog between 7am and 2pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 50 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday

Mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Light winds out of the north.

Monday

Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.




Highlands Plateau

Today

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 9am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 5am. Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday

Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-50s. WInds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Monday

Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.






Otto area

Today



Showers likely, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 2pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 50 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. WInds out of the northwest around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday

Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.

Monday

Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s.




Nantahala area

Today

Showers likely, mainly after 9am. Patchy fog before 4pm, then patchy fog after 5pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 50. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight

Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday

A 20 percent chance of showers before 9am. Mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm ibefore midnight.

Monday

Sunny, with highs near 62.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 42.


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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Hazardous weather is not expected today.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK




Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021

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

1. Showers continue to show some signs of organization near a strong, frontal low pressure system located several hundred miles south of Cape Race, Newfoundland. The nontropical low is likely to lose its associated fronts while it moves southeastward toward slightly warmer waters during the next day or two, and it could make a transition to a subtropical storm this weekend or early next week over the central Atlantic. The system is expected to turn northward back toward colder waters by the middle of next week. For more information on this system, including gale warnings, see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.



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Almanac

Air Quality




[No forecast available today]

Air quality is in the lower range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the .

Fire and Smoke Map
(There is haze from the wildfires out on the west coast.)

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (0.6 out of 12) today with Ragweed and, Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (2.5 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for October 30th

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

Highest Temperature 82°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2016
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Highlands in 1910
Greatest Rainfall 3.54 inches in Highlands in 1918
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snow has fallen on this date since 1872)

Record Weather Events for October (1872-2017)

Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on Oct 5, 1954
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Highlands on Oct 30, 1910
Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on Oct 4, 1964
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands on October 20, 1913
Record Weather Events for October 6th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 102°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1954
Lowest Temperature 22°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1968
Greatest Rainfall 14.00 inches in Aberdeen, Moore County in 1913
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches on Montreat, Yancey County in 1932

(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane 5 of 1913. The storm formed off the coast of Rhode Island and traveled southwest, striking North and South Carolina. This was before Tropical Storms and Hurricanes were named).

Record Weather Events for October in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 102°F in Albemarle, Stanly County on 10-06-1954
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 10-21-1952
Greatest Rainfall 14.00 inches in Aberdeen, Moore County on 10-06-1913
Greatest Snowfall 11.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 10-25-1990



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




FROG FAIR
November 6, 2021


Friends of the Greenway Fall Fundraising Event. FROG FAIR will be held November 6 from 9-3 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge. Vendor spaces are available--check our website for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts & crafts, food, & music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.


Mitchell Mozeley Memorial March

We have planned a Mitchell Mozeley Memorial March for Saturday, November 6th at 7pm in Franklin, NC, starting at the Macon County Courthouse, proceeding to the Old Jail where Mr. Mozeley was momentarily detained, only to be taken by a mob. From there we will retrace Mozeley’s fateful route, down the “town hill” and to the town bridge which traverses the Little Tennessee River where Mr. Mozeley was executed by the mob, rope around his neck while on horseback, with the horse then removed.

We are working on contextualizing the Mozeley lynching into the broader picture of what was happening in NC in 1898. The short version is the "fusion" government of Republican and Populist parties which was nominally progressive on matters relating to race took power in 1896. The successful 1898 election was brilliantly and cruelly engineered by the Democratic Party to reverse that fortune. The murderous coup in Wilmington after the election was almost a celebratory coda to the 1898 campaign. And then in 1900, the nominally progressive governor was ousted and North Carolina became the second state, following Louisiana, to pass a voter suppression amendment (literacy tests with grandfather clauses) to its constitution.

In short, there was a full-on voter suppression campaign in North Carolina in 1898. That campaign was successful and was punctuated by acts of terror carried out by the Ku Klux Klan and the even more militant “Red Shirts.” We believe, though cannot prove, that Mozeley’s execution was an act of voter suppression, an act of political terrorism, coming a mere 48 hours before the ballots were to be cast in North Carolina.

For more information on the lynching, see https://ncgenweb.us/macon/strange-fruit/

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 and World News Roundup

Level1 News October 29 2021: Doggies Ditch Drones



• Biden Eases Fray with France and Savors Meeting with Pope as Europe Trip Begins [New York Times]

• High court refuses to block Maine vaccine mandate for health workers [Courthouse News Service]

• https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-59098425 [BBC News]

NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - October 29th, 2021



PBS NewsHour Full Episode October 29th, 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: [October 21, 2021]



Dr John Campbell: nternational ongoing situation



• COVID vaccines effective but household transmission of delta a risk for 1 in 4 [IMperial College of London]

• Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Among Adults Hospitalized with COVID-19–Like Illness with Infection-Induced or mRNA Vaccine-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Immunity — Nine States, January–September 2021 [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report]

• Blood cytokine analysis suggests that SARS-CoV-2 infection results in a sustained tumour promoting environment in cancer patients [MedRxiv (PDF)]

TWiV 821: Public clonotype #1



A TWiV trio reveal the isolation of novel paramyxoviruses from rodents and bats in Arizona, and isolation of naive B cells from seronegative donors that produce germline encoded antibodies which engage the receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2, variants of concern, and related sarbecoviruses from bats. Show notes at [Microbe TV]

FDA Advisory Panel OKs Pfizer Covid Vaccine For Kids 5 To 11



Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee – 10/26/2021


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On This Day

October 30th is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 62 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)



637 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.
758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
1137 – Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger II of Sicily at the Battle of Rignano, securing his position as duke until his death two years later.
1270 – The Eighth Crusade ends by an agreement between Charles I of Anjou (replacing his deceased brother King Louis IX of France) and the Hafsid dynasty of Tunis, Tunisia.
1340 – Reconquista: Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Muslim invasion at the Battle of Río Salado.
1657 – Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.
1806 – War of the Fourth Coalition: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.
1817 – Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela.
1831 – Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
1863 – Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
1864 – The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
1888 – The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
1905 – Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
1918 – World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
1918 – World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments
1920 – The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States.
1941 – President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
1941 – Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
1942 – World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.
1944 – Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
1945 – Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line.
1947 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
1948 – A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.
1953 – President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
1956 – Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
1959 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
1961 – The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
1961 – Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin Wall with a plain granite marker.
1973 – The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
1975 – Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
1980 – El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.
1983 – The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
1985 – Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
1991 – The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine.
1995 – Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.
2005 – The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
2014 – Sweden is the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine.
2014 – Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas.
2015 – Sixty-four people are killed and more than 147 injuries after a fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest.
2020 – A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings.



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Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to the following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center. Back to Top

Friday, October 29, 2021

Weather Briefing for Friday, October 29, 2021

Here is a truncated weather briefing for today.

GENERAL OUTLOOK

A deep low pressure system will move over the region today through tonight. As the low pressure moves away to the east this weekend, drying high pressure will spread back over the region on Sunday and persist through early next week. A cold front will impact the area middle of next week, increasing rain chances again.



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Local News Brief  

 Local COVID-19 numbers for Macon County as of [October 28, 2021]







Franklin Area


Today

Showers likely, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before 2pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 2am. Patchy fog before 1am, then patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday

A 50 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 40.


Highlands Plateau


Today

Showers likely, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the mid-40s. WInds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday

A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs in the mid-50s.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 40.


Otto Area


Today

Showers likely, mainly after 10am. Patchy fog before 3pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 50. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 2am. Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Light winds out of the southwest. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday

A 50 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Light winds out of the northwest.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 40.


Nantahala Area


Today

Showers likely, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 50. WInds out of the south 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 50 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday

Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night

A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly between 2am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-50s.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s.


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Areas of fog are developing across northeast Georgia, the western Upstate of South Carolina and the southern North Carolina mountains early this morning. The fog may become dense in some locations, reducing visibility to less than one-quarter of a mile at times. The fog may be quite variable, rapidly changing the visibility over short distances.

Use caution if you must travel early this morning. Reduce speed and use low beam headlights and fog lamps if you encounter fog.


TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK



Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Oct 29 2021

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

1. Showers and thunderstorms associated with a strong low pressure system located a few hundred miles south-southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland, continue to show some signs of organization. However, the low is still attached to a front and therefore remains nontropical. The low is expected to move eastward and then southeastward toward slightly warmer warmers during the next few days, and it could lose its associated fronts and acquire some subtropical characteristics over the weekend or early next week while over the central Atlantic. For more information on this system, including gale warnings, see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.




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Thursday, October 28, 2021

COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County
October 28, 2021



Here is an index to assist you in moving from section to section within the article.

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Introduction
Developing COVID-19 News
Mission-HCA Patient Report
Detected, Active, Recovered, and Deaths
Testing Statistics
Vaccine Delivery Statistics
Macon County Public Schools Report
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Introduction

Numbers released on Thursday, October 28th, 2021.

Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers Macon Public Health, along with a couple of charts by Macon Media to show you the long-term trends since April 17th, 2020, when the health department started releasing numbers to the public. Numbers from the Macon County Public Schools have been added after the Vaccine Report and are more conveniently accessed via the Table of Contents at the top of this article.


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Developing COVID-19 News

There have been three more deaths of Maconians this week, bringing the known total to 69 since the start of the pandemic and 8 so far this month. There were 8 deaths in September.

The health department has announced that booster shots are now available. For more information, please read the press release:

PRESS RELEASE (10-28-2021)
MACON PUBLIC HEALTH

COVID-19 BOOSTERS AVAILABLE FOR FULLY VACCINATED GROUPS TO MAINTAIN PROTECTION


Individuals who have received the primary two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna and the one dose Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations may be eligible for a booster vaccine to support the body’s immune response to COVID-19. Appointments are available at Macon County Public Health to all who meet the criteria for a booster dose. Those who received the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna may be eligible for a booster vaccine as approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the following groups of people who received their second Pfizer vaccine at least six months ago. These recommendations apply to those who received the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccination for their first two vaccines, and they may get either booster with ANY of the available vaccines:

• Patients 65 years of age or older,
• Patients 18 years of age or older who are a resident of a long term care facility,
• Patients aged 18 to 64 who have an underlying health condition (See Note #1) that puts them at higher risk for severe COVID-19,(Note #2)
• Patients aged 18 to 64 who have an occupational or institutional exposure to COVID-19.

Those 18 and older who received the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine are approved to get a booster vaccine by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They must have received their J&J vaccine at least two months ago. Those who received the J&J one shot vaccine are able to choose any of the available vaccines for their booster.

The Pfizer-BioNTech booster vaccine is also approved by the CDC for the following groups of people who received their second Pfizer vaccine at least 28 days prior. (See Note #3) These recommendations, currently, only apply to those who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination for their first two vaccines:

• Patients 12 years of age and older who are moderately or severely immunocompromised.

Those who meet the above criteria are encouraged to schedule their vaccine booster appointment, by calling Macon County Public Health at 828-349-2081. The booster vaccine is available at no cost to those who are eligible, regardless of their insurance status. If you are insured, you are asked to bring your insurance card to your appointment. You do not have to receive your booster at the same location that you received your primary COVID-19 vaccinations. However, you MUST bring your vaccination card that you received with your initial vaccine.

Each COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and J&J) is working to prevent severe illness, hospitalization, and death, in people who are fully vaccinated, if they become infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. However, with increased variant transmission, researchers are seeing a decrease in protections in those who are fully vaccinated and at additional risk, either due to their immune system or individual risk factors (like their occupation or living situation). These booster vaccinations will give these individuals the protection that they may have lost over time. There is not currently data to support vaccine boosters in the general population, because the general population has not seen the same decrease in protection, though it is possible that a vaccine booster will be recommended to the general public in the future.

Older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions may be at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19; however, anyone of any age can become infected with this illness. Therefore, we ask that community members strictly follow the governor’s recommendations and continue to practice social distancing, as well as safe hygiene measures such as hand washing and frequently cleaning touched objects and surfaces. Everyone who is eligible is encouraged to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, a safe and effective prevention tool. If you believe that you may have COVID-19, please call the Health Department at 828-349-2081 to schedule an appointment for a test. To register and schedule an appointment to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, please call 828-349-2081.

Notes:

Note #1 -- Health Conditions That May Put A Person At Higher Risk Of Severe COVID-19: Cancer, Chronic kidney disease, Chronic lung diseases (like COPD, asthma, interstitial lung disease, cystic fibrosis, and pulmonary hypertension), Dementia, Other Neurological conditions, Diabetes, Down syndrome, Heart conditions, HIV infection, Weakened immune system, Liver disease, Obesity, Pregnancy, Sickle cell disease, Smoking (current or former), Organ or blood transplant, Stoke or cerebrovascular disease, and Substance use disorders

Note #2 -- Those At Risk For Occupational and Institutional Exposures: Healthcare workers, Teachers/Educational staff, Correctional staff and inmates, First responders, Food and agricultural workers, Grocery store staff, Group home residents.

Note #3 -- Patients between the ages of 12-15 years of age must have parental/guardian consent to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and COVID-19 booster vaccine.


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Mission-HCA Patient Report

[editor's note: once enough data has been collected, Macon Media will begin producing a chart for this staistic]
(Also, things have gotten busy at Mission, and they have not released COVID Numbers since the 26th.
As of 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 26, there were 73 COVID positive inpatients in Mission Health system; 61 at Mission Hospital; 4 at Angel Medical Center; 4 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital; 2 at Mission Hospital McDowell; 2 at Transylvania Regional Hospital.

Message from Macon Public Health

Older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions may be at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19; however, anyone of any age can become infected with this illness. Therefore, we ask that community members strictly follow the governor’s recommendations and continue to practice social distancing, as well as safe hygiene measures such as hand washing and frequently cleaning touched objects and surfaces. Everyone who is eligible is encouraged to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, a safe and effective prevention tool.

If you believe that you may have COVID-19, please call the Health Department at 828-349-2081 to schedule an appointment for a test. To register and schedule an appointment to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, please call 828-349-2081.


Here is a new chart that may be of some use to the public. It measures the change in the numbers of detected COVID-19 cases from Friday to Friday as a percentage change from the previous Friday. It starts on Friday, May 21st, which saw a 0.57% increase in detected cases over the previous week.





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Introduction

Known COVID-19 Cases

5375 Detected
(+14 from yesterday and +49 from last week and +345 in four weeks and +4617 or +609.10% from one year ago)

62 Active
(-24 (-27.91%) from yesterday and -7 (-18.14%) from last week and -266 (-81.10%) in four weeks and +341 or +100.00% from one year ago

5244 Recovered
(+36 from yesterday and +53 from last week and +603 in four weeks and +4524 (+628.33%) from one year ago)

69 Deaths
(+2 (+2.99%) from yesterday and unchanged +3 (+4.55) from last week and +8 (+13.11%) in four weeks and +62 or +885.71% from one year ago)




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Testing Statistics



Testing numbers reported to the health department

12981 by Macon County Public Health
(+120 from yesterday and +120 from last week and +662 in four weeks and +6713 or 105.88% from one year ago)

15095 by Others
(+59 from yesterday and +151 from last week and +644 in four weeks and +12213 or 423.77% from one year ago)

28196 Total Tests
(+163 from yesterday and +271 from last week and +1306 in four weeks and +18926 or 204.16% from one year ago)

88 tests pending results
(+19 from yesterday and +51 from last week and -177 in four weeks and -69 or -43.95% from one year ago)





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Vaccine Delivery Statistics



Vaccine Delivery Statistics


9 Vaccines Given Today
+9 from yesterday
9 given this week

2452 Vaccines in Inventory
+1987 from yesterday

+1987 this week

13114 Total Vaccines Given
+9 from yesterday
9 given this week


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Macon County Public Schools Report



Macon County Public Schools Report
Friday, October 22, 2021

No update was published by the school system Cartoogechaye Elementary

Currently Quarantined 2 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 1 students and 0 staff

East Franklin Elementary

Currently Quarantined 8 students and 1 staff
Currently Posivitve 2 students and 0 staff

Franklin High School

Currently Quarantined 31 students and 1 staff
Currently Posivitve 0 students and 0 staff

Highlands School

Currently Quarantined 0 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 1 students and 1 staff

Iotla Valley Elementary

Currently Quarantined 2 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 2 students and 0 staff

Macon Early College

Currently Quarantined 0 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 0 students and 0 staff

Macon Middle School

Currently Quarantined 4 students and 5 staff
Currently Posivitve 0 students and 0 staff

Mountain Valley Intermediate

Currently Quarantined 3 students and 2 staff
Currently Posivitve 2 students and 1 staff

Nantahala School

Currently Quarantined 0 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 0 students and 0 staff

South Macon Elemenary

Currently Quarantined 34 students and 5 staff
Currently Posivitve 7 students and 0 staff

Union Academy

Currently Quarantined 3 students and 0 staff
Currently Posivitve 0 students and 0 staff

Central Offices

Currently Quarantined 0 staff
Currently Positive 0 staff

Totals

Students Quarantined 59
Students Positive 15
Students Avoiding Quantine Due to Vaccination 67
Total Students Out of School 74

Staff Quarantined 14
Staff Positive 2
Staff Avoiding Quarantine Due to Vaccination 50
Total Staff Out of School 16

Total Students and Staff Avoiding Quarantine 117

In School Transmissions 29

Substitues Quarantined 0
Substitutes Positive 0
Total Substitues Out 0




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