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OUTLOOK
Abundant moisture ahead of a cold front will cross the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia today, bringing widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms to the region. Cooler air will begin spilling into the region on Friday, with additional disturbances arriving over the weekend from the northwest and reinforcing the cooler air across the area. Light accumulating snowfall will be possible across the higher ridges of the North Carolina mountains over the weekend.
• 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 Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before noon. Highs near 70. Winds out fo the south 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Light winds out of the west.
Friday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Areas of fog before 3pm. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the south 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the west after midnight. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of teh west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 40s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 1pm. Highs near 70. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the evening decreasing and shifting to come out of the southeast after midnight. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the early morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph iby midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds around 5 mph becoming calm by midnight.
Friday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog between 8am and 10am. Highs near 70. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of teh southwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Light winds out of the southwest.
Friday
Partly sunny, with highs near 50.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A Wind Advisory is in effect until 2pm Wednesday at elevations above 3500 feet.
Storms are expected to cross the region this morning and may persist into the afternoon. Strong wind gusts and brefly heavy downpours are possible. Please turn on your headlights while it is raining (this is state law) so other motorists can see you and inmcrease your following distance in order to avoid an accident if they have to stop suddenly or if the lose control.
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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
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (2.9 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 23rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 82°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2011
Lowest Temperature 15°F in Highlands in 2004
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.05 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1952
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 0.1 inches in Highlands in 1950
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
• Fentanyl overdose becomes leading cause of death for adults age 18 to 45 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Coronavirus omicron updates: Here’s what to know in North Carolina on March 22 [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Where to go as some WNC counties start closing COVID-19 testing sites [WLOS-TV]
WNC Broadband Meeting
Kevin Corbin (NC Senate 50th District) and Karl Gillespie (NC House 120th District) hosted an event (MOnday, March 21st) at Holly Springs Baptist Church to discuss expanding access to broadband in western North Carolina. Among those represented, were the Division of Broadband and Digital Equity, members of the NC House (Karl Gillespie (120th), Mike Clampitt (NC-119th), and Mark Pless (118th) that serve the counties in the NC Senate 50th District represented by Senator Corbin. Local elected officials and staff members from the counties and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee and the Town of Franklin and Highlands were also present, as well as Southwestern Community College, Morris Broadband, Frontier Communications, Balsam West, and other regional internet providers. There were also members of the public and regional news media outlets present. This is the video of the full event.
• 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 Updates (March 23rd)
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(additional long form videos are in the Science and Technology podcast section)
Day Twenty Six
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 22 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for the 20th]
The small town in Ukraine which saw off the Russian army - BBC News
• A Ukrainian Town Deals Russia One of the War’s Most Decisive Routs [Wall Street Journal]
The Rather Pathetic Economy of Russia
• ‘We want them to go to the Stone Age’: Ukrainian coders are splitting their time between work and cyber warfare [CNBC]
• The Smaller Bombs That Could Turn Ukraine Into a Nuclear War Zone [Yahoo! News]
• Ukrainian Fighter Pilots Describe Their Desperate Air War Against Russia [The Warzone]
• Biden to announce new Russia sanctions while in Brussels [ABC News]
• Will Belarus, Russia’s key ally, join Putin’s war in Ukraine? [Al Jazeera]
• The Azov Battalion: Extremists defending Mariupol [DW]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets
• USA and NATO did not listen. Russia ends America's supremacy [Pravda ]
• Tucker Carlson: We have a right to know what's going on in Ukraine, but our leaders are lying []
• Roma tied to lamp posts and sprayed with dye in Ukraine – reports [Russia Today]
• Western arms deliveries to Ukraine threaten global security — Russian diplomat [TASS Russian News Agency]
• Alexei Navalny sentenced to nine years in strict regime colony [Pravda]
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National and World News Roundup
Confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (Day 2)
Confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (Day 3)
• See Day 1 of the confirmation hearing on[Youtube]
• Ketanji Brown Jackson vows to ‘stay in lane’ on Supreme Court [Courthouse News Service]
• On second day of hearings, Jackson responds to Republican critiques on criminal sentencing [SCOTUSblog]
• Politicization of the Supreme Court starts in the Senate [Courthouse News Service]
• Japan opposes Russian withdrawal from World War II peace treaty talks over sanctions [CNN]
• South Carolina Completes Preparations for Firing-Squad Executions [Death Penalty Information center]
• Six high school-aged girls dead after crash with semitruck, Oklahoma Highway Patrol says [CNN]
• Capitol riot suspect is granted refugee status in Belarus after fleeing US [CNN]
Meet The Press Broadcast (Full) - March 20
Global National: March 22, 2022 | What the Liberal-NDP deal means for Canadians
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 22nd, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode March 22nd, 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 5:27pm CET, 22 March 2022, there have been 470,839,745 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,092,933 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 5:27pm CET, 22 March 2022, there have been 79,015,226 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 964,473 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 11 March 2022, a total of 541,754,260 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Italian study shows ventilation can cut school COVID cases by 82% [Reuters]
• COVID and the Heart: It Spares No One [Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]
• WHO blames rising Covid cases in Europe on curbs lifted too soon [The Guardian]
• As picture of Covid vaccine durability gets clearer, J&J makes a strong showing [NBC News]
• COVID-19 in pregnancy tied to poor maternal outcomes, preterm birth, fetal death [CIDRAP]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
· • Electric cars are now three to six times cheaper to drive in the US as gas prices rise [electrek]
• Google routinely hides emails from litigation by CCing attorneys, DOJ alleges [ars TECHNICA]
• EU in final push for Big Tech crackdown [Tech Xplore]
• Microsoft confirms they were hacked by Lapsus$ extortion group [Bleeping Computer]
• Brain Implant Allows Fully Paralyzed Patient to Communicate [The New York Times]
• Starlink hikes prices for monthly service and starter kit, even if you put down a deposit [The Verge]
• Senators Introduce the Bipartisan ‘SMART Copyright Act,’ Claiming That the Bill ‘Would Hold Tech Accountable’ [Digital Music News]
• 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
Level1 News March 23 2022: I'm Looking At the Influencer In The Mirror
Another Attempt At Smart Glasses - DTNS 4237
Putin Should Read More History | Into Context | War in Ukraine 05
The Rather Pathetic Economy of Russia
Booster Test Stand Arrives at the Launch Site | SpaceX Boca Chica
SIERRA SPACE EXCLUSIVE TOUR!! Dream Chaser and much more with VP and NASA veteran Angie Wise!!
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On This Day
March 23rd is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 283 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)
1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official.
1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
1568 – The Peace of Longjumeau is signed, ending the second phase of the French Wars of Religion.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty, or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
1801 – Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death inside his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle.
1806 – After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.
1821 – Greek War of Independence: Battle and fall of city of Kalamata.
1839 – A massive earthquake destroys the former capital Inwa of the Konbaung dynasty, present-day Myanmar.
1848 – The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
1857 – Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
1862 – American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
1868 – The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
1879 – War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
1885 – Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
1888 – In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
1889 – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
1901 – Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, is captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
1905 – Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
1909 – Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
1913 – A tornado outbreak kills more than 240 people in the central United States, while an ongoing flood in the Ohio River watershed was killing 650 people.
1918 – First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
1919 – In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
1931 – Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
1933 – The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
1935 – Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
1939 – The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
1940 – The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League.
1956 – Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.
1965 – NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
1977 – The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
1978 – The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
1980 – Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
1982 – Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt.
1983 – Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
1988 – Angolan and Cuban forces defeat South Africa in the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale.
1991 – The Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia, invades Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow Joseph Saidu Momoh, sparking the 11-year Sierra Leone Civil War.
1994 – At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.
1994 – A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base and then crashes, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground. This later became known as the Green Ramp disaster.
1994 – Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, killing 75.
1996 – Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
1999 – Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
2001 – The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
2003 – Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
2008 – Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
2009 – FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
2010 – The Affordable Care Act becomes law in the United States.
2018 – President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
2019 – The Kazakh capital of Astana was renamed to Nur-Sultan.
2019 – The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces capture the town of Baghuz in Eastern Syria, declaring military victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after four years of fighting, although the group maintains a scattered presence and sleeper cells across Syria and Iraq.
2020 – Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the United Kingdom into its first national lockdown in response to COVID-19.
2021 – A container ship runs aground and obstructs the Suez Canal for six days.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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