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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A warming trend will continue today, before a dry cold front ushers in cooler temperatures over the weekend. Temperatures slowly warm through the middle of next week as dry high pressure remains over the area.
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 Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Saturday
Patchy fog beofre 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 70. Light winds out of the northwest.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 10 mph.
Saturday
Patchy fog beofre 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph early in the morning increasing to come out of the calm by midmorning.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Light winds out of the north.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Sunday Night Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Saturday
Patchy fog beofre 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 70. Light winds out of the north.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Saturday
Patchy fog beofre 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Light and variable winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Record Weather Events for October 7th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 86°F in Highlands in 1939
Lowest Temperature 25°F in Highlands in 1935
Greatest Rainfall 2.59 inches in Highlands in 1959
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
Record Weather Events for October 7th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 101°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1954
Lowest Temperature 16°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1968
Greatest Rainfall 12.57 inches in Aberdeen, Moore County in 1913
Greatest Snowfall (there was no snow recorded in this date in the state)
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane 5 of 1913. The storm formed off the coast of Rhode Island and headed southeast, striking North and South Carolina. This was before Tropical Storms and Hurricanes were named).
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 Fri Oct 7 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently formed Tropical Depression Thirteen, located over the southern Caribbean Sea just east of the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia, and has issued the last advisory on the remnants of Tropical Depression Twelve, located over 800 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
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 4.5 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.3 out of 12).
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
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 hurting financially, pessimistic about economic future [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Proud Boys member from NC pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy in Capitol riot [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Forest Service to Host Open House and Virtual Presentation to Discuss Future Plans for Max Patch [Macon Media]
• Hundreds of boxes of nonperishable items from WNC to go to Florida hurricane victims [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Cowee School welcomes Unspoken Tradition [Smoky Mountain News]
• 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 06 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 6th]
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 225 [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
• Cutting OPEC+ oil production favors Russia [DW News]
• Biden says risk of nuclear 'Armageddon' at highest level since Cuban Missile Crisis [France]
• Putin’s five fatal mistakes in Ukraine [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine’s Appeal for Longer-Range Missiles Presents Fresh Test of Biden Administration Support [Wall Street Journal]
• Ukraine war: Could Russia use tactical nuclear weapons? [BBC News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Belarus in nuclear danger – president [Russia Today]
• The Russian army responds to explosions of Nord Streams pipelines [Pravda ]
• Russia’s embassy in U.S. will hold telephone conversation with Russians detained in Alaska [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 06 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 6th]
• Oil Dispute Prompts Call to Remove US Troops from Saudi Arabia, UAE [Military.com (audio version available)]
• Sidebar: Constitution crisis [Courthouse News Service (article and audio podcast)]
Biden pardons thousands convicted on federal marijuana charges | PBS Newshour
• Attack in Mexican town kills 20, including mayor, officials say [Al Jazeera]
• Republican Sen. Ben Sasse expected to resign from Congress [NBC News]
• 26-year-old man sentenced to life for the killing of retired St. Louis police captain during George Floyd protests [CNS News]
• Proud Boys member is first to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy [CNN]
• Federal agents see chargeable tax, gun-purchase case against Hunter Biden [Washington Post]
• Trump Hasn’t Returned All Documents, DOJ Officials Believe [Yahoo! News]
Who Is Xi Jinping? | The Economist
Global National: Aug. 7, 2022 | Wildfires across Canada being fuelled by hot, dry weather
Nightly News Full Broadcast (October 06)
PBS NewsHour full episode, October 07, 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.
• Yes, it's time to get your COVID booster — just look at these charts [Business Insider via Yahoo! News]
• Three western Massachusetts colleges extend their mask mandates indefinitely [Spectrum News 1]
• Long COVID is still disabling millions of Americans [AXIOS]
• From BQ.1.1 to XBB and beyond: How the splintering of Omicron variants could shape Covid’s next phase [STAT News]
• SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant emerged under immune selection [Nature Microbiology]
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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]
• 1000TB SSDs could become mainstream by 2030 as Samsung plans 1000-layer NAND [TechRadarPro]
• Lava erupting on Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io is over 1000°C [NewScientist]
• Meta’s flagship metaverse app is too buggy and employees are barely using it, says exec in charge [The Verge]
• Scientists say a marijuana breathalyzer is in the works [NBC News]
• Some leading robot makers are pledging not to weaponize them [NPR]
• Over 50% of CEOs say they’re considering cutting jobs over the next 6 months — and remote workers may be the first go to [Market Watch]
• 'Stay away from WhatsApp, been spy tool for 13 years': Telegram founder Pavel Durov warns users [DNA India]
• Google will pay Arizona $85 million over illegally tracking Android users [Engadget]
• India's Mars Orbiter Mission has ended after 8 years. It was designed to only have a 6-month lifespan [CBS News]
• Court Blocks 13,445 ‘Pirate’ Sites Proactively to Protect One Movie [Torrent Freak]
• 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
Expedition 68 - NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Flight Day 1 Highlights - Oct. 5, 2022 | NASA VIDEO
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The Level1 Show October 7 2022: McDesperate for Millennial Customers | Level1 Techs
Pixels & Chipss - DTNS 4368 | Daily Tech News Show
Colonizing Planetary Rings | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Let’s Travel to The Most Extreme Place in The Universe | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
James Bond Producer Reveals Next 007 Will Be a 30-Something Actor | Collider Extras
Linux Action News 261 | Jupiter Broadcasting
Google Reveals The Pixel 7, Pro, Watch - Matter, AI Bill of Rights, Kindle Scribe | Tech News Weekly
How Our Models Barely Scratch the Surface of Black Holes | Astrum
Spooky Action at a Distance (Bell's Inequality) | Sixty Symbols
Annaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #326
Fall of Civilizations #16. Bagan - City of Temples
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> At least 7 dead after Zaporizhzhia rocket attacks | DW News
Are Russians souring on the war in Ukraine? | The Stream
Biden warns of the the risk of nuclear 'Armageddon' | FRANCE 24 English
'Let Them Feel The Force Of Their Own Weapon': Ukrainians Fire Captured Russian Artillery | Radio Free Europe
How Russia’s strategy in Ukraine failed, not the tank | The Guardian
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On This Day
October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 85 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)
3761 BC – The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar.
1403 – Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Modon.
1477 – Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.
1513 – War of the League of Cambrai: Spain defeats Venice.
1571 – The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat.
1691 – The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
1763 – King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
1800 – French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent.
1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
1828 – Morea expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force.
1840 – Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
1864 – American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
1868 – Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
1879 – Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
1912 – The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
1913 – Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving vehicle assembly line.
1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
1919 – KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
1924 – Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
1929 – Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
1933 – Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of five French airlines.
1940 – World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
1944 – World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
1949 – The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
1950 – Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
1958 – The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
1958 – The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
1959 – The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
1961 – A Douglas Dakota IV operated by Derby Aviation (later renamed to British Midland International) crashes in Canigou, France, killing 34 people.
1963 – President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
1963 – Buddhist crisis: Amid worsening relations, outspoken South Vietnamese First Lady Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu arrived in the US for a speaking tour, continuing a flurry of attacks on the Kennedy administration.
1977 – The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
1985 – The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.
1985 – Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
1987 – Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
1988 – A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
1991 – Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.
1993 – The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
1996 – Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming. He died five days later.
2000 – Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
2001 – The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
2002 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
2005 – Nils Gustafsson, suspected of the 1960 Lake Bodom murders, is acquitted.
2008 – Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into earth's atmosphere.
2008 – Qantas Flight 72 experiences an in-flight upset near Learmonth, Victoria, Australia, injuring 112.
2016 – In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to over 800.
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Published at 3:30am on Friday, October 07, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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