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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Temperatures will drop a little cooler than normal over the weekend as a cold front continues to advance southeast. Strong high pressure will remain across the region and maintain dry conditions with slowly warming temperatures, until a moist cold front pushes in from the northwest Thursday into 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 Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Lows this morning in the mid 40s. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Columbus Day
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Lows this morning in the mid 40s. Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 8 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds.
Columbus Day
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Lows this morning in the mid 40s. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Columbus Day
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Lows this morning in the mid 40s. Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Columbus Day
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Record Weather Events for October 8th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 85°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2007
Lowest Temperature 26°F in Highlands in 1920
Greatest Rainfall 3.50 inches in Franklin in 1879
(The rainfall was due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Five of the 1879 Hurricane Season. This was before storms were named).
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 8th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 98°F in Cedar Island, Carteret County in 2007
Lowest Temperature 19°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1954
Greatest Rainfall 12.53 inches in Lumberton, Robeson County in 2016
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 Sat Oct 8 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Julia, located over the southwestern Caribbean Sea.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - October 7, 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 (4.2 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
• Friday Football Frenzy: All your scores & highlights, 10-07-22 [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Beasley, Budd tangle over economy, abortion, other policies in US Senate debate [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Beasley-Budd debate: Senate candidates tackle inflation, abortion, immigration [Spectrum News]
If the above link does not work for you, an alternative has been embedded below.
SPECIAL REPORT: North Carolina Senate Debate Republican Ted Budd vs. Democrat Cheri Beasley
(Please note, a recording of the debate is not available for anyone who is not a subscriber to Spectrum News. This is apirated recording by someone who interrupts to provide commentary. Macon Media maintains aneutral stance and does not condone any commentary ona political debate. --editor)
• Voters will decide if NC power stays divided. What happens if one side takes control? [Raleigh News and Observer]
• More misinformation: Miller’s 'missing' millions [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 07 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 7th]
Russia Assaults to the Rear in Kherson | Funker 530
Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 9. Polish Power and Cossack Revolution
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 226 [Al Jazeera]
Biden delivers chilling remarks about how close world is to nuclear war | Global National
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
• Himars Transform the Battle for Ukraine—and Modern Warfare [Wall Street journal]
• Ukraine war: World must act now to stop Russia nuclear threat - Zelensky [BBC News]
• Putin orders seizure of Exxon-led Sakhalin 1 oil and gas project [Reuters]
• Ukraine governor says mass grave found in liberated eastern town [Al Jazeera]
• Russia seizes office of Nobel Peace Prize winner Memorial [DW News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Dmitry Trenin: Putin has proclaimed a new national idea for Russia as it abandons the dream of a Greater Europe [Russia Today]
• Putin and Zelensky agree to attend G20 summit in Indonesia [Pravda ]
• Fuel storage tank on fire on Crimean bridge — authorities [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 07 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 7th]
• U.S. Economy Added 263,000 Jobs in September, Labor Market Shows Signs of Cooling [Wall Street Journal]
• US payrolls rise by 263,000 as jobless rate drops to 3.5% [Courthouse News Service]
• Biden finalizes new rules for US drone strikes [CNN]
State of the Nation 2022 | Cherokee Nation
• Uvalde school district suspends entire police force, superintendent to retire amid fallout from shooting [ABC News]
• Gay Palestinian Ahmad Abu Marhia beheaded in West Bank [BBC News]
• Delaware justices nix vote-by-mail, same-day registration [Washington Post]
• Where's the beef? Rancher sentenced to 11 years for ripping off Tyson Foods of nearly $250 million in 'ghost cattle' scam. [Morning Star]
• In pictures: Easter Island statues damaged by fire [BBC News]
• San Antonio police officer fired after shooting teen in McDonald's parking lot [San Antonio Current]
• Professor spread conspiracy theories about Jan. 6 insurrection in online lecture[Long Beach Post News]
Strategic Competitors: The Future of the US and China Relationship | Asia Society
Nobel Peace Prize, Nuclear threat, Iran protests, UK's Liz Truss | FRANCE 24 English
Wall Street Week - Full Show 10/07/2022 | Bloomberg Markets and Finance
Global National: Oct. 7, 2022 | Danielle Smith’s path to the Alberta premier’s office
Nightly News Full Broadcast (October 07)
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.
• Cable news and COVID-19 vaccine uptake [Nature: Scientific Report]
• Long COVID Risk and Pre-COVID Vaccination: An EHR-Based Cohort Study from the RECOVER Program [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Detecting and mitigating simultaneous waves of COVID-19 infections [Nature]
• TWiV 943: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• Covid vaccines prevented at least 330,000 deaths among U.S. seniors in 2021, health officials say [CNBC]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• As Stadia Shutters, Developers Are Left to Face the Fallout [Wired]
• The Role of Alternative Social Media in the News and Information Environment [Pew Research Center]
• Zuckerberg’s metaverse rush pauses for ‘quality lockdown’ [Financial Times]
• Roblox sued for allegedly enabling young girl’s sexual, financial exploitation (Meta, Snap, and Discord are also defendants in the lawsuit) [ARS TECHNICA]
• BYU profs create new nuclear reactor (design) to produce nuclear energy more safely [BYU News]
• Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website mouse clicks, keystrokes [The Register]
• Japan ranks record low 29th for global digital competitiveness [Kyodo News]
• Google to invest $690m in Japan: CEO Pichai [Nikkei Asia]
• Steve Wozniak and Alex Fielding’s startup Privateer aims to be the Google Maps of space [TechCrunch]
• Amazon Abandons Home Delivery Robot Tests in Latest Cost Cuts [Bloomberg]
• Amazon and UPS: Is the great split finally here? [Modern Shipper]
• Facebook warns 1 million users whose logins were stolen by scam mobile apps [The Verge]
• 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
title
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Why Tyler Hoover of Hoovie's Garage And Alex Jones Were Wrong | Transport Evolved
SpaceX Starship changing development plans? New insights into SpaceX Hubble Rescue! | What About It?
Google Finally Made a Watch | TechLinked
TWiV 943: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
The Badger Stack | Self-Hosted 81 - Jupiter Broadcasting
Stadia: Game Over - Google Stadia fallout, Google Nest announcements, Zenfone 9 review | All About About Android #598 TWIT-TV
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)
--> Russia Assaults to the Rear in Kherson | Funker 530
GoPro Footage From Ukraine Captures the The Reality of War! | Combat Veteran Reacts
Ukraine holds back Russian advance in Bakhmut, Donetsk | Al Jazeera
Is Belarus Going to Invade Ukraine? | History with Hilbert
Update from Ukraine - Calm before the Storm - Svatove is Next | Denys Davydov
Russians are fleeing their homeland in protest of Putin’s draft | CNN
Europe's energy supply under attack | DW Business Special
Human rights champions in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine win 2022 Nobel Peace Prize | FRANCE 24 English
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On This Day
October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 84 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)
314 – Constantine I defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories.
451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.
876 – Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").
1075 – Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
1200 – Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.
1322 – Mladen II Šubić of Bribir is deposed as the Croatian Ban after the Battle of Bliska.
1480 – The Great Stand on the Ugra River puts an end to Tartar rule over Moscow
1573 – End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.
1645 – Jeanne Mance opens the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.
1813 – The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.
1821 – The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence.
1829 – Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.
1856 – The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident.
1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
1871 – Slash-and-burn land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong cold front cause the Peshtigo Fire, the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires to break out.
1879 – War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
1895 – Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
1912 – The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
1918 – World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
1921 – KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
1939 – World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
1941 – World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
1943 – World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
1944 – World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
1952 – The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
1956 – The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
1962 – Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
1967 – Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1969 – The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
1970 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
1973 – Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.
1973 – Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
1974 – Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
1978 – Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.
1982 – Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
1982 – After its London premiere, Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
1990 – First Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
1991 – Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.
2001 – A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
2005 – The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
2014 – Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.
2016 – In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
2019 – About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.[4]
2020 – Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.
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Published at 3:30am on Saturday, October 08, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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