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OUTLOOK
Dry weather continues through Monday although a weak system may bring a sprinkle to a few places late Saturday. Mild high pressure brings warmer temperatures to start the week. A wet storm system is expected to arrive Tuesday, with unsettled weather continuing through the middle of the week.
• Fire Chief Terry Rholetter BenefitToday at 4pm [Facebook Events]
• 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 Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Increasing clouds, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph after midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 15 mph in the early evening shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 60. WInds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northeast 3 to 6 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Increasing clouds, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Light and variable winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Clear, with lows around 40. Light and variable winds.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Increasing clouds, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Light and variable winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Clear, with lows around 40. Light and variable winds.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
There are no hazardous weather conditions anticipated for today or tonight.
Minimum relative humidity near 25 percent and wind gusts of the northwest up to 25 mph may create an Increased Fire Danger on Sunday.
Widespread rain, with embedded thunderstorms is expected across the area Tuesday into Wednesday. Locally heavy rainfall and isolated flooding may occur, especially near the southern Blue Ridge Escarpment. A few strong to severe storms may be possible, as well.
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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 lower range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.3 out of 12) today with Maple, Oak, and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (11.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 2nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 85°F at the Coweeta Experimental Stationin 1946
Lowest Temperature 153°F in Highlands in 1987
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.303 inches in Highlands in 1920
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 0.5 inches in Highlandsin 1915
Record weather events for March in Macon County
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1873 to 2018 Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987
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
• 2 Sevier County wildfires burn more than 4,500 acres [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Turkey farms in Johnston County, Wayne County test positive for Avian Flu [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Cawthorn's week, VinFast news and the big game [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Reps. Madison Cawthorn, Ted Budd to speak at Trump rally in NC next week [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Photos and video of the 2022 Vietnam Veterans Day Observance in Franklin, NC [Macon Media]
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.
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]
• Interactive map: average date of last spring freeze across the United States [Climate.gov]
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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, April 1 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for the 30th]
How Ukraine is using kamikaze drones to turn the tables on Russia
• Ukraine war destruction takes its toll [AP News via YoutubeCE]
• Shaken at First, Many Russians Now Rally Behind Putin's Invasion [New York Times via Yahoo! News]
1/ Ukrainian Theater of War, Day 37: Today’s update focuses on each of the Strategic Fronts in the UTW. BLUF, Ukraine has defeated Russian forces along the Kyiv-Chernihiv & Sumy Fronts. East Ukraine is now the focal point of operations. #Ukraine #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWar pic.twitter.com/lvv5ofr8bT
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) April 2, 2022
Day 37: Speaking About the Dream! | Operator Starsky
• Red Cross heads again for Mariupol as Russia shifts Ukraine focus [Reuters via Yahoo! News]
• Ukraine hits fuel depot in Russia, retakes areas near Kyiv [Courthouse News Service]
• Russia-Ukraine live news: ‘Noticeable’ Russia withdrawal in north [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine: EU parliament president visits Kyiv [DW]
• The heavy losses of an elite Russian regiment in Ukraine [BBC News]
• School students turn teacher in to police for alleged anti-Russia comments [News.com Australia]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets
• US confirms dispatch of chemical weapons protection to Ukraine [Russia Today]
• Russia confirms Ukraine attacked Belgorod oil depot [Pravda ]
• Shell unable to buy Russian gas due to London’s anti-Russian stance - Kremlin spokesman [TASS Russian News Agency]
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National and World News Roundup
• Federal Reserve warns of "brewing U.S. housing bubble" [CBS News]
• U.S. will work with allies to transfer Soviet-made tanks to Ukraine -NY Times [Reuters]
• Climate change creating more devastating rainfall events in wildfire burn scars [Courthouse News Service]
• Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking conviction upheld as US judge refuses retrial [Sky News]
• Sri Lanka declares state of emergency as protests spread [Al Jazeera]
04/01/22: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and CEA Member Jared Bernstein
Global National: April 1, 2022 | What's next after Pope Francis' apology over residential schools
PBS NewsHour Full Episode April 1st, 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 4:59pm CEST, 1 April 2022, there have been 486,761,597 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,142,735 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 27 March 2022, a total of 11,054,362,790 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:59pm CEST, 1 April 2022, there have been 79,342,899 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 972,830 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 25 March 2022, a total of 544,622,140 vaccine doses have been administered.
• SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induces cognitive deficit and anxiety-like behavior in mouse via non-cell autonomous hippocampal neuronal death [Nature]
• Myocarditis Outcomes Following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination [CDC]
• ‘We need to prepare not panic;’ NYC to release 6M free at-home COVID tests as cases rise due to BA.2 [silive]
• What we now know about long Covid [BBC NewsE]
• Two high schools in New Jersey reinstate mask mandates following outbreaks. [New York Times]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• This Week In Security: More State-Sponsored Activity, Spring4Shell [Hackaday]
• First audio recorded on Mars reveals two speeds of sound [PHYS.org]
• Facebook users angry after accounts locked for no reason [BBC]
• Police Are Buying Drones and Armored Vehicles With COVID Relief Funds [Vice News]
• Abort motor for Orion spacecraft passes test in Utah[KSL-TV (Salt Lake City, UT)]
• 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
https://youtu.be/vtHZ09p9QFo?t=8 How SpaceX is Rapidly Iterating Starship
Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3 or Duet 5: Which Is The Best For You?
It's Airbnb for Clothes - DTNS 4245
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Reservists and irregulars in Ukraine - "A people at war"
Destruction On The Road To Kharkiv Reveals Intensity Of Battle For Ukrainian City
Russian officials say Ukrainian helicopters fired on Russian oil depot I ABCNL
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On This Day
April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 273 days remain until the end of the year.
In common years, it is the first day of the second quarter of the year. The exact moment the second quarter begins occurs at 6 a.m. on this day. In countries that use summer time the actual exact time of the start of the second quarter in a common year is at 7:00 a.m. for locations in the northern hemisphere, or 5:00 a.m. for locations 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)
1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now the United States state of Florida
1755 – Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on the west coast of India.
1792 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
1800 – Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
1800 – The Treaty of Constantinople establishes the Septinsular Republic, the first autonomous Greek state since the Fall of the Byzantine Empire.
1801 – French Revolutionary Wars: The British capture the Danish fleet.
1851 – Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
1863 – American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
1865 – American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
1885 – Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
1900 – The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
1902 – Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
1902 – "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
1911 – The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
1912 – The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.
1917 – American entry into World War I: President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
1921 – The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
1930 – After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
1954 – A 19-month-old infant is swept up in the ocean tides at Hermosa Beach, California. Local photographer John L. Gaunt photographs the incident; 1955 Pulitzer winner "Tragedy by the Sea".
1956 – As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
1964 – The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
1972 – Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
1973 – Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
1975 – Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
1976 – Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.[1]
1979 – A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
1980 – United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
1982 – Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
1986 – Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
1989 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
1991 – Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
1992 – In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
1992 – Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2002 – Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
2004 – Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
2006 – Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
2012 – A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.
2014 – A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.
2015 – Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
2015 – Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history."
2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of confirmed cases reach 1 million.
2021 – At least 49 people are killed in a train derailment in Taiwan after a truck accidentally rolls onto the track.
2021 – A Capitol Police officer is killed and another injured when an attacker rams his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, April 02, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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