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Saturday, April 1, 2023

News and Weather Briefing for Saturday, April 01, 2023



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Russo-UKrainian War Updates
Special Section: Former President Donald Trump Indicted for Fraud
National News Roundup
COVID-19 News and Updates
Science and Technology
On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK

A cold front will bring showers and thunderstorms to the area through this morning. Very windy conditions will develop behind the front late this morning and remain in place through early Sunday morning. An unsettled pattern returns for next week as multiple days of showers and thunderstorms will be possible.



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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Monday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog before 10am. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph in the morning increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable by noon.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out fo the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.

Monday

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 10am and 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.

Monday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau

Today

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 9am, then a chance of showers between 9am and 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west 15 to 20 mph in the morning increasing to 25 to 30mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph.

Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight

Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Sunday

Partly sunny through mid morning, then becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 20 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.

Monday

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 9am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s.

Monday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog before 10am. Highs in the lower 70s. Light winds out of the west early in the morning increasing to 20 to 25 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.

New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Clear, with lows around 37. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs near 68. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.

Monday

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.

Monday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.


Nantahala Area

Today

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest in the morning 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph.

Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the west 3 to 8 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph decreasing to be light and variable after midnight.

Monday

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.


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Hazards and Tropical Weather

A storm font is expected to corss the county around daybreak. It may bring brief heavy rainfall and user in a period of high winds that are expected to last much of the day. A High Wind Advisory is in effect for elevations below 3500 feet and a High Wind Warning is in efffect for elevations above 3500 feet. Winds could reach a sustained level of 20 to 30 mph and gust as high as 50 mph. Please use caution on area roadways today.





Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.

Space Weather A Dark Coronal Hole and Stealthy Solar Storm Combo-Pack: Space Weather News 23 March 2023




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Almanac

24 Hour Smoke Forecast











PM2.5 AQI is 35 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 35 (GOOD)


Fire and Smoke Map




Local Air Monitor

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (6.5 out of 12) today with Maple, Oak, and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.6 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for April 1st

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

Highest Temperature 88°F in Franklin in 1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands in 1987
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.63 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 2.5 inches in Franklin in 1881

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

Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895 (also a state record)
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987

Record Weather Events for April 1st in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 92°F in Jackson, Northampton County in 1986
Lowest Temperature 4°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1987
Greatest Rainfall 5.00 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1999
Greatest Snowfall 8.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2004
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of April Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 102°F in Carthage, Moore County on 04-29-1981
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-08-2007
Greatest Rainfall 7.30 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 04-16-2011
Greatest Snowfall 19.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-11-2003




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

Friends of the Macon County Public Library Sets Used Bookstore Half-price Sale March 31 and April 1

WHAT: Friends of the Macon County Public Library (FOL) Used Bookstore Half-Price Sale
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 31 and April 1, 2023
WHERE: Friends of the Macon County Public Library Used Bookstore, 115 Highlands Rd., Franklin
WHY: Raise money to support programs and events at the library

SUNDAY, APRIL 30th

Youth Mental Health-Help Rally From 2pm to 4pm at the Town Gazebo LINK: https://fb.me/e/RrdJAWHS

Come join us on our first Youth Mental Health and Bullying Rally to raise more awareness about this urgent need for us children. This inaugural event is the first youth led event for Youth Mental Health as far a we know in Franklin NC.

Our event will close with our March from Macon County Court House to Franklin Town Hall.

Local speakers include NC State Senator Kevin Corbin, Franklin Chief of Police Holland, and others

Youth provider organizations will be on site to share resources and education

For more information send email to whyuskids0@gmail.com

SATURDAY, MAY 6th

Friends of the Greenway Spring Arts and Crafts Event (FROG FAIR) From 10am to 4pm

Friends of the Greenway announce their Spring arts and crafts event. FROG FAIR will be held May 6, 2023 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. Volunteers needed too. 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 and State News



Easter break is (or will be) in effect for students in Macon County this coming week.
• The Wrap @NCCapitol: Lessons in leverage and political power [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Legislators want power over SBI, change to crime lab. Critics see steps backward. [Raleigh News and observer]

• Weekend weather: Wind advisories issued for WNC, with gusts of 40 to 60 mph expected [WLOS-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Macon residents, commissioner float withdrawing from Fontana Regional Library [Smoky Mountain News]

Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]



• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]



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Special Section: Former President Donald Trump Indicted for Fraud
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(This is a special section to allow readers to read/view news coverage of indictment of the former President from sources not necessarily in their particular echo chamber)

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National and World News Roundup

• Russia’s revised foreign policy doctrine: Key points [Russia Today]

• Russia adopts new anti-West foreign policy strategy [DW News]

• AP sources: Trump facing at least 1 felony charge in NY case [AP News]

• Arizona: Man 'put his life on the line' to rescue two screaming children from burning building [Sky News]

• Kushner Firm Got Hundreds of Millions From 2 Persian Gulf Nations [New York Times]

• Another Idaho hospital announces it can no longer deliver babies [Idaho Capital Sun]

• In a loss for Fox News, judge allows Dominion's defamation case to go to trial [NBC News]

• CDC team studying health impacts of Ohio train derailment fell ill during investigation [CNN]

• Social Security trust funds depletion date moves one year earlier to 2034, Treasury says [CNBC]

• Ohio man charged for using Molotov cocktails to attack church ahead of planned drag shows [CBS News]

Washington Today (3-31-23): Mike Pence and Bill Barr criticize grand jury's indictment of Donald Trump | C-SPAN RADIO



Global National: March 31, 2023 | Federal opposition still not on board with Rogers-Shaw deal



Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 31


PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 31, 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 9:19am CEST, 29 March 2023, there have been 102,697,566 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,117,054 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 10 March 2023, a total of 664,718,300 vaccine doses have been administered.

Globally, as of 9:19am CEST, 29 March 2023, there have been 761,402,282 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,887,000 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 28 March 2023, a total of 13,331,975,343 vaccine doses have been administered.


• End of an era: L.A. County lifts COVID-19 emergency [ Los Angeles Times ]

• Biden to sign legislation ending national COVID-19 emergency order early [ USA TODAY via Yahoo! News ]

• People with smell disorders may get relief with an experimental treatment [ NBC News ]

TWiV 996: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV



• TWiV 995: Viral origin stories [Microbe TV]

• TWiV 996: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• News outlets refuse to pay for Elon Musk’s latest Twitter update — Verified Organizations [Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)]

• Virgin Orbit officially shutters its space launch operations [Engadget]

• AI experts disown Musk-backed campaign citing their research [Reuters]

• Work From Home Endures, Defying Pushback From Bosses Like Dimon [Bloomberg]

• Astrolab to send rover to the moon on SpaceX’s Starship [Space News]

• MetaVRain AI-powered 3D rendering chip is 1000x more powerful than current Nvidia GPUs [Notebook Check]

• Hackers exploit WordPress plugin flaw that gives full control of millions of sites [ARS TECHNICA]

• 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

The Level1 Show March 31 2023: The Cake Is A Messily-Constructed Lie | Level1 Techs



E3?, No, E0 - DTNS 4489 | Daily Tech News



SpaceX Starship OFT Animation | Ryan Hansen Space



Artemis I Path to the Pad: Launch and Recovery | NASA



First Ever Link of Gravitational Waves to Fast Radio Bursts | Antov Petrov



10 Strange Ways Time Travel Could Be Possible | John Michael Godier



30 Windows Commands you CAN’T live without | Network Chuck





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



• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 31 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for March 31st]

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 402 [Al Jazeera]

• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 401: One year since the massacre in Bucha shocked the world [Euromaiden Press]


• Evan Gershkovich Loved Russia, the Country That Turned on Him [Wall Street Journal]

• China’s media realities clash over truth about war in Ukraine [Al Jazeera]

• B9 countries discuss NATO’s eastern flank and support for Ukraine [TVP World]

• Russia adopts new anti-West foreign policy strategy [DW News]

• Russia to offer food for North Korean weapons [BBC News]

• A Leaked IT contractor files detail Kremlin's stockpile of cyber-weapons [The Register]

• ‘Vulkan files’ leak reveals Putin’s global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics [The Guardian]

🔴 (NSFW) - The Most Complete Ukraine Battle on Video | Funker530 LIVE Recap [LINK TO YOUTUBE]



The beginning of Ukraine's journey to the EU - Lady Catherine Ashton | TVP World



Investigating Russian crimes in Bucha: Identifying those responsible | DW News



Wall Street Journal reporter's arrest: "A nightmare situation" | FRANCE 24 English



Inside the Ukrainian town where Russia is accused of 'mass atrocities' | BBC News



Attrition & the winter war in Ukraine - Casualties, force quality and force generation | Perun




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

Douglas Macgregor: No More Defense Lines to Stop The Russians | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor



• Talk of EU troops in Ukraine 'extremely dangerous' – Kremlin [Russia Today]

• Russian Ambassador to UN calls for military measures against the West [Pravda]

• Russian forces wipe out two Ukrainian subversive groups in Kupyansk area [TASS Russian News Agency]





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On This Day

April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 274 days remain until the end of the year.

It is the first day of the second quarter of the year, and the midway point of the first half of the year. In leap years, the second quarter of the year begins at noon on this day.



Historical Events

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




33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held.

527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.

1545 – Potosí, Bolivia, is founded after the discovery of huge silver deposits in the area.

1572 – In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.

1625 – A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Portuguese War.[citation needed]

1789 – In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.

1833 – The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin.

1865 – American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.

1867 – Singapore becomes a British crown colony.

1873 – The White Star steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.

1900 – Prince George becomes absolute monarch of Crete.

1908 – The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.

1918 – The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.

1924 – Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.

1924 – The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.

1933 – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.

1935 – India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India, is formed.

1937 – Aden becomes a British crown colony.

1937 – The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.

1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.

1941 – Fântâna Albă massacre: Between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.

1941 – A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.

1944 – Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.

1945 – World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.

1946 – The 8.6 Mw  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.

1946 – The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.

1947 – The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.

1948 – Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.

1948 – Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.

1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.

1949 – The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.

1954 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1955 – The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.

1960 – The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.

1964 – The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.

1969 – The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.

1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.

1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.

1973 – Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.

1974 – The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.

1977 – Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, Inc.

1979 – Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.

1984 – Singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father in his home in Arlington Heights, Los Angeles, California.

1986 – Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.

1989 – Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.

1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.

1999 – Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.

2001 – An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Chinese pilot ejected but is subsequently lost. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained.

2001 – Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.

2001 – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.

2004 – Google launches its Email service Gmail.

2006 – Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013.

2011 – After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.[

2016 – The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict begins along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact.

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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, April 01, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins


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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla'-->
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