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Monday, February 20, 2023

News and Weather Briefing for Washington's Birthday, 2023



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On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK

Rain chances return today and throughout the rest of the week as a few weak frontal boundaries track across the region. Temperatures will rise well above normal over the next several days, peaking on Thursday.

Saturday March 4th chilli cook off at the community building 2 to 4pm. $5 entry fee to come in and taste chilli and vote for your favorite. All proceeds go to helping a child go to gymnastics camp this summer with her team mates.





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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Wednesday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Tonight

A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday

Showers likely, mainly between 11am and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night

A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

Wednesday

A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs near 70.

Wednesday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Highlands Plateau

Today

Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tonight

A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday

Showers likely, mainly between noon and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday

A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.

Wednesday Night

A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Breezy.
Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Tonight

A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday

Showers likely, mainly between noon and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night

A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 10 mph.

Wednesday

A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs near 70.

Wednesday Night

A 40 percent chance of showers after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.


Nantahala Area

Today

A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tonight

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tuesday

Showers likely, mainly between 8am and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night

A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 8 mph.

Wednesday

A slight chance of rain before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 20%.

Wednesday Night

A 40 percent chance of showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Breezy.


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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Hazardous weather is not expected today. A warming trend is expected as a preview of spring.



Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.

Space Weather A Solar Polar Vortex and the X-Factor Returns | Space Weather News: 10 February 2023




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Almanac

24 Hour Smoke Forecast

No known appreciable smoke field will be crossing Macon County today or tonight.















PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD)


Fire and Smoke Map




Local Air Monitor



Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.8 out of 12) today with Juniper, Elm, and Alder being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (7.1 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for February 20th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 77°F in Franklin in 1994
Lowest Temperature -6°F in Highlands in 2015
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.140 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1954
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 0.6 inches in Franklin in 1940


Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of February Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899 (also a state record)
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912

Record Weather Events for February 20th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 81°F in Cedar Island, Carteret County in 2018
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2015
Greatest Rainfall 4.00 inches in Lenoir, Caldwell County in 1947
Greatest Snowfall 11.0 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1999
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of February Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 88°F in New Bern, Craven County on 02-28-1962
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Brevard, Transylvania County on 02-17-1958
Greatest Rainfall 8.83 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 24.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 02-12-1985




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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)

Tuesday, February 21st, 2023

Pancake Supper

Maiden's Chapel Church (located at 230 Maiden's Chapel Road) will host a pancake supper on Tuesday, February 21st from 5-7 p.m. Donations will be accepted for the church.

Macon County Board of Commissioners Meeting

The February 2023 Regular Meeting of the Macon County Board of Commissioners. Meeting begins at 6pm in the commissioners boardroom on the third floor. Access after 5pm will be through the back entrance to the courthouse. • Agenda Released for February 21, 2023 Macon County Board of Commissioners Meeting [Macon Media]

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023

NC Reads Discussion Viewing at the Macon County Public Library

Wed, Feb 22, 6:30 PM in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room – Carolina Built with Kianna Alexander Join NC Humanities for an interactive panel discussion examining themes from this month’s NC Reads selection. This panel will explore the story based on the life and legacy of Josephine N. Leary, an African-American entrepreneur and business woman who lived in North Carolina during the Reconstruction Era. Visit the library to borrow the book, or use Libby and your library card to read the ebook or audiobook.

(You can also view the Zoom panel at home by visiting https://nchumanities.org/program/north-carolina-reads/ to register)

Thursday, February 23, 2023,

Yoga at the Macon County Public Library

Meet in the Living Room for an all levels vinyasa flow yoga class as we move mindfully through the body with the breath to create a deep sense of calm and relaxation, releasing tension, stress and anxiety.

Please bring a mat and plan to arrive by 5:55 p.m. before the doors lock at 6:00 p.m.

Saturday March 4th

Chili Cook Off at the community building 2 to 4pm

$5 entry fee to come in and taste chili and vote for your favorite. All proceeds go to helping a child go to gymnastics camp this summer with her team mates. Contact sgors.sg@gmail.com for more information.



Contra Dance at the Library
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room

Join an enthusiastic group of musicians and dancers every first Saturday of the month, with beginners’ lessons at 6:30. Suggested donation, $10 per person helps to pay the musicians and callers for their travel and expertise. Contra dances are hosted and organized by the Arts Council of Macon County.





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Local and State News



• Blue Cross files legal challenges to NC insurance contract [xxx]

• xxx [xxx]

• 16th annual Asheville Mardi Gras Parade rocks South Slope with music, dancing, costumes [xxx]

• With 78 signatures, this Charlotte group changed which voter data NC will release [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• NC bill would require all businesses to accept cash [ WCNC-TV (Charlotte, NC) ]

• Federal plan for Nantahala and Pisgah national forests greeted with criticism from environmentalists [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]

• With 78 signatures, this Charlotte group changed which voter data NC will release [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Agenda Released for February 21, 2023 Macon County Board of Commissioners Meeting [Macon Media]


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National and World News Roundup


Washington Today (2-16-23): President Biden says latest sky objects likely not Chinese spy crafts| C-SPAN RADIO



Why is Japan Fortifying its Small Islands, and why is it such a big deal? | Foreign Correspondent



Global National: Feb. 19, 2023 | US warns China over possible Russian military support in Ukraine



Nightly News Full Broadcast (February 19th)


PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 19, 2022




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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]

In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 7:34pm CET, 14 February 2023, there have been 101,496,168 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,103,936 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 27 January 2023, a total of 661,064,315 vaccine doses have been administered.

Globally, as of 7:34pm CET, 14 February 2023, there have been 756,135,075 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,841,152 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 31 January 2023, a total of 13,168,935,724 vaccine doses have been administered.

What Happens When the Public Health Emergency Ends on May 11th, 2023 | MedCram - Medical Lectures Explained CLEARLY



• Brazil's vaccine-skeptic Bolsonaro got the shot, document indicates [Reuters via Yahoo! News]

• Education levels impact on belief in scientific misinformation and mistrust of COVID-19 preventive measures [ University of Portsmouth ]

• Idaho lawmakers introduce legislation to criminalize those who administer COVID vaccines [ KTVB-TV (Boise, ID) ]

• COVID outbreak cancels more than 20 bus routes for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City schools [ WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]

• DC schools requires COVID test to return from February break [ WTOP-AM (Washington, DC) ]

• TWiV 983: One flu vaccine for them all with Scott Hensley [Microbe TV]

• TWiV 982: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• Domestic violence hotline calls will soon be invisible on your family phone plan [ ARS TECHNICA ]

• ‘Undercurrents: Tech, Tyrants and Us,’ a new podcast series [coda]

• A clam presumed extinct for 40,000 years has been found alive [Science News]

• Tesla recalls 362,758 vehicles, says Full Self-Driving Beta software may cause crashes [CNBC ]

• Microsoft Puts New Limits On Bing’s AI Chatbot After It Expressed Desire To Steal Nuclear Secrets [Forbes]

• These 26 words ‘created the internet.’ Now the Supreme Court may be coming for them [CNN]

• Z-Library returns, aims to avoid seizures by giving each user a secret URL [ARS TECHNICA]


Evergreen Links

• Red Dead Online player bids farewell to Google Stadia save by releasing horse they named after their departed daughter [Games Radar]

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69 - Twilight of the Æsir



Hardcore History: AddendumEP24 Manifesting the Muse with Rick | Dan Carlin



• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]

• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]


How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain






Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics

What is Plaguing Google? | TWiT-TV



The Level1 Show February 17 2023: Seal Tendies for Mommy's Big Boy | Level1Techs



Let's All Find Out Together - DTNS 4460 | Daily Tech News Show



Why Latin America Never Escapes Poverty: The 5 Phases of "Latin Evil" | VisualEconomik EN



The Mysterious 15 Million Year Gap in Our Evolution - Romer’s Gap | Ben G Thomas



The Genius of RISC-V Microprocessors - Erik Engheim - ACCU 2022 | ACCU Conference



How The Spanish Flu Became Modern History's Deadliest Pandemic | Timeline



Exciting Discovery of Green Pea Galaxies May Solve Another Mystery | Antov Petrov





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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)



• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 18 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for February 18th]

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 361 [Al Jazeera]

• LIVEBLOG: Day 361 of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]

• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 360: Wagner Group suffered over 30,000 casualties in Ukraine [Euromaiden Press]


• What Russia Got Wrong: Can Moscow Learn From Its Failures in Ukraine? [Foreign Affairs]

• Zelensky: Israel will eventually give Ukraine defensive weapons [Jerusalem Post]

• US: Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine [AP News]

• Putin's shadow looms large at Munich Security Conference [ DW News ]

• Netherlands orders Russian diplomats to leave [Al Jazeera]

• Ukraine war exposes splits between Global North and South [France 24]

• A year of Russia’s war in Ukraine: Your simple guide [Al Jazeera]

DEVASTATING BATTLES North of Bakhmut - Ukraine War Map Update 19/02/2023 | Ukraine Matters



Russia's Grand Strategy and Ukraine - Is Putin's war already a strategic failure? | Perun




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

• Macron wants Russia defeated but not ‘crushed’ [Russia Today]

• Russia changes four out of five military district commanders in six months [Pravda]

• DPR head announces improvement of Russian forces’ positions near Artyomovsk [TASS' Russian News Agency]





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On This Day

February 20th is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 314 days remain until the end of the year (315 in leap years).



Historical Events

(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)




1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.

1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark.

1521 – Juan Ponce de Leon sets out from Spain for Florida with about 200 prospective colonists.

1547 – Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

1685 – René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.

1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.

1798 – Louis-Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.

1813 – Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta.

1816 – Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.

1835 – The 1835 Concepción earthquake destroys Concepción, Chile.

1846 – Polish insurgents lead an uprising in Kraków to incite a fight for national independence.

1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war.

1865 – End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.

1872 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.

1877 – Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

1901 – The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.

1905 – The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of Massachusetts's mandatory smallpox vaccination program in Jacobson v. Massachusetts.

1909 – Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.

1913 – King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.

1920 – An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.

1931 – The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.

1931 – An anarchist uprising in Encarnación briefly transforms the city into a revolutionary commune.

1933 – The U.S. Congress approves the Blaine Act to repeal federal Prohibition in the United States, sending the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution to state ratifying conventions for approval.

1933 – Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign.

1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.

1942 – Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.

1943 – American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.

1943 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms.

1944 – World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.

1944 – World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Atoll.

1952 – Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.

1956 – The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.

1959 – The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.

1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.

1965 – Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.

1968 – The China Academy of Space Technology, China's main arm for the research, development, and creation of space satellites, is established in Beijing.

1971 – The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.

1979 – An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H2S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java.

1986 – The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.

1988 – The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

1991 – In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters.

1998 – American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

2003 – During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.

2005 – Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.

2009 – Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.

2010 – In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago.

2014 – Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, many reportedly killed by snipers.

2015 – Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services.

2016 – Six people are killed and two injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.

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Published at 5:00am on Monday, February 20, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins


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