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Special Section: Concerts for Ukraine
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OUTLOOK
A weak cold front will move slowly off the Carolina coast early today. Dry high pressure will spread over the region and linger through early in the week. Another cold front will approach the area from the west in the middle of the week.
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
Breezy to windy conditions will develop today across western North Carolina, with very low afternoon relative humidity values expected as well. West to northwest winds will gust to between 20 and 30 mph at times this afternoon and early this evening. Afternoon relative humidity values will dip into the 20 to 30 percent range, with a few foothill and Piedmont locations seeing minimum relative humidity values in the upper teens. These conditions will combine with dry brush, grasses, and other fuels to increase fire danger across the region.
Outdoor burning is discouraged. Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, use extreme caution since fires can quickly get out of hand under these conditions
• Spring (the Vernal Equinox) starts today at 11:33am
• Otto Fire Department has established a fundraiser to assist the family of an injured firefighter (Chief Rholetter) on [GoFundMe]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s.
Tuesday Night
Showers, mainly after 9pm. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around freezing. WInds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60.
Tuesday Night
Showers, mainly after 10pm. Lows around 50. Chance of rain is 90%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Tuesday Night
Showers, mainly after 9pm. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 90%
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Tuesday Night
Showers, mainly after 8pm. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 90%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
Breezy to windy conditions will develop today across western North Carolina, with very low afternoon relative humidity values expected as well. West to northwest winds will gust to between 20 and 30 mph at times this afternoon and early this evening. Afternoon relative humidity values will dip into the 20 to 30 percent range, with a few foothill and Piedmont locations seeing minimum relative humidity values in the upper teens. These conditions will combine with dry brush, grasses, and other fuels to increase fire danger across the region.
Outdoor burning is discouraged. Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, use extreme caution since fires can quickly get out of hand under these conditions
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Almanac
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
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.8 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the igh range (9.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 20th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 83°F in Franklin in 1968
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Franklin in 1956
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.61 inches in Highlands in 1901
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 8.5 inches in Franklin in 1876
Record weather events for March in Macon County
Highest Temperature 86°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 15, 1967
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on March 7, 1899
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.43 inches in Highlands on March 29, 1898
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 13, 1993
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News
• Local photographer uses drone to capture images of wrecked cars in the Cullasaja Gorge [The Highlander]
• Rising gas prices could cost commuters hundreds more annually [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Gardening Guide: Grab the seeds. Here’s how to start growing warm-weather plants [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 'Expression of love': Asheville church collects truckloads of supplies to send to Ukraine [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Word from the Smokies: Data monitoring protects species for the long haul [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Otto Fire Department has established a fundraiser to assist the family of an injured firefighter (Cheif Rholetter) on [GoFundMe]
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Special Section: Russo-UKrainian War (Day 23)
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(additional long form videos are in the Science and Technology podcast section)
Day Twenty Four
Russia says it used hypersonic missiles in Ukraine as Zelenskyy calls for talks | DW News
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 19 (ISW will dial back their reports to twice a week) [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for the 15th]
• Purim in Berlin: Ukrainian Jews find refuge in what was once Europe’s ‘center of darkness’ [Microsoft News]
• Ukraine’s not-so-secret weapon against Russia: an army of volunteers supplying the front [Global National News]
• The Battle for Kyiv Looms as a Long and Bloody Conflict [Yahoo! News]
• Kyiv calling: famous Clash anthem reborn as call to arms [The Guardian]
• Russia claims it hit Ukrainian weapons storage with hypersonic missile [The Hill]
• Intel Sharing Between U.S. and Ukraine ‘Revolutionary’ Says DIA Director [USNI News]
• Three Times Russians Botched a War and Had a Revolution [Wall Street]
Ukraine: The Human Price of War Part I (March 6th)
Ukraine: The Human Price of War Part 2 (March 19th)
• Dozens of soldiers feared dead after attack on Mykolaiv barracks 'while troops slept' [Sky News]
• Masha is 15, her body is broken and Russians say she's a fake [The Telegraph]
• Ukraine’s Radio Station of National Resistance [The New Yorker]
America stands united with the people of Ukraine in their fight for freedom and against oppression. pic.twitter.com/O7INc9S1tq
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) March 18, 2022
• Marjorie Taylor Greene says Ukraine should give up (video in article) [Salon]
• Russian foreign minister praises Fox News coverage of war in Ukraine [The Guardian]
• Three US mercenaries killed in Donetsk People's Republic [Pravda (Russian State-Controlled News)]
• Three US mercenaries killed in Donetsk People's Republic [Pravda (Russian State-Controlled News)]
• Russia Isn't Nearly as Isolated as Washington Wants You to Believe (March 16th) [Mises Institute]
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National and World News Roundup
• Norwegian Officials Say Four Found Dead at MV-22B Crash Site in Arctic Norway [USNI News]
• Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community—Key China Content [Andrew S Erickson] [PDF]
• Lowering of Flags to Honor Congressman Don Young [SOURCE]
• Afghanistan's last finance minister, now a DC Uber driver, ponders what went wrong [Stars and Stripes]
• LA County Sheriff’s helicopter crashes near road in San Gabriel Mountains; 6 hospitalized [Orange County Register]
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Global National: March 19, 2022 | Russia claims 1st use of hypersonic missiles in Ukraine
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 19th, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode March 19th, 2022
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It will include local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 18, 2021]
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 4:14pm CET, 17 March 2022, there have been 462,758,117 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including Globally, as of 7:33pm CET, 18 March 2022, there have been 464,809,377 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,062,536 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 18 March 2022, a total of 10,925,055,390 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 7:33pm CET, 18 March 2022, there have been 78,932,322 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 960,935 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 11 March 2022, a total of 541,754,260 vaccine doses have been administered.
• What do we mean by ‘COVID-19 changes your brain’? [Science News]
• Ivermectin Didn’t Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations in Largest Trial to Date [Wall Street Journal]
• [Hong Kong] Lam to Review Travel Ban When Fifth Wave Eases, HK01 Says[Bloomberg]
• WHO may reject Canadian-made Medicago COVID-19 vaccine because of ties to big tobacco[the Globe and Mail]
• How the US could create a test-to-treat location in every home [Quartz]
• ‘Stealth' COVID Variant Spreading Faster in NY Than US, CDC Says: What to Know About BA.2 [WNBC-TV (New York, NY]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Security News This Week: The TSA’s First Crack at Protecting Pipelines From Hackers Falls Short [WIRED]
• Wireless Sensors: Tiny Battery-Free Devices Float In The Wind Like Dandelion Seeds [Clean Technica]
• Ubuntu has a ‘Weird Looking’ New Logo [It's FOSS News]
• AMD Ryzen 6000 series: release date & more – what we know [We PC]
• Daring NASA helicopter captures stunning view of the Martian desert [Mashable]
• Some Russians are breaking through Putin’s digital iron curtain — leading to fights with friends and family [Washington Post]
• President Zelenskyy Signs Ukraine’s Crypto Law ‘On Virtual Assets’ [EncryptoByte]
• XeroLinux: A Beautiful Arch-based Linux With Excellent Customizability by Default [It's FOSS]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history, current events and technology
SpaceX Starship Stacked and Tested, NASA SLS Rolls to the Pad, Record Falcon 9 landing
Fermi Paradox: Technological Extinction
186 - Kharkov Falls Once Again - WW2 - March 19, 1943
Soviet Anti-American Propaganda - Cold War DOCUMENTARY
Ancient Origins of the Kyivan Rus: From Rurikids to Mongols | KIngs and Generals Documentary
The SpaceX Starship: Elon Musk's Gateway to Mars
Are We Not Men? | Ep. 1072
Ukraine: The Human Price of War Part I (March 6th)
Ukraine: The Human Price of War Part 2 (March 19th)
This Tiny PC Has The New AMD RDNA 2 iGPU! And It's Fast! Ryzen 6000 Mini PC Hands-On
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Special Section: Concerts for Ukraine
While not a benefit concert, this was a concert from August 2021 in Bloomingdale, IL to celebrate 30 years of Ukrainian independence.
30 Years of Ukrainian Independence Gala Concert
Charity Concert for Ukraine – Frankfurt Radio Symphony & Ensemble Modern
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live In Ukraine 2008. YouTube Special. Raising funds for Ukraine Relief.
Concert in Support of Ukraine
Hope: Concert for Ukraine
Live Event: Ukraine Fundraising Concert. Donation link below
University of Alberta Department of Music and the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies present a Fundraising Concert in Support of Ukraine. All proceeds from this concert are going to the Canada-Ukraine Foundation. Please consider making a donation to support humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
[Donation link]
***When making an online donation please indicate the UofA Ukrainian Relief Concert in the message box.
Concert for Ukraine
Harmony for Healing: Benefit Concert for Ukraine
France 2 | Unis pour l'Ukraine
Asheville for Peace, Asheville for Ukraine Benefit Concert LIVE @ Grey Eagle 3-18-2022
Concert for Ukraine SD 480p
Concert for Ukraine - Symphony 21
Concert for Ukraine | Friday Night is Organ Music Night | 25. February with the Gartshores
And, we leave you with a video celebrating the musical traditions of Ukraine Вірський: Дух України (Virsky: The Spirit of Ukraine)
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On This Day
March 20th is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 286 days remain until the end of the year. Typically the March equinox falls on this date, marking the vernal point in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumnal point in the Southern Hemisphere.
Sometimes the March equinox falls on this date (mostly in Western Hemisphere countries), marking the vernal point in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumnal point in the Southern Hemisphere.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
235 – Maximinus Thrax is proclaimed Roman emperor.
673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka.
1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
1602 – The Dutch East India Company is established.
1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
1760 – The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
1815 – After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
1848 – German revolutions of 1848–49: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
1854 – The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin, US.
1861 – An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
1883 – The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
1888 – The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
1890 – Chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
1896 – With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
1913 – Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
1915 – Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
1921 – The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.
1922 – The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
1923 – The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
1926 – Chiang Kai-shek initiates a purge of communist elements within the National Revolutionary Army in Guangzhou.
1933 – Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
1942 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
1948 – With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
1951 – Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
1952 – The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan.
1956 – Tunisia gains independence from France.
1964 – The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
1969 – A United Arab airlines (now Egyptair) Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Aswan international Airport, killing 100 people.
1972 – The Troubles: The first Provisional IRA car bombing in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland.
1985 – Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
1985 – Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.
1987 – The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
1988 – Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
1990 – Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
1993 – The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.
1995 – The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 and wounding over 6,200 people.
1999 – Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
2000 – Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English.
2003 – Iraq War: The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland begin an invasion of Iraq.
2006 – Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Déby.
2010 – Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland begins eruptions that would last for three months, heavily disrupting air travel in Europe.
2012 – At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq.
2014 – Four suspected Taliban members attack the Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people.
2015 – A Solar eclipse, equinox, and a supermoon all occur on the same day.
2015 – Syrian civil war: The Siege of Kobanî is broken by the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Free Syrian Army (FSA), marking a turning point in the Rojava–Islamist conflict.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, March 19, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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