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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Warm and dry conditions are expected to continue into the first half of the week before a weak frontal system brings a small chance of rain by mid-week. Warm and dry conditions return behind the front through the end of the work week. Expect rain chances to possibly increase again next weekend as low pressure approaches from the Gulf states.
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 Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lo-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 70. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight. While relative humidity levels will not be as low as they have been, please use caution when burning outdoors.
Record Weather Events for October 24th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 84°F in Franklin in 1968
Lowest Temperature 16°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest Rainfall 4.00 inches in Highlands in 2017
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 24th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 92°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1939
Lowest Temperature 11°F in Marshall, Madison County in 1919
Greatest Rainfall 7.20 inches in Brevard, Transylvania County in 2017
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1909
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 Mon Oct 24 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Central Subtropical Atlantic:
Shower and thunderstorm activity remains disorganized in association with a sharp trough of low pressure located less than 400 miles east of Bermuda. Environmental conditions are only marginally conducive for some tropical or subtropical development of this system over the next day or so while it moves generally westward, passing near Bermuda. Afterwards, the system is forecast to turn northward towards the cooler waters of the northwestern Atlantic, and further development is not anticipated by that time as upper-level winds increase.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.
2. Southwestern Atlantic:
An upper-level trough currently located over the Bahamas is forecast to help induce the formation of a surface trough of low pressure to the north of Puerto Rico in a few days. Thereafter, environmental conditions could be conducive for some subtropical development of this system as it moves generally northward through the latter half of this week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
Smoke fields from fires across the southeast will be crossing the county today.
Air quality is in the lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of yellow.
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 (2.7 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.
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
• A fire at the Relax Inn has left a number of resident homeless
• Fatal fire overnight in the Cowee Community
• Holograms and altered images: North Carolina candidates decry attacks that 'fabricate reality' [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• 'People who need to vote the most:' Rally focuses on getting low-income voters to polls [WLOS-TV (Asheville, 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 23 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 23rd]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 242 [Al Jazeera]
Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 12. Habsburg Curiosity | Yale Courses
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
--> • False flag? Russia says Ukraine plans to detonate a ‘dirty bomb’ [Al Jazeera]
• Military think tank: Russia withdraws officers from Kherson [Washington Post]
• Ukraine urges global ban of Russia's RT after presenter calls for drowning of Ukrainian children [Reuters]
• Russian fighter plane crashes in Siberian city of Irkutsk [BBC News]
• How water has been weaponized in Ukraine [Yahoo! News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• UK ‘ready to assist’ in resolving Ukraine conflict – defense secretary [Russia Today]
• Two pilots killed as Su-30 crashes on house in Irkutsk [Pravda ]
• Kiev is preparing provocation against civilians — Russian Defense Ministry [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 23 [Understanding War] [PDF for October 23rd]
• Iran releases footage from prison fire, adding to mystery [AP News]
• Anti-Regime Protests, Strikes Enter Sixth Week In Iran [Iran International]
• Two Koreas exchange warning shots near maritime border amid tensions [Reuters]
• Virginia Mother Charged With Murder After 4-Year-Old Son Dies From Eating THC Gummies [WRC-TV (Washington, DC)]
• Armed men "watch over" ballot drop box in Arizona [MSN]
• Lurking behind Britain’s political mess is an economy on the edge [CNN]
• Experts warn of severe upcoming flu season as pediatric hospitals already feel the crush [ABC News]
• Fears Over Fate of Democracy Leave Many Voters Frustrated and Resigned [New York Times]
• Graham asks for Supreme Court shield against Georgia election probe [Courthouse News Service]
MTP Now Oct. 23 — Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) | Meet The Press
Face The Nation: Kreb, Swisher, Hochstein, Williams, D'Agata | CBS News
Global National: Oct. 22, 2022 | Boris Johnson reportedly eyeing comeback after Truss’ resignation
Nightly News Full Broadcast (October 23rd)
PBS NewsHour full episode, October 23, 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 6:24pm CEST, 21 October 2022, there have been 623,893,894 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,553,936 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 19 October 2022, a total of 12,814,704,622 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:24pm CEST, 21 October 2022, there have been 95,726,462 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,054,617 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 14 October 2022, a total of 620,131,694 vaccine doses have been administered.
• As Covid Hit, Washington Officials Traded Stocks With Exquisite Timing [Wall Street Journal]
• Remnant cholesterol levels are associated with severity and death in COVID-19 patients [Nature: Scientific Reports]
• Pfizer plans to sell its covid vaccine at a 10,000% markup in 2023 [Quartz]
• A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu and Other Infections Return as Covid Cases Rise [New York Times]
• XBB Covid-19 wave may peak in S’pore earlier than mid-November: Ong Ye Kung [The Straits Times]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Mark Zuckerberg has a $10 billion plan to make it impossible for remote workers to hide from their bosses [Fortune]
• Twitch’s Relationship With Its Streamers Shows Its Cracks [New York Times]
• Hacktivists Release Iran Nuclear Documents After Deadline [Iran International]
• NASA poised to break sound barrier without the sonic boom [Tech Xplore]
• Apple testing Apple Silicon Mac Pro with 24-core CPU, 76-core GPU, 192GB of memory [9 to 5 Mac]
• VMware bug with 9.8 severity rating exploited to install witch’s brew of malware [ARS TECHNICA]
• Researchers Ask: Does Enforcing Civility Stifle Online Debate? [Undark]
• Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem [AP News]
• India's most powerful rocket launches 36 OneWeb internet satellites into orbit [SPACE.COM]
• 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 Soviet Oil Juggernaut: How It All Began | Asianometry
10 Spooky Solutions to the Simulation Hypothesis | Event Horizon
Can Humans Make Gravitational Waves and Other Deep Space Questions 20 | Scott Manley
James Webb Updates: Mind Blowing New Images and Unexpected Findings | Antov Petrov
Full Episode: America Goes To War - It's Been a Long, Long Time (S1E10) | Janson Media
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Russia claims Ukraine preparing to use 'dirty bomb' | Al Jazeera
Putin can't conquer more of Ukraine, Munich Security Conference chair tells DW | DW News
'Massive' Russian strikes hit Ukraine energy grid | BBC News
Russia: Ukraine is preparing 'dirty bomb' attacks | WION
Every day social media users are exposed to Russian propaganda | Ian Garner | TVP World
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On This Day
October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 68 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)
AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.
1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.
1360 – The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.
1590 – John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
1596 – The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre forcing a retreat to port.
1641 – Felim O'Neill of Kinard, the leader of the Irish Rebellion, issues his Proclamation of Dungannon, justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England.
1648 – The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.
1795 – Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
1851 – William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
1857 – Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
1871 – An estimated 17 to 22 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
1889 – Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
1900 – U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million.
1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1902 – Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1917 – World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Caporetto on the Austro-Italian front.
1918 – World War I: Italian victory in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.
1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
1929 – "Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange.
1930 – A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.
1931 – The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.
1944 – World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1945 – The United Nations Charter comes into effect.
1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1947 – Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
1947 – United Airlines Flight 608 crashes over the Bryce Canyon National Park killing all 52 passengers and crew onboard.
1949 – The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
1954 – President Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
1956 – At the request of the Stalinist regime of Ernő Gerő, a massive Soviet force invades Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution. Imre Nagy is reinstalled as Prime Minister.
1957 – The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar manned space program.
1960 – A ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad in the Soviet Union, killing over 100 people.
1963 – An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people.
1964 – Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia.
1975 – In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.
1980 – The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
1986 – Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport.
1990 – Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian NATO force formed in 1956, intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion.
1992 – The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
1998 – Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
2002 – Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, D.C.
2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
2004 – Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.
2005 – Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
2007 – Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
2008 – "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
2014 – The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
2015 – A driver crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.
2016 – A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.
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