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Friday, October 21, 2022

News and Weather Briefing for Friday, October 21, 2022



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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Almanac
Macon Calendar
Local and StateNews
Russo-UKrainian War Updates
National News Roundup
COVID-19 News and Updates
Science and Technology
Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK

A warming trend with clear skies over the next several days will play out as we return to more seasonal fall temperatures. Very dry conditions with few clouds will persist into early next week, after which the next system will bring some clouds and rain chances about mid-week.

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 Sunday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s.


Highlands Plateau

Today

Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight

Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Calm winds.

Saturday

Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 40.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.


Nantahala Area

Today

Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Light southeast wind.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs near 70.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s.




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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 21st

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)

Highest Temperature 85°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2016
Lowest Temperature 14°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1952
Greatest Rainfall 1.80 inches in Franklin in 1882

Greatest Snowfall (snowfall has not been observed on this date since record-keeping began)

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 21st in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 92°F in Monroe, Union County in 1943
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1952
Greatest Rainfall 5.26 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1929
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1989

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 21 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

No significant smoke fields will be crossing the county today.















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-medium range 2.8 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.1 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


• Election directors concerned about potential disruptions at polls [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Protecting Voters and Election Procedures at the Polls [NC Board of Elections (PDF)]

• Raleigh police release new details, timeline of the mass shooting that left 5 dead, 2 injured [WTVD-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Sylva leaders disagree on how to address recent uptick in panhandling, seek public input [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Moody fails to appear for hearing, taken back into custody [Smoky Mountain News]

As early-voting period begins in NC, partisan poll watchers have new rules to follow | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)



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 20 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 20th]

2014 Ukraine Crisis: The Real Beginning of the War with Russia | Warographics



Ukraine Continues Attacking - Russian Invasion | Kings and Generals



Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 12. Habsburg Curiosity | Yale Courses



• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 239 [Al Jazeera]




JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (UTVD Operational Update: ZSU Counter Offensive in Kharkiv, 10-12 Sep 22.)







--> • U.S. says Iranian troops "directly engaged" in Crimea, backing Russian drone strikes [CBS News]

• Ukraine updates: Kyiv warns Russia plans to destroy dam [DW News]

• Ukraine warns of threat from Belarus, US says Iran helped Russia operate drones from Crimea [France 24]

• Russian jet released missile near RAF aircraft over Black Sea [BBC News]

• Around 7.14 mln refugees have entered Poland since war in Ukraine started [The First News]


News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective

• Putin fires rifle on visit to mobilized troops (VIDEO) [Russia Today]

• Iran is one of the most powerful countries in the world. It opposes USA for 40 years [Pravda ]

• Weapons supplies to Ukraine bring NATO closer to direct clash with Russia — MFA [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 20 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 20th]

• Iranian Crackdown on Protests Imposes Economic Toll [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSj (article archive)]

• Schoolboy protester dies in Iran after reportedly being shot at close range [The Guardian]

• Alleged voter intimidation at Arizona drop box puts officials on watch [MSN]

• U.K.’s Truss Doomed by Tax Plan, High Borrowing Costs [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSj (article archive)]

• Liz Truss resigns - and will become shortest-serving prime minister in British history [Sky News]

• How Disinformation Splintered and Became More Intractable [New York Times]

• Railroads reject sick time demands, raising chance of strike [AP News]

• Sheriff accused of using restraint chairs to punish detainees testifies in federal trial [Courthouse News Service]

• Federal judge finds that Trump lied under oath about voter fraud in Georgia while trying to overturn the 2020 election results [Yahoo! News]

• Trump claim of ‘Crime of Century’ fizzles in 3-year probe [AP News]


Washington Today (10-20-22): British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after 44 days in office | C-SPAN Radio



Global National: Oct. 20, 2022 | Truss' resignation is latest gaffe for UK's tailspinning Tories



Nightly News Full Broadcast (October 20th)


PBS NewsHour full episode, October 20, 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.

• Quick and stealthy ‘Scrabble variants’ are poised to drive a winter Covid-19 surge [CNN]

• COVID played a role in 1 in 4 maternal deaths, federal watchdog says [AXIOS]

• Pfizer Targets Covid Vaccine Price of at Least $110 a Dose [WSJ (audio/video)] [WSJ (article archive)]

• What Europe’s COVID Wave Means for the U.S. [The Atlantic]

• False claim that CDC would require covid vaccines for kids goes viral[Washington Post]

• 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

• Report: Elon Musk plans to cut 75% of Twitter workforce [AP News]

• Behind TikTok’s boom: A legion of traumatised, $10-a-day content moderators [The Bureau of Investigative Journalism]

• TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American Citizens [Forbes]

• Zscaler CEO: ‘Major’ EU Internet Cable Cut Was ‘Act Of Vandalism’ [CRN Magazine]

• YouTube and Facebook letting Brazil election disinformation spread, NGO says [The Guardian]

• Texas sues Google for allegedly capturing biometric data of millions without consent [Reuters]

• 3,200 Megapixels: The World’s Largest Camera will be Complete in 2023 [Anonymous Wire]

• Farming robot kills 200,000 weeds per hour with lasers [Freethink]

• 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

Level1 News October 21 2022: Filled with Shatness | Level1 Techs



Does It Matter If Smart Devices Are Secure? - DTNS 4379 | Daily Tech News Show



Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA | Lex Fridman Podcast #331



Your Own Personal Spaceship | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur



Why USA Just Purchased Drugs for Nuclear Radiation | The Infographics Show



Starship 25 Rolled out and Starship 24 Re-Stacked | SpaceX Boca Chica



Tiny Trailer Camping | Steve Wallis



Never Before Seen Galactic Jet With Strange Effects Is Hitting Another Galaxy | Antov Petrov






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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)

--> Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 12. Habsburg Curiosity | Yale Courses



As the war in Ukraine escalates, will NATO soon be party to the conflict? | To the Point



Putin's war on Ukraine: 'Hasn't given up on his idea of destroying Ukraine as an independent state' | France 24



Putin declares martial law in annexed regions. What does it mean for the war? | WION Originals



Family secretly film life in Russian-occupied Ukraine | BBC News



"Deadly Skies" Air Defence In Ukraine - Drones, SAMs, and Attrition | Perun







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On This Day

October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 71 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)



1096 – A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fights off the People's Crusade.

1097 – First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.

1392 – Japanese Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.

1512 – Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.

1520 – João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".

1600 – Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.

1774 – The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

1797 – In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.

1805 – Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar.

1824 – Portland cement is patented.

1854 – Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.

1861 – American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.

1867 – The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in the western Indian Territory.

1879 – Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.

1888 – The Swiss Social Democratic Party is founded.

1892 – Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.

1895 – The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.

1907 – The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.

1910 – HMS Niobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.

1921 – President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. president against lynching in the Deep South.

1931 – A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.

1940 – The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.

1943 – World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.

1944 – World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMAS Australia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.

1944 – World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against German civilians takes place.

1944 – World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, the first German city to fall to the Allies.

1945 – In the 1945 French legislative election French women vote for the first time.

1950 – Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces and North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.

1956 – The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.

1959 – In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.

1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.

1965 – Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.

1966 – A colliery spoil tip slips onto houses and a school in the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, 116 of whom were schoolchildren.

1967 – The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.

1969 – The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.

1971 – A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.

1973 – Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.

1978 – Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.

1979 – Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.

1981 – Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.

1983 – The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.

1984 – Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix.

1986 – In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).

1987 – The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.

1989 – In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa.

1994 – North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.

1994 – In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses.

2005 – Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.

2011 – Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.

2019 – Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo.

2019 – In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government.

2021 – A shooting occurs on the set of the film Rust, in which actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop weapon which had been loaded, killing the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring director Joel Souza.


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Published at 3:15am on Friday, October 21, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins


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