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Saturday, April 8, 2023

News and Weather Briefing for Saturday, April 08, 2023



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Macon Calendar
Local and StateNews
Russo-UKrainian War Updates
National News Roundup
COVID-19 News and Updates
Science and Technology
On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK

Abundant moisture will stream northward over the front to keep wet and chilly conditions in place through today. Drier and somewhat warmer conditions will return Sunday as the front settles further south and dry high pressure builds in from the north. High pressure will persist over the region until moisture returns with the next system late next week.



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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Monday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Showers, mainly before 5pm. Patchy fog before 1pm. Highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph in the morning and decreasing to be calm in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight

A chance of showers before 9pm, then a chance of rain between 9pm and 2am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the east 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau

Today

Showers, mainly before 5pm. Patchy fog before 2pm. Highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows near freezing. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows near freezing.
Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Showers, mainly before 4pm. Patchy fog before noon. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 10pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs in the lowerr 60s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the east in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.


Nantahala Area

Today

Showers, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog before 1pm. Highs near 50. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 20 percent chance of rain before 11pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the east 3 to 6 mph.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the east 3 to 6 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.

Monday

Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s.


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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Rain, heavy at times, will continue today before ending tonight. Localized flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas will be possible.





Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.

Space Weather The Sun Works Up Some Big Flares and Fast Wind | Space Weather News: 31 March 2023




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Almanac

24 Hour Smoke Forecast









PM2.5 AQI is 25 (MODERATE) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 25 (MODERATE)


Fire and Smoke Map




Local Air Monitor

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.1 out of 12) today with Oak, Juniper, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.0 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for April 8th

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

Highest Temperature 84°F in Franklin in 1890
Lowest Temperature 16°F in Highlands in 2007
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.30 inches in Highlands in 1914
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.0 inches in Highlands in 1989

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 8th in North Carolina

rdrd Highest Temperature 94°F in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 1967
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2007
Greatest Rainfall 6.51 inches in Henderson, Vance County in 1895
Greatest Snowfall 9.1 inches in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County in 1916
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)

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.







No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News



• Council votes to remove police cameras from tribe’s public records law [Smoky Mountain News]

• NC bill would let law enforcement release names, photos of some juvenile suspects [Raleigh News and Observer]

• The Wrap: A party switch, a budget vote, anti-trans bills filed and new transportation taxes pitched [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Swain County leaders keep on with fight against paid parking in GSMNP [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Macon County Commissioners consider leaving Fontana Regional Library System [BPR]

• HB259 NC House Bill Budget Substitute [PDF Download (640 pages)]



Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]



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


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National and World News Roundup

• Job market shows signs of cooling as payrolls rise by 236,000 [Courthouse News Service ]

• US judge in Washington state orders feds to keep access to abortion pill, countering ruling from Texas judge [ABC News]

• Court allows West Virginia transgender girl to continue to participate in girls’ sports [SCOTUSblog]

• Policing software blamed in at least 3 states for errors including losing a criminal case and crashing during 911 calls [NBC News]

• Dice roll settles tie in small Wisconsin town election [BBC News]

• LAPD chases attempted-murder suspect for 2 hours, in 2 different vehicles through Los Angeles [KABC-TV (Los Angeles) ]

Washington Today (4-7-23): March jobs report - 236K jobs created, unemployment falls to 3.5% | C-SPAN RADIO



Global National: April 7, 2023 | Hydro Quebec working around the clock to restore power after storm



Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 07


PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 07, 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 11:02am CEST, 6 April 2023, there have been 102,873,924 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,118,800 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 31 March 2023, a total of 666,193,352 vaccine doses have been administered.

Globally, as of 11:02am CEST, 6 April 2023, there have been 762,201,169 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,893,190 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 4 April 2023, a total of 13,337,835,146 vaccine doses have been administered.


• COVID caused brain damage in 2 infants infected during pregnancy -US study [ Reuters ]

• Covid origins: Chinese scientists publish long-awaited data [ BBC News ]

• Excess deaths doubled in Japan in 2022 — COVID-19 may be to blame [ The Japan Times ]

TWiV 998: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV



• TWiV 998: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]

• TWiV 997: Inside Omicron with Mohsan Saeed [Microbe TV]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• ‘Twitter Files’ Reporter Bails on Twitter After Elon Makes It ‘Unusable’ [Daily Beast]

• Salary packages approached $1 million as Meta paid to play in metaverse [Washington Post]

• The women who left their jobs to code [BBC News]

• Japan plans to lead talks on AI risks at G7 digital meeting [Kyodo News]

• 10 Jobs That Could Disappear Any Day Now, Thanks to AI [PC MAgazine]

• 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

An ULTRAMASSIVE black hole has been discovered in A BRAND NEW WAY | Dr. Becky



The Level1 Show April 7 2023: The Divine Right of Rodents | Level1 Techs



Me and My Digital Twin - DTNS 4494 | Daily Tech News Show



Virology Lectures 2023 #19: Vaccines | Columbia University: Vincent Racaniello



Why California Has So Many Problems | Wendover Productions



What Putin Fears More Than War | PolyMatter



Wales against the Normans - Medieval Celts | Kings and Generals



Sudo Show 61: Never the Year of the Linux Desktop



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, April 07 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for April 7th]

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 408 [Al Jazeera]

• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 407: Zelenskyy visits Poland, brings back a new military assistance package [Euromaiden Press]


• Senate Leaders Call for Release of Evan Gershkovich as Reporter Is Formally Charged [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]

• The talk-show hosts telling Russians what to believe [BBC News]

• Peace talks must have ‘Russian interests, concerns’, says Lavrov [Al Jazeera]

• Ukraine updates: Russia gaining ground in Bakhmut, says UK [DW News]

• Trading places: How Russia's commercial flows moved from West to East [France 24]

• 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) - DC Police Ride Along, Russian Thermobaric, Ukrainian CQB | Funker530 LIVE Recap



Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: Peace talks must focus on creating a 'new world order' | DW News



Can Europeans persuade China to change course on Ukraine war? | Inside Story



Ukraine and Poland seal multiple deals in Warsaw - Business Arena | TVP World



Russia's war on Ukraine: Leak of classified US and NATO war plans to help Kyiv | FRANCE 24 English




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

Douglas Macgregor & Andrew N.: "Russian missiles nosediving in a top attack" | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor



• Here's why the leaked ‘secret plan’ for a Ukrainian military offensive doesn't add up [Russia Today]

**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today** • Vladlen Tatarsky's killer Daria Trepova suspected of working for Ukraine [Pravda]

• Kiev is preparing provocation to discredit Russia — Russian Defense Ministry [TASS Russian News Agency]





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On This Day

April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 267 days remain until the end of the year.



Historical Events

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




217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.

876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.

1139 – Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated by Innocent II for supporting Anacletus II as pope for seven years, even though Roger had already publicly recognized Innocent's claim to the papacy.

1149 – Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.

1232 – Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols begin their siege on Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty.

1271 – In Syria, sultan Baibars conquers the Krak des Chevaliers.

1730 – Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.

1820 – The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.

1832 – Black Hawk War: Around 300 United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.

1866 – Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.

1886 – William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.

1895 – In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.

1904 – The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.

1906 – Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.

1908 – Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.

1911 – Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.

1913 – The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.

1918 – World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.

1924 – Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.

1929 – Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.

1935 – The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.

1940 – The Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as General Secretary, marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as de facto leader of Mongolia.

1942 – World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.

1942 – World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.

1943 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.

1943 – Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.

1945 – World War II: After an air raid accidentally destroys a train carrying about 4,000 Nazi concentration camp internees in Prussian Hanover, the survivors are massacred by Nazis.

1946 – Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.

1950 – India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat–Nehru Pact.

1952 – U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.

1953 – Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.

1954 – A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.

1954 – South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.

1959 – A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.

1959 – The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.

1960 – The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.

1968 – BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.

1970 – Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers accidentally strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed.

1975 – Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager.

1987 – Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racist remarks he had made while on Nightline.

1992 – Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.

1993 – The Republic of North Macedonia joins the United Nations.

1993 – The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on mission STS-56.

2004 – War in Darfur: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government, the Justice and Equality Movement, and the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army.

2006 – Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos Motorcycle Club.

2008 – The construction of the world's first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain.

2010 – U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START Treaty.

2013 – The Islamic State of Iraq enters the Syrian Civil War and begins by declaring a merger with the Al-Nusra Front under the name Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham.

2020 – Bernie Sanders ends his presidential campaign, leaving Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee.

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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, April 08, 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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