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OUTLOOK
As an upper level trough settles into region, a blustery day is on tap featuring below normal temperatures. Continued dry and breezy conditions on Sunday will give way to a warming trend and a developing southerly flow of air Monday through Wednesday.
Numerous hazardous weather conditions exist, or will exist, in the region over the next day or so. The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for a wind field that will be crossing the county from 8am to 8pm tonight. They have also issued a Special Weather Statement regarding increased fire danger due to high winds that will allow fires to rapidly spread. So, please hold off any outdoor burning for the next several days. Copies of the Wind Advisory and Special Weather Statement are posted in the Hazardous Weather Section.
Vietnam Veterans Day Observance
There will be a Vietnam veterans Day Parade and Ceremony in Franklin this morning {Saturday, March 26th). The parade will step off from town hall at 10:30am and the ceremony starts at 11am. The parade route will be from the town hall to the town gazebo. Main Street will be closed during the parade and Iotla Street will be closed for a few hours during the event. The event is organized by the Town of Franklin and the Vietnam Veterans Chapter #994.
• 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 Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph in the early evening increasing to 25 to 35 mph after midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest around 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the north 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Numerous hazardous weather conditions exist, or will exist, in the region over the next day or so. The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for a wind field that will be crossing the county from 8am to 8pm tonight. They have also issued a Special Weather Statement regarding increased fire danger due to high winds that will allow fires to rapidly spread. So, please hold off any outdoor burning for the next several days. Copies of the Wind Advisory and Special Weather Statement are posted below.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM EDT TONIGHTY...
* WHAT...West to northwest winds 15 to 30 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph expected.
* WHERE...Mountainous portions of the Carolinas and northeast Georgia.
* WHEN...From 6 AM to 8 PM EDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT THROUGH 8 PM EDT TONIGHT...
Westerly winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 30 to 40 mph, combined with relative humidity values below 25 percent will result in increased fire danger across all of western North Carolina Saturday afternoon into early evening.
Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn Saturday. 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 upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (11.4 out of 12) today with Juniper, Oak, and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 26th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 85°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2007
Lowest Temperature 9°F in Highlands in 1894
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.20 inches in Nantahala in 1965
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 7.0 inches in Nantahala in 1971
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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Local and State News
Macon County Commissioners - March 2022 Special Meeting
The Macon County Board of Commissioners held a special called meeting on March 24th, 2022, to provide match funding to be used by local Internet providers in NC GREAT broadband grant submittals. Commissioners voted 5-0 to each application $50,000 in matching funds from their pot of money ($6.9 million) from the American Rescue Plan Act. Frontier Communications and Balsam West each will receive $50,000 for their applications and $100,000 for the two applications being submitted by Altice USA (known locally as Morris Broadband/Optimum). If the providers are not awarded GREAT funding, the funds will revert back to Macon County.
• US ready to auction wind energy rights off Carolinas coast [ABC News]
• Local Jan. 6 defendant pleads guilty [Smoky Mountain News]
• Rooftop solar rate changes could cast long shadow over industry, climate change [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC town missing $430,000 after hiring finance director with prior bankruptcy, tax liens [Raleigh News and Observer]
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
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 25 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for the 25th]
• UKRAINE CONFLICT UPDATE #19 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for Update #19]
Russians experience heavy losses in Ukraine | ABC News (March 25, 2022)
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leads to massive shift in energy trade relations | DW News
Inside Irpin: The town destroyed in the battle for Kyiv - BBC News
• Ukraine says 400,000 citizens have been forcibly taken to Russia [CBC]
• Watch: 8 Russian 122mm howitzers were struck after UAV found them [BulgarianMilitary.com]
• Russian tanks in Ukraine are sprouting cages (March 19th, 2022)[The Economist]
• Ukraine claims it killed one of Russia's top generals in Ukraine [SOURCE]
How Poland has become 'the frontline of the NATO alliance'
• Pope’s peace prayer for Ukraine recalls Fatima prophecy [AP News]
• Ukrainian troops killed commander of Russia's 49th Combined Arms Army - Arestovych [UKRINFORM]
• Lawsuit seeks to block 'insurrectionist' Marjorie Taylor Greene from reelection bid [Reuters]
• Russian soldiers ran over their commander, apparently blaming him for heavy losses in Ukraine, Western official says [Yahoo! News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets
• Russia will storm besieged Ukrainian cities [Pravda ]
• Hunter Biden did fund Ukraine biolabs, emails published by media suggest [Russia Today]
• Lavrov slams all-out sanctions spree, says West’s values ‘aren’t worth a red cent’ [TASS Russian News Agency]
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National and World News Roundup
• Russia starts military drill on disputed islands off Japan [Kyodo News]
• U.S. company devises method to use coal waste to power crypto [SOURCE]
• Jury awards $14 million to protesters injured by Denver police during 2020 demonstrations [Denver Post]
• Feds: Forced-reset triggers are machine guns under US law [AP News]
• Sandy Hook families seek Alex Jones arrest after 2nd no-show [ABC News]
• Australia and New Zealand concerned over security pact that could see Chinese troops posted to the Solomon Islands [Sky News]
• Los Angeles County is investigating sheriff's department's 'deputy gangs' [CNN]
• Weekly jobless claims fall to a nearly 53-year low [CNN] [PDF of Report]
Jobless Claims
Global National: March 25, 2022 | Russia shifts to "liberate" Donbass amid signs invasion is failing
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 25th, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode March 25th, 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 6:15pm CET, 25 March 2022, there have been 476,374,234 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,108,976 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 6:15pm CET, 25 March 2022, there have been 79,139,385 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 967,905 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 11 March 2022, a total of 541,754,260 vaccine doses have been administered.
How the pandemic impacts mental health | COVID-19 Special
Ep 96 Osterholm Update: A Familiar Uncertainty
TWiV 880: COVID-19 clinical update #107 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
• Court allows Department of Defense to reassign unvaccinated Navy SEALs [SCOTUSblog]
• IN THE LINE OF FIRE: Scientists have been harassed for years. But a Science survey shows the pandemic has made things far worse for some [Science.org]
• Officials limit an antibody therapy, saying it’s ineffective against BA.2 variant of Omicron [STAT]
• If no one else is wearing a mask, should you? [National Geographic]
• Use of At-Home COVID-19 Tests — United States, August 23, 2021–March 12, 2022 [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• This Week In Security: Browser In The Browser, Mass Typo-squatting, And /dev/random Upgrades [Hackaday]
• FCC puts Kaspersky on security threat list, says it poses “unacceptable risk“ [ars TECHNICA]
• Deepfakes are now trying to change the course of war [CNN]
• This is how fast a ransomware attack encrypts all your files [SOURCE]
• AARP-backed social network looks to lure older users from Facebook [ars TECHNICA]
• Don't buy a gaming laptop - get a Steam Deck instead [techradar]
• Emergency Google Chrome update fixes zero-day used in attacks [Bleeping Computer]
• What Is the Splinternet? And Why You Should Be Paying Attention [Internet Society]
• Two Former Employees Are Suing TikTok for Having to Watch ‘Extremely Disturbing’ Videos [Rolling Stone]
• FCC Hands Out More Rural Broadband Funding [Next TV]
• The secret police: Inside the app Minnesota police used to collect data on journalists at protests [Technology Review]
• 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
The DNA of The DMA - DTNS 4240 (March 25, 2022)
Ariel Ekblaw: Space Colonization and Self-Assembling Space Megastructures | Lex Fridman Podcast #271
How I'm Learning to "Fly Safe" | Scott Manley
The Ultimate Ungulate - Lapsus$ hacking group, SXSW 2022, Eero Pro 6E review, TropeTrainer
The No Container Theory | Self-Hosted 67
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Video Section: Russo-Ukraine War
--> War in Ukraine: is a peace deal possible? | The Economist
“These are Putin's sanctions”: Understanding the economic sanctions against Russia
Why was Russia’s invasion of Ukraine such a miscalculation? | Ukraine latest
End of the Tank? - ATGMs and shoulder fired anti-tank weapons in Ukraine
How A.I. Can Measure The Impact Of War In Ukraine
The Future of Sino Russian Relations a Conversation with Dr Fiona Hill (March 16, 2022)
"Sending their best" - Debunking the myth of Russian 'cannon fodder' in Ukraine
Why the Russian Army BMP Tank is Worse than You Think
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On This Day
March 26th is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 280 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)
590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah. On the same day, al-Hakim's designated heir, Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas, is arrested in Damascus and brought to Egypt.
1027 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
1169 – Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
1344 – The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
1351 – Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
1552 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.
1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
1640 – The Royal Academy of Turku, the first university of Finland, is founded in the city of Turku by Queen Christina of Sweden at the proposal of Count Per Brahe.
1651 – Silver-loaded Spanish ship San José is pushed south by strong winds, subsequently it wrecks in the coast of southern Chile and its surviving crew is killed by indigenous Cuncos.
1697 – Safavid government troops take control of Basra.
1700 – William Dampier is the first European to circumnavigate New Britain, discovering it is an island (which he names Nova Britannia) rather than part of New Guinea.
1812 – An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela.
1812 – A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
1830 – The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
1839 – The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
1871 – The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
1885 – The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
1896 – An explosion at the Brunner Mine near Greymouth, New Zealand kills 65 coal miners in the country's worst industrial accident.
1913 – First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
1915 – The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
1917 – World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
1922 – The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
1931 – Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
1931 – Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
1934 – The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
1942 – World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
1954 – Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
1958 – The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
1970 – South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
1971 – East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C.
1981 – Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
1991 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
1998 – During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
2005 – Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
2010 – The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
2017 – Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, March 26, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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