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GENERAL OUTLOOK
An upper low will slowly drift east across Virginia and North Carolina through Monday, maintaining breezy north winds and areas of cloud cover. Expect temperatures to slowly warm through the middle of the week, ahead of a dry cold front which will arrive by Friday.
FOG FAIR SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, NOV 5th FROM 10AM TO 4PM
Friends of the Greenway announce their Fall arts and crafts fundraising event. FROG FAIR will be held Nov 5, 2022 from 10-4 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge in Franklin. Vendor spaces are available (only registration fee goes to FROG)--check our website (littletennessee.org) for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts and crafts, food, and music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the north.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the north.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 70. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the north.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Record Weather Events for October 6th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 89°F in Franklin in 1951
Lowest Temperature 26°F in Highlands in 1980
Greatest Rainfall 2.54 inches in Highlands in 1934
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of October Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 10-05-1954
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Franklin on 10-30-1910
Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on 10-04-1964
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands on 10-20-1913
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of October Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 103°F in Wadesboro, Anson County on 10-03-2019
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 10-21-1952
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 12.53 inches in Lumberton, Robeson County on 10-08-2016
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 11.0 inches on Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 10-25-1990
Climate Normals Accumulated Rainfall for the Year to October 1st
Franklin 42.38 inches
Coweeta Experimental Station 53.91 inches
Highlands 65.66 inches
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Oct 6 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Twelve, located several hundred miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
Southeastern Caribbean Sea:
An area of low pressure located over the far southeastern Caribbean Sea is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands, northern South America, and adjacent waters. Satellite-derived wind data indicate that this system does not yet have a well-defined center of circulation. While land interaction with the northern coast of South America may hinder significant development during the next day or so, environmental conditions are expected to be mostly conducive for development as the system moves generally westward, and a tropical depression is likely to form in the next couple of days by the time the system enters the south-central Caribbean Sea.
1. Regardless of development, heavy rainfall with localized flooding, as well as gusty winds to gale force, are expected over portions of the Windward Islands, northern portions of Venezuela including Isla Margarita, and the ABC Islands during the next day or two. Interests in those locations, in addition to those in Central America, should continue to monitor the progress of this system.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - October 5, 2022 | Tracking 91L
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
A smoke fieldmap was not provided for today. -->
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 low-medium range 4.8 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.5 out of 12).
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 6:00pm in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room-
#OnigiriAction with Nanaka Okamura
Join Nanaka Okamura with Western Carolina University's Japanese Outreach Initiative as we honor World Food Day by making and enjoying Onigiri, the Japanese rice ball, to make our world a little better. (Please register at 828-524-3600 so we can plan for supplies)
Onigiri Action is an annual autumn social good campaign connecting the simple act of taking a photo with helping to feed school children in need. During the campaign, through the generosity of our partner organizations, every Japanese riceball-related post on our global campaign website or your social media channel with #OnigiriAction will provide five school meals to children in need around the world(*). World Food Day on October 16 was established by the United Nations as a day for everyone to think about food problems in the world. To celebrate World Food Day, TABLE FOR TWO (TFT) holds 'Onigiri Action' with the goal to deliver 1 million meals to children in need every year. TFT first started in Japan featuring onigiri (riceballs), which celebrate rice as one of the major Japanese agricultural products, and showcases the Japanese tradition of making onigiri for loved ones.
Since its launch in 2015, the Onigiri Action campaign has provided 5.4 million school meals. The campaign received the Deputy-Chief’s Award (by the Minister for Foreign Affairs) at the third Japan Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) awards ceremony 2019 held at the Prime Minister’s Office.
FROG FAIR SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, NOV 5th from 10AM TO 4PM
Friends of the Greenway announce their Fall arts and crafts fundraising event. FROG FAIR will be held Nov 5, 2022 from 10-4 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge in Franklin. Vendor spaces are available (only registration fee goes to FROG)--check our website (littletennessee.org) for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts and crafts, food, and music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.
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Local and State News
• North Carolinians support 20-week abortion ban, split on further restrictions, WRAL News Poll shows [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Haywood County woman indicted on federal threat, kidnapping charges [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Criticism over latest NC redistricting back at Supreme Court [BPR]
• Local School Boards Becoming More Politicized [Smoky Mountain News]
• How will Oath Keeper trial affect NC House candidate who was a member? [Asheville Citizen Times]
• How to judge a judge: A guide for North Carolina voters [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - September 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council - September 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council - Special Called Meeting for August 30, 2022 [Macon Media]
State Budget Details
• NC Budget Table of Contents [Google Drive (PDF)]
• NC House Bill 103: 2022 Appropriations Act [Google Drive (PDF)]
• Joint Conference Committee Report on the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2022 [Google Drive (PDF)]
• House Bill 103 Information and Voting History [NC General Assembly Website]
• Raises for state employees, preparations for recession, in proposed state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
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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, October 05 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 5th]
Russia Just "Claimed" the Zaphorizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant | Funker530 - Veteran Community & Combat Footage
Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 9. Polish Power and Cossack Revolution
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 224 [Al Jazeera]
Poland & the War in Ukraine | Center for Strategic and International Studies
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (UTVD Operational Update: ZSU Counter Offensive in Kharkiv, 10-12 Sep 22.)
1/ UTW – Operational Update: ZSU Counter Offensive in the Donbas, 04-10 Sep. The ZSU is engaged in what may likely become the most stunningly successful counteroffensive since the IDFs OPERATION GAZELLE during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. #ukrainecounteroffensive #UkraineWillWin pic.twitter.com/nrC8cg02ia
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) September 10, 2022
• How the US might respond to a Russian nuclear attack in Ukraine [The Hill]
• Poland suggests hosting US nuclear weapons amid growing fears of Putin’s threats [The Guardia]
• Ukraine takes swathes of territory, despite Russia’s mobilisation [Al Jazeera]
• Vladimir Putin decrees Russian takeover of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant [DW News]
• U.S. Believes Ukraine Was Behind Assassination of Putin Ally’s Daughter [Wall Street Journal]
• No longer the unthinkable? Putin repeats nuclear threat as Russia retreats in Ukraine [France 24]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Putin transfers Europe’s largest nuclear plant to Russian control [Russia Today]
• An hour after tactical nuclear strike, Russia will move to take Kyiv [Pravda ]
• Russia’s ambassador to US says planning to visit next week jailed Viktor Bout [TASS Russian News Agency]
Would Ukraine joining NATO start World War III? | Fox News
Sep 7, 2022 | Eastern Economic Forum plenary session | kremlin
Putin speaks at concert to celebrate 'annexation' of Ukrainian regions | CNBC Television
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• Iran Crisis Update, October 05 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 5th]
• Iran’s Crippled Economy Sustains Protests After Religious Police Lit Flame [Wall Street Journal]
• Here are the nuclear weapons Russia has in its arsenal [Washington Post]
• North Korea fires more ballistic missiles after UN Security Council meeting [France 24]
• Court declares DACA program illegal, but leaves policy intact for nearly 600,000 immigrant "Dreamers" [CBS News]
• Mexico to file new gun trafficking lawsuit in U.S., foreign minister says [Reuters]
• Former veteran California FBI agent convicted of bribery [ABC News]
• NYU Professor Says He Was Fired After 80+ Students Complain Class Was Too Hard [WNBC-TV (New York City, NY)]
• OPEC announces the biggest cut to oil production since the start of the pandemic [CNN]
• OPEC Move Shows the Limits of Biden’s Fist-Bump Diplomacy With the Saudis [New York Times]
• California serial killer appears to be ‘on a mission’, as police link seven shootings [The Guardian]
Who Is Xi Jinping? | The Economist
Global National: Aug. 5, 2022 | More voices in Canadian health care cry out for help
Nightly News Full Broadcast (October 05)
PBS NewsHour full episode, October 05, 2022
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 5:01pm CEST, 5 October 2022, there have been 616,427,419 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,528,557 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 28 September 2022, a total of 12,677,499,928 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:01pm CEST, 5 October 2022, there have been 95,150,745 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,048,634 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 16 September 2022, a total of 604,511,670 vaccine doses have been administered.
• With COVID-19 cases expected to rise, should you be wearing a mask again? Here's what experts say [CTV News]
• Here’s what might happen the second—or third—time you get Covid, experts say: ‘There’s no guarantee’ [CNBC]
• A Fall COVID-19 Booster Campaign Could Save Thousands of Lives, Billions of Dollars [The Commonwealth Fund]
• Overcoming “failures of imagination”—rethinking the US covid-19 pandemic response [The British Medical JournalE]
• Warning Signs About the First Post-pandemic Winter[The Atlantic]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 [Nobel Prize]
• The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 [Macon Media]
• Astronauts fly Albert Einstein doll to demo physicist's 'happiest thought' [SPACE.COM]
• SpaceX Crew-5 Mission | Launch Webcast Starts at 8:30am [Macon Media]
• ‘Maximum amazing’: here’s what we think we know about Elon Musk’s plan for Twitter [The Verge]
• Jury finds former Uber security chief guilty of concealing data breach [Reuters]
• Russian launches to space from US, 1st time in 20 years [AP News]
• Tesla ditches ultrasonic sensors from new cars as it bets on camera-only driver assistance [The Verge]
• All Phones, Tablets, Cameras Must Use USB-C for Charging in EU by 2024 [PC Magazine]
• How criminals are using jammers, deauthers to disrupt WiFi security cameras [WXYZ-TV (Detroit, MI)]
• Supreme Court takes case on content policing: Here's how a Section 230 ruling could impact social media [ABC News]
• Why Musk gave up: He’s almost certain to lose Twitter case, law professor says [ARS TECHNICA]
• Fall of Civilizations #16. Bagan - City of Temples [SOURCE]
• 25 tips to help you prepare for the 2024 total solar eclipse [Astronomy Magazine]
• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
Annaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #326
SpaceX Crew-5 Mission | Launch | Live at 8:30am
Announcement of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Level1 Show October 5 2022: Heroes Never Die, But Games Do | Level1 Techs
3D Printing, Fast But Not Furious - DTNS 4368 | Daily Tech News Show
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Let’s Travel to The Most Extreme Place in The Universe | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Giovanni on whether any book should ever be banned | Washington Post Live
The Primordial Supernova and the Missing Mass Extinctions | Event Horizon
The USN Pacific Submarine Campaign - The Struggle is Real (Jan'43 - Jun'43) | Drachinifel
Why No One Wants This New York Skyscraper | The B1M
The US Military’s Massive Global Transportation System | Wendover Productions
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Fall of Civilizations #16. Bagan - City of Temples
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> EU will not ban Russian diamonds in latest sanction package | Al Jazeera
War in Ukraine: Zelenskyy advisor rejects Kremlin's call for talks | Conflict Zone
No longer the unthinkable? Putin repeats nuclear threat as Russia retreats in Ukraine | FRANCE 24
Ukraine regains more territory from Russia | BBC News
OPEC+ slashes oil production to boost prices | ABC News
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On This Day
October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 86 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
105 BC – Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio accelerates the Marian reforms of the Roman army of the mid-Republic.
69 BC – Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdue Armenia.
AD 23 – Rebels decapitate Wang Mang two days after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion.
404 – Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy.
618 – Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi.
1539 – Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.
1600 – Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
1683 – Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
1762 – Seven Years' War: The British capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
1789 – French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
1810 – A large fire destroys a third of all the buildings in the town of Raahe in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
1849 – The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
1854 – In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
1884 – The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
1898 – Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
1903 – The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
1908 – The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1910 – Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
1915 – Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria launched a new offensive against Serbia under command of August von Mackensen .
1915 – Entente forces land in Thessaloniki, to open the Macedonian front against the Central Powers.
1923 – The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
1942 – World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
1943 – World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece.
1944 – World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
1973 – Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
1976 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.
1976 – Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.
1976 – Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.
1977 – The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
1981 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
1981 – NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board.
1985 – Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
1987 – Fiji becomes a republic.
1995 – The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.
2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
2010 – Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.
2018 – President Donald Trump appoints Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process.
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Published at 3:00am on Thursday, October 06, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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