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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will continue to gradually build into the region from the west through late week, with a slow warm up. Over the weekend, we should be back to normal temperatures. A pattern change could be in store for next week with a chance for a cold front and possible precipitation on Tuesday.
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 Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest by midmorning.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the upper 30s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Relative humidity levels will drop below 30% this afternoon and winds will increase, so conditions will be ripe for fires that get out of control to be able to spread more easily than normal, so please put of any outdoor burning until after we get a significant rain. Also, Freeze Warnings and Frost Advisories will not be issued by the National Weather Service again until the start of the growing season in the spring of 2023.
Record Weather Events for October 20th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 85°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2016
Lowest Temperature 21°F in Franklin in 1981
Greatest Rainfall 3.87 inches in Highlands in 1950
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands in 1913 (also a state record for the date)
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
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Hilda)
Record Weather Events for October 20th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 91°F in Louisburg, Franklin County in 1939
Lowest Temperature 15°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1989
Greatest Rainfall 7.45 inches in Cedar Island, Carteret County in 19689
Greatest Snowfall 3.0 inches in Sparta, Alleghany County in 1961
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
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 20 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
Below is the High Resolution Rapid Refresh from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction for our area. It runs from 11pm EDT Wednesday to 5pm EDT this evening and shows a smoke field that will be crossing the area and will probably impact those with breathing issues into early tomorrow.
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Air quality is in the extreme upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the extreme upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range 2.4 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (2.3 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
• Will big fundraising totals sway the results of the NC-11 race? [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• A matter of trust: NC-11 seeks stability after Meadows & Cawthorn [Smoky Mountain News]
• US Supreme Court sets December arguments for landmark NC elections case [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Is there any common ground on gun legislation between NC Republicans and Democrats? [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Ethics disclosures ignored by four of North Carolina’s congressional candidates [Charlotte ObserverE]
Catamounts in the Classroom: Challenges and Opportunities in Public Education | Western Carolina University
Joint Meeting Between the Macon County Board of Commissioners and the Macon County Board of Education | Macon Media
• 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 19 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 19th]
NATO surveillance plane watches Russia's activity in Ukraine | CBC News
Putin declares martial law in annexed regions | DW News
Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 11.Ottoman Retreat, Russian Power,Ukrainian Populism
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 238 [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
--> • Ukraine war: Our city Kherson was invaded - we stayed and filmed [BBC News]
• Putin declares martial law in annexed areas: What you should know [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine updates: 'Mass deportation' underway in Kherson [DW News]
• ‘Russian pressure is too strong’: Is Putin pulling Belarus into the war in Ukraine? [France 24]
• Russia Ramps Up Security Measures at Home and in Ukraine [WSJ (includes audio/video)] [WSJ (article archive)]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Russia braces for Ukrainian offensive in Kherson: What we know so far [Russia Today]
• Putin's new decrees: Martial law, levels of readiness and territorial defence [Pravda ]
• Russia’s deputy UN envoy dismisses reports of Iran’s drone exports to Russia [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 19 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 19th]
• 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]
• China’s Surveillance State Pushes Deeper Into Citizens’ Lives [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSj (article archive)]
• Pence warns of ‘unprincipled populists,’ ‘Putin apologists’ [AP News]
• Biden awards $2.8 billion to boost U.S. minerals output for EV batteries [Reuters]
• Texas schools send parents DNA kits to identify their kids’ bodies in emergencies [NBC News]
• Supreme Court asked to block Biden student debt relief program [CNBC]
• ‘What is wrong with this state?’ Video shows stunned Floridians arrested for voting [Miami Herald]
• Judge’s ruling puts restrictions on New Mexico Civil Guard [AP News]
• Georgia man, 80, arrested at U.S. Capitol with guns in his van [Reuters]
• Ex-Capitol Police officer 'betrayed' oath by warning Jan. 6 rioter about Facebook posts, prosecutor says [NBC news]
Jan. 6 House committee expected to subpoena Trump as early as Thursday | CBS News
Washington Today (10-19-22): President Biden announces SPR oil release aimed at lowering gas prices | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Aug. 19, 2022 | Veteran felt “pressured” to consider medically-assisted death
Nightly News Full Broadcast (October 19th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, October 19, 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 6:06pm CEST, 19 October 2022, there have been 623,000,396 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,550,033 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 12 October 2022, a total of 12,782,955,639 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:06pm CEST, 19 October 2022, there have been 95,687,463 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,054,151 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 7 October 2022, a total of 616,508,199 vaccine doses have been administered.
Fauci says new COVID-19 variants "are of concern" | CBS News
• Whites now more likely to die from covid than Blacks: Why the pandemic shifted [Washington Post]
• Millions at risk of losing health insurance if U.S. ends Covid public health emergency in January [CNBC]
QandA with AandV (10-19-2022)
• Pandemic-related fraud totaled billions. California is trying to get some of it back [Nevada Public Radio]
• Updated Moderna Covid booster gives even better protection than earlier jab [The GuardianE]
• Why Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are poised to take over in the U.S. [National Geographic]
• 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
• Parler Accidentally Doxxed Its Most VIP Members When It Announced Kanye's Acquisition [Gizmodo]
• World's second-richest man Bernard Arnault sells private jet so climate activists can't track him [Sky News]
• Ancient DNA unveils Siberian Neandertals’ small-scale social lives [Science News]
• New Jersey Legislators Aim To Ban Most In-Car Subscriptions [The Drive]
• Thinnest ferroelectric material ever paves the way for new energy-efficient devices [PHYS.ORG]
• EasyList is in trouble and so are many ad blockers [AdGuard]
• Airborne Drones Are Dropping Cyber-Spy Exploits in the Wild [Dark Reading]
• Emoji Help Anti-Vaccine Posts Avoid Moderation on Facebook [Bloomberg]
• Apple's mixed reality headset reportedly uses iris scanning for payments and sign-ins [Engadget]
• Royal Netherlands Army commences armed robot trials in first among Western militaries [Janes]
• 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 Equation That Explains (Nearly) Everything! | PBS Space Time
The Level1 Show October 19 2022: Tweet So Raw My Bank Decline Me | Level1 Techs
Netflix Ventures Into Cloudy Gaming Market - DTNS 4378 | Daily Tech News Show
Prehistoric Armoured Worm Discovered | 7 Days of Worm Science
Controversial Candies | The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
Odroid H3+ First Look, An All New Tiny & Fast X86 SBC! EMU, Gaming, 4K Testing | Eta Prime
Could Aliens Have Visited Earth in the Distant Past? | Event Horizon
How the World’s Wealthiest People Travel | Wendover Productions
Weird metal that's also glass is insanely bouncy | Steve Mould
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Putin declares martial law in annexed regions | DW News
Russia, Iran defiant amid UN pressure over Ukraine drones | Al Jazeera
Frontline fighting in Ukraine as government forces advance in Donbas | BBC News
Russians who fled to avoid fighting in Ukraine reflect on their new lives | PBS Newshour
NATO surveillance plane watches Russia's activity in Ukraine | CBC News
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On This Day
October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 72 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)
1568 – The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.
1572 – Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes.
1740 – France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
1774 – American Revolution: The Continental Association, a nonconsumption and nonimportation agreement against the British Isles and the British West Indies, is adopted by the First Continental Congress.
1781 – The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
1803 – The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
1818 – The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada–United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
1827 – Greek War of Independence: In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.
1883 – Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
1904 – Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
1935 – The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
1941 – World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre.
1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
1944 – Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.
1944 – American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he comes ashore during the Battle of Leyte.
1947 – Cold War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
1951 – The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs during a football game between the Drake Bulldogs and Oklahoma A&M Aggies.
1952 – The Governor of Kenya Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
1961 – The Soviet Navy performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.
1962 – China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
1973 – Watergate scandal: "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Solicitor General Robert Bork.
1973 – The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
1976 – The Luling–Destrehan Ferry MV George Prince is struck by the Norwegian freighter SS Frosta while crossing the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
1977 – A plane carrying the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in woodland in Mississippi, United States. Six people, including three band members, are killed.
1981 – Two police officers and a Brink's armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground in Nanuet, New York.
1982 – During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
1986 – Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashes while landing at Kuibyshev Airport (now Kuromoch International Airport) in Kuibyshev (now present-day Samara, Russia), killing 70 people.
1991 – A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
1991 – A massive firestorm breaks out in the hills of Oakland and Berkeley, California killing 25 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, apartments and condominiums.
2003 – The Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structure known to humanity, is discovered by students at Princeton University.
2011 – Libyan Crisis: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mutassim in his hometown of Sirte and kill him shortly thereafter, ending the first Libyan civil war.
2017 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare victory in the Raqqa campaign.
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Published at 3:30am on Thursday, October 20, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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