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GENERAL OUTLOOK
The coldest air of the season so far will continue to be ushered in and bring about widespread freezing temperatures and frost for most of the week. Dry conditions will persist as high pressure moves into the area. A warming trend is expected near the end of the week and temperatures will be back to near normal for the weekend.
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 Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Lights out of the northwest in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Light winds out of the west.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 10 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows near freezing. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Light winds out of the north.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows near freezing. Calm winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Light winds out of the southwest.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows near freezing. Calm winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Although temperatures will fall below freezing across the North Carolina mountains tonight into early Wednesday, no freeze warning has been issued, as temperatures fell below freezing Tuesday morning, effectively ending the growing season.
Freeze Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1041 PM EDT Mon Oct 17 2022
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the 20s expected.
* WHERE...The mountains of western North Carolina.
* WHEN...From midnight tonight to noon EDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Freezing temperatures will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing.
Record Weather Events for October 19th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 83°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1984
Lowest Temperature 21°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1948
Greatest Rainfall 3.20 inches in Highlands in 1916
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 19th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 91°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1938
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1919
Greatest Rainfall 5.86 inches in Tryon, Polk County in 1879
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
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 Wed Oct 19 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - October 17, 2022 - Thoughts on Remainder of 2022 Hurricane Season
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
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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 2.7 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (1.7 out of 12).
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Thursday, October 20, 2022 - 6:00pm
in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room-
BARTRAM'S 1775 TRAVELS
We're continuing to bring attention to the historical significance of locations in and near Franklin. Brent Martin, director of the Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy will talk about botanist/explorer William Bartram's 1775 visit to this area. Visit blueridgebartram.org to learn more.
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.
RECEPTION FOR RETIRING POLICE CHIEF BILL HARRELL
A reception for the retiring Franklin Police Chief will be held at the Franklin Town Hall (lower level) on Monday, November 7th from 2pm to 5pm.
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Local and State News
Joint Meeting Between the Macon County Board of Commissioners and the Macon County Board of Education | Macon Media
• Court of Appeals sides with NC, lawmakers on scope of school voucher lawsuit [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Get vaccinated: Number of flu cases worries health officials, WNC residents [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• As voters elect school boards in Swain, Macon and Haywood Counties, some candidates say they don’t want politics in schools [BPR]
• Election 2022 Questions: how to vote early in NC [BPR]
• 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 18 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 17th]
• Ukraine says situation 'critical' after Russia attacks power grid [France 24]
What should Ukraine expect from its allies? | DW Interview
Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 11.Ottoman Retreat, Russian Power,Ukrainian Populism
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 237 [Al Jazeera]
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
--> • UN Report: Russia used civilians as human shields and carried out summary executions including of a 14-year-old [Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group]
• Scuffles break out as French strike to call for higher wages [SOURCE]
• McCarthy Suggests a G.O.P.-Led House Would Question Aid to Ukraine [New York Times]
• Russia has destroyed 30 percent of Ukraine’s power stations: Kyiv [Al Jazeera]
• Who is supplying Russia with drones? [DW News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Timofey Bordachev: Here's why the emergence of China as a global power is in Russia’s interests [Russia Today]
• Iran wants EU and US to look into the mirror to see the ugly reflection [Pravda ]
• Putin to address Valdai International Discussion Club on October 27 — Kremlin [TASS Russian News Agency]
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 18 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 18th]
• Iran’s Response to Protests Draws EU Sanctions Targeting Authorities [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSj (article archive)]
• Satellite photos show damage at Iran prison amid protests [AP News]
• Biden to Sell More Oil From Strategic Reserve to Keep Gas Prices in Check [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSj (article archive)]
• Mother of George Floyd’s daughter files $250M lawsuit against Kanye West for comments on his death [Click2Houston]
• China plans to seize Taiwan on ‘much faster timeline,’ Blinken says [Washington Post]
• Scuffles break out as French strike to call for higher wages [Reuters]
• Birds Aren’t Real protest flocks to Washington Square Park [Washington Square News]
Washington Today (10-18-22): Georgia Secretary of State candidates debate election integrity | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 18, 2022 | Private fix not solution to Ontario’s health-care woes, critics say
Nightly News Full Broadcast (October 18th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, October 18, 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 5:32pm CEST, 12 October 2022, there have been 619,770,633 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,539,058 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 4 October 2022, a total of 12,723,216,322 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:32pm CEST, 12 October 2022, there have been 95,425,327 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,051,649 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 16 September 2022, a total of 604,511,670 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Life expectancy changes since COVID-19 [Nature: Human Behaviour]
• Dr Anthony Fauci: long Covid is an ‘insidious’ public health emergency [The Guardian]
• If you had COVID, several of your organs could be aging 3-4 years faster: Study [KGO-TV (San Fransisco, CA)]
• Heart risks, data gaps fuel debate over COVID-19 boosters for young people [Science ]
• Get the New COVID Booster by Halloween to Be Protected Over the Holidays, Officials Say [WNBC-TV (New York City, NY)]
• Endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19: an overview of evidence, biomarkers, mechanisms and potential therapies [Nature: Acta Pharmacologica Sinica]
• Another Covid Wave Could be Coming. Here’s How to Make Your Holiday Plans. [New York Times]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• An accident at SpaceX [Semafor]
• Reform Section 230, punish users spreading online hate: New York AG [ARS TECHNICA]
• Buffalo mass shooting suspect 'radicalized' by fringe social media: NY attorney general [ABC News]
• Next pandemic may come from melting glaciers, new data shows [The Guardian]
• The Internet Is Not Facebook: Why Infrastructure Providers Should Stay Out of Content Policing [Electronic Frontier Foundation]
• Saudi court jails US citizen for 16 years over critical tweets [BBC News]
• Largest-ever map of 56,000 galaxies is demystifying the universe's expansion [Space.com]
• Netflix is ‘seriously exploring’ a cloud gaming service [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
The Level1 Show October 19 2022: Tweet So Raw My Bank Decline Me | Level1 Techs
Do I Need That Wi-Fi 6E Router? - DTNS 4377 | Daily Tech News Show
Ship 24 Destacked Amid Potential Problems - SpaceX Boca Chica Daily Video MOntage | NASA Spaceflight
The World's First Goldsmiths: The Varna Culture | Dan Davis History
Endeavour's Wild Journey Through the Streets of Los Angeles | Practical Engineering
Frogs in Chernobyl Turned Black: Here's What This Strange Discovery Means | Antov Petrov
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
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On This Day
October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 73 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)
202 BC – Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.
439 – The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.
1216 – King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry.
1386 – The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.
1453 – Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.
1466 – The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.
1469 – Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
1512 – Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
1579 – James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.
1596 – The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities
1649 – New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
1781 – American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
1789 – John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
1805 – War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm.
1812 – The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
1813 – War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig.
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
1866 – In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.
1900 – Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
1912 – Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
1914 – World War I: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
1921 – The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
1922 – British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
1935 – The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
1943 – The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
1944 – United States forces land in the Philippines.
1944 – A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
1950 – China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
1950 – Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.
1950 – Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
1955 – The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union approves the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.
1956 – The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
1960 – The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
1973 – President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
1974 – Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
1984 – A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency.
1986 – The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
1987 – The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
1987 – Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
1988 – The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
1989 – The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
2001 – SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
2004 – Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, whilst on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.[3]
2005 – Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
2005 – Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
2012 – A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
2013 – One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.
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Published at 3:00am on Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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