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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry and warm high pressure dominates the weather pattern through Friday. A strong cold front is expected to cross the region Saturday, bringing showers and a few thunderstorms. Dry and unseasonably cool high pressure builds in behind the front early next week. The next rain making system will arrive from the west in the middle of the week.
ORBITAL FLIGHT TEST
SpaceX is set to make a second attempt at an Orbital Flight test of their Integrated Starship this morning. The 62-minute launch window opens at 9:28 a.m. Eastern and closes at 10:30 a.m. Eastern. If successful, it will be the largest and most powerful rocket ever flown. Learn more at https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-test
The official SpaceX webcast can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1wcilQ58hI
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NASA Spaceflight:
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light winds out of the southeast early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 10 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the south in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...
Relative humidity will again drop below 30% this afternoon and early evening. Winds will also peak during this time period. Please consider putting off any outsoor debris burning until another day.
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT ABOVE 4000 FEET UNTIL 7 AM EDT THURSDAY...
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Ground Level Ozone for Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Madison, Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Graham, and Macon Counties, until 7 AM EDT Thursday.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional information, please visit the North Carolina Division of Air Quality Web site at https://airquality.climate.ncsu.edu/.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather A Solar Storm Heads for Earth and Flare Activity Picks Up | Space Weather News 16 April 2023
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 90 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 101 (UNHEALTHY/CODE ORANGE)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.6 out of 12) today with Oak, Sweetgum, and Poplar being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (11.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 20th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2002
Lowest Temperature 17°F in franklin in 1983
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.09 inches in Highlands in 1893
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 1.5 inches in Highlands in 1901
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 20th in North Carolina
rdrd Highest Temperature 96°F in Roxboro, Person County in 1985
Lowest Temperature 10°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1983
Greatest Rainfall 7.10 inches in Roxboro, Person County in 2019
Greatest Snowfall 18.0 inches in Waynesville, Haywood County in 1901
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)
SATURDAY, APRIL 22nd
"Poor Man's Supper" Fundraiser at Louisa Chapel Church 11.30am for Lunch AND Dinner
Louisa Chapel Church will be holding a "Poor Man's Supper" Fundraiser on Saturday, April 22 at 470 Luisa Chapel Road from 11.30 amd for Lunch AND Dinner. Take out and delivery available. The menu includes Pinto Beans, Potatoes, Boiled Cabbage, Corn Bread, Cole Slaw, Tea, and Delicious Desserts. DOnations are requested!
TUESDAY, APRIL 25th
Open House 1-3pm at FROG Quarters
Friends of the Greenway and Macon County Parks & Recreation will be hosting an Open House on Tuesday, April 25 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main St from 1-3 PM. Please stop by to give best wishes to Terry Browning who will be retiring on April 28 after 20 years providing maintenance to the Little Tennessee River Greenway. If you'd like to send a card, mail to FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main St., Franklin, NC 28734.
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.
SATURDAY, MAY 27th
Clarks Chapel Fire-Rescue Annual BBQ Fundraiser From 2pm until sold out Plates are $10 each
Clarks Chapel Volunteer Fire Department is hosting their annul BBQ Fundraiser on Saturday, May 27. It will feature Barbeque, Music, Raffles, Silent Auction, and plenty of family fun. The fire department is located at 270 Fulcher Road in Franklin.
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• The endless war: How drugs come into WNC and what, if anything, can be done about it [Smoky Mountain News]
• To protect teens, NC lawmakers propose new social media regulations [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• North Carolina bill could invite Walt Disney World to move to the Tar Heel State [WGHP-TV (Greensboro, NC)]
• NC House passes ban on trans athletes in women’s sports with a veto-proof majority [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NCDOT holding forum to connect with local contractors [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC) ]
Macon Media is still experiencing transportation issues and was unable to get to the courthouse to cover this months meeting. Here is the county-sponsored video of the meeting:
Macon County Commissioners Meeting 3-14-23
• 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
• Trigger IX: $5bn of drugs seized in Latin American operation [BBC News]
• Global rice shortage is set to be the biggest in 20 years [CNBC]
Poland marks anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | DW News
Live Coverage: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 80 years on | DW News
• Rising cost of food defies inflation slowdown [Economist Intelligence Unit]
• Three St. Louis residents indicted on charges of illegally pushing pro-Russian propaganda [KWMU-FM (St Louis, MO)]
• AP Explains: Fox, Dominion reach $787M settlement over election claims [AP News]
• Fox resolves Dominion case, but a bigger election defamation lawsuit looms [Reuters (via MSN)]
Fox News vs Dominion: Venezuela ties allegations explained | FRANCE 24 English
• McCurtain County commissioner resigns in wake of scandal [KTEN-TV (Ada, OK)]
• Uvalde school shooter wrote 'LOL' on whiteboard in victims' blood, lawmaker tells families at emotional hearing [NBC News]
• India will surpass China as world’s most populous country by mid-year, UN says [CNN]
• Ex-Trump Organization CFO Weisselberg released from jail [Reuters]
Washington Today (4-19-23): Speaker McCarthy unveils bill to raise debt ceiling and cut spending | C-SPAN
Global National: April 19, 2023 | 155,000+ federal employees go on Canada-wide strike | Global National
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 19
PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 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 10:11am CEST, 12 April 2023, there have been 102,873,924 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,118,800 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 7 April 2023, a total of 666,541,020 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 10:11am CEST, 12 April 2023, there have been 762,791,152 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,897,025 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 11 April 2023, a total of 13,340,343,269 vaccine doses have been administered.
• U.S. Authorizes a New Round of Covid Boosters [New York Times]
• AstraZeneca confident new COVID antibody protects against known variants [Reuters]
• Up to one in 20 new diabetes cases could be linked to Covid, study suggests [The Guardian]
• Big data study refutes anti-vax blood clot claims about COVID-19 vaccines [ State University of New York at Buffalo ]
Q and A with A and V Livestream 4/19/23 8:00 PM | Microbe TV
• TWiV 998: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 999: Inside Omicron with Mohsan Saeed [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Mega rocket Starship could enable new types of astrophysics [Nature]
• Off-grid solar mini-grids light up Africa [Main and Guardian (South Africa)]
• Meta tells employees to work from home as it starts to ax 10,000: ‘Hunger Games have begun’ [New York Post]
• Kelp forests: a multi-billion-dollar ecosystem in our waters [UNSW Sydney]
• Nasa says flash over Kyiv was not its satellite [BBC News]
• title [SOURCE]
• Tech CEO Applauds an Employee Selling Off Their Pet Dog to Accommodate Return-to-Office Push [Gizmodo]
• Watch the crescent Moon slide by Venus: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher [Astronomy 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
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Cinetimes]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
20 Years Ago, AMD x86-64'd the WORLD!!! | Level1 Techs
Call Of AI: Garden Warfare - DTNS 4502 | Daily Tech News Show
The Oldest Ever Bat Fossil Has Been Discovered | 7 Days of Science
AI rediscovers Einstein's Time Dilation and Kepler's 3rd Law | Sabine Hossenfelder
Designing a Villain - Coder Radio 514 | Jupiter Broadcasting
Detecting Earth-Size Exoplanets with Magnetospheres | Fraser Cain
Operation Vengeance: Avenging Pearl Harbor - Pacific War #74 | Kings and Generals
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 19 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for April 19th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 420 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 419: Wagner confesses executing Ukrainian children in Donbas [Euromaiden Press]
• Russian Court Upholds WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s Detention [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Ukraine war: The Russian ships accused of North Sea sabotage [BBC News]
• Macron 'working on secret plan' with China to end Ukraine war [Brussels Times]
• Yoon Suk Yeol hints at military aid to Ukraine if Russia targets civilians [Korea JoongAng Daily]
• Nasa says flash over Kyiv was not its satellite [BBC News]
• Why is Ukrainian grain suddenly so divisive in Europe? [Al Jazeera]
• 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]
What's behind Orbán's Russia policy? - Mihály Rosoncz-Kovács | TVP World
Former US ambassador William Courtney: 'Russia has never been more oppresive internally' | DW News
Alleged Russian spy ships accused of North Sea sabotage | BBC News
Ukraine's Patriot missile systems arrive as Kyiv aims to boost defenses against Russia | CBS News
South Korea's Yoon signals possible military aid to Ukraine | WION Originals
Russian Hybrid Warfare and Ukraine: Propaganda, cyberwarfare and hybrid war methods | Perun
Russia Occupied 0.01% of Ukraine in March - Russian Invasion | Kings and Generals
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
Douglas Macgregor: "Russia with a more Lethal military establishment" | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Pentagon announces latest Ukraine arms package [Russia Today]
• Russia has enough power for surprise attack as Ukraine goes on counteroffensive [Pravda]
• Any weapons supplies to Ukraine to be considered as anti-Russian move — diplomat [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
April 20 is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 255 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)
1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.
1453 – Three Genoese galleys and a Byzantine blockade runner fight their way through an Ottoman blockading fleet a few weeks before the fall of Constantinople.
1496 – After his return from the New World Christopher Columbus entered the court of his sponsors King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. For more than an hour, the sovereigns besieged the seaman with questions.
1534 – Jacques Cartier begins his first voyage to what is today the east coast of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador.
1535 – The sun dog phenomenon is observed over Stockholm,[4] as later depicted in the famous painting Vädersolstavlan.
1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
1657 – Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
1657 – Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
1689 – Deposed monarch James II of England lays siege to Derry.
1752 – Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
1770 – The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
1789 – George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
1792 – France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.
1800 – The Septinsular Republic is established.
1809 – Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
1818 – The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld.
1828 – René Caillié becomes the second non-Muslim to enter (and the first to return from) Timbuktu, following Major Gordon Laing.
1836 – U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
1861 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
1861 – Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, attempting to display the value of balloons, makes record journey, flying 900 miles from Cincinnati to South Carolina.
1862 – Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
1865 – Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
1876 – The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
1884 – Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus, condemning Freemasonry.
1898 – U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
1902 – Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
1914 – Nineteen men, women, and children participating in a strike are killed in the Ludlow Massacre during the Colorado Coalfield War.
1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
1922 – The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
1945 – World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
1945 – Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.
1946 – The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
1961 – Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
1968 – English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.
1972 – Apollo program: Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the moon.
1998 – Air France Flight 422 crashes after taking off from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, killing all 53 people on board.
1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
2007 – Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2008 – Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
2010 – The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.
2012 – One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad, Pakistan.
2013 – A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.
2015 – Ten people are killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland.
2021 – State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin: Derek Chauvin is found guilty of all charges in the murder of George Floyd by the Fourth Judicial District Court of Minnesota.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, April 20, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light winds out of the southeast early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 10 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the south in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...
Relative humidity will again drop below 30% this afternoon and early evening. Winds will also peak during this time period. Please consider putting off any outsoor debris burning until another day.
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT ABOVE 4000 FEET UNTIL 7 AM EDT THURSDAY...
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Ground Level Ozone for Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Madison, Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Graham, and Macon Counties, until 7 AM EDT Thursday.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional information, please visit the North Carolina Division of Air Quality Web site at https://airquality.climate.ncsu.edu/.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather A Solar Storm Heads for Earth and Flare Activity Picks Up | Space Weather News 16 April 2023
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 90 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 101 (UNHEALTHY/CODE ORANGE)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.6 out of 12) today with Oak, Sweetgum, and Poplar being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (11.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 20th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2002
Lowest Temperature 17°F in franklin in 1983
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.09 inches in Highlands in 1893
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 1.5 inches in Highlands in 1901
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 20th in North Carolina
rdrd Highest Temperature 96°F in Roxboro, Person County in 1985
Lowest Temperature 10°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1983
Greatest Rainfall 7.10 inches in Roxboro, Person County in 2019
Greatest Snowfall 18.0 inches in Waynesville, Haywood County in 1901
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)
SATURDAY, APRIL 22nd
"Poor Man's Supper" Fundraiser at Louisa Chapel Church 11.30am for Lunch AND Dinner
Louisa Chapel Church will be holding a "Poor Man's Supper" Fundraiser on Saturday, April 22 at 470 Luisa Chapel Road from 11.30 amd for Lunch AND Dinner. Take out and delivery available. The menu includes Pinto Beans, Potatoes, Boiled Cabbage, Corn Bread, Cole Slaw, Tea, and Delicious Desserts. DOnations are requested!
TUESDAY, APRIL 25th
Open House 1-3pm at FROG Quarters
Friends of the Greenway and Macon County Parks & Recreation will be hosting an Open House on Tuesday, April 25 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main St from 1-3 PM. Please stop by to give best wishes to Terry Browning who will be retiring on April 28 after 20 years providing maintenance to the Little Tennessee River Greenway. If you'd like to send a card, mail to FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main St., Franklin, NC 28734.
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.
SATURDAY, MAY 27th
Clarks Chapel Fire-Rescue Annual BBQ Fundraiser From 2pm until sold out Plates are $10 each
Clarks Chapel Volunteer Fire Department is hosting their annul BBQ Fundraiser on Saturday, May 27. It will feature Barbeque, Music, Raffles, Silent Auction, and plenty of family fun. The fire department is located at 270 Fulcher Road in Franklin.
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• The endless war: How drugs come into WNC and what, if anything, can be done about it [Smoky Mountain News]
• To protect teens, NC lawmakers propose new social media regulations [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• North Carolina bill could invite Walt Disney World to move to the Tar Heel State [WGHP-TV (Greensboro, NC)]
• NC House passes ban on trans athletes in women’s sports with a veto-proof majority [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NCDOT holding forum to connect with local contractors [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC) ]
Macon Media is still experiencing transportation issues and was unable to get to the courthouse to cover this months meeting. Here is the county-sponsored video of the meeting:
Macon County Commissioners Meeting 3-14-23
• 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
• Trigger IX: $5bn of drugs seized in Latin American operation [BBC News]
• Global rice shortage is set to be the biggest in 20 years [CNBC]
Poland marks anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | DW News
Live Coverage: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 80 years on | DW News
• Rising cost of food defies inflation slowdown [Economist Intelligence Unit]
• Three St. Louis residents indicted on charges of illegally pushing pro-Russian propaganda [KWMU-FM (St Louis, MO)]
• AP Explains: Fox, Dominion reach $787M settlement over election claims [AP News]
• Fox resolves Dominion case, but a bigger election defamation lawsuit looms [Reuters (via MSN)]
Fox News vs Dominion: Venezuela ties allegations explained | FRANCE 24 English
• McCurtain County commissioner resigns in wake of scandal [KTEN-TV (Ada, OK)]
• Uvalde school shooter wrote 'LOL' on whiteboard in victims' blood, lawmaker tells families at emotional hearing [NBC News]
• India will surpass China as world’s most populous country by mid-year, UN says [CNN]
• Ex-Trump Organization CFO Weisselberg released from jail [Reuters]
Washington Today (4-19-23): Speaker McCarthy unveils bill to raise debt ceiling and cut spending | C-SPAN
Global National: April 19, 2023 | 155,000+ federal employees go on Canada-wide strike | Global National
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 19
PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 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 10:11am CEST, 12 April 2023, there have been 102,873,924 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,118,800 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 7 April 2023, a total of 666,541,020 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 10:11am CEST, 12 April 2023, there have been 762,791,152 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,897,025 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 11 April 2023, a total of 13,340,343,269 vaccine doses have been administered.
• U.S. Authorizes a New Round of Covid Boosters [New York Times]
• AstraZeneca confident new COVID antibody protects against known variants [Reuters]
• Up to one in 20 new diabetes cases could be linked to Covid, study suggests [The Guardian]
• Big data study refutes anti-vax blood clot claims about COVID-19 vaccines [ State University of New York at Buffalo ]
Q and A with A and V Livestream 4/19/23 8:00 PM | Microbe TV
• TWiV 998: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 999: Inside Omicron with Mohsan Saeed [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Mega rocket Starship could enable new types of astrophysics [Nature]
• Off-grid solar mini-grids light up Africa [Main and Guardian (South Africa)]
• Meta tells employees to work from home as it starts to ax 10,000: ‘Hunger Games have begun’ [New York Post]
• Kelp forests: a multi-billion-dollar ecosystem in our waters [UNSW Sydney]
• Nasa says flash over Kyiv was not its satellite [BBC News]
• title [SOURCE]
• Tech CEO Applauds an Employee Selling Off Their Pet Dog to Accommodate Return-to-Office Push [Gizmodo]
• Watch the crescent Moon slide by Venus: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher [Astronomy 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
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Cinetimes]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
20 Years Ago, AMD x86-64'd the WORLD!!! | Level1 Techs
Call Of AI: Garden Warfare - DTNS 4502 | Daily Tech News Show
The Oldest Ever Bat Fossil Has Been Discovered | 7 Days of Science
AI rediscovers Einstein's Time Dilation and Kepler's 3rd Law | Sabine Hossenfelder
Designing a Villain - Coder Radio 514 | Jupiter Broadcasting
Detecting Earth-Size Exoplanets with Magnetospheres | Fraser Cain
Operation Vengeance: Avenging Pearl Harbor - Pacific War #74 | Kings and Generals
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 19 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for April 19th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 420 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 419: Wagner confesses executing Ukrainian children in Donbas [Euromaiden Press]
• Russian Court Upholds WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s Detention [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Ukraine war: The Russian ships accused of North Sea sabotage [BBC News]
• Macron 'working on secret plan' with China to end Ukraine war [Brussels Times]
• Yoon Suk Yeol hints at military aid to Ukraine if Russia targets civilians [Korea JoongAng Daily]
• Nasa says flash over Kyiv was not its satellite [BBC News]
• Why is Ukrainian grain suddenly so divisive in Europe? [Al Jazeera]
• 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]
What's behind Orbán's Russia policy? - Mihály Rosoncz-Kovács | TVP World
Former US ambassador William Courtney: 'Russia has never been more oppresive internally' | DW News
Alleged Russian spy ships accused of North Sea sabotage | BBC News
Ukraine's Patriot missile systems arrive as Kyiv aims to boost defenses against Russia | CBS News
South Korea's Yoon signals possible military aid to Ukraine | WION Originals
Russian Hybrid Warfare and Ukraine: Propaganda, cyberwarfare and hybrid war methods | Perun
Russia Occupied 0.01% of Ukraine in March - Russian Invasion | Kings and Generals
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
Douglas Macgregor: "Russia with a more Lethal military establishment" | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Pentagon announces latest Ukraine arms package [Russia Today]
• Russia has enough power for surprise attack as Ukraine goes on counteroffensive [Pravda]
• Any weapons supplies to Ukraine to be considered as anti-Russian move — diplomat [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
April 20 is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 255 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)
1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.
1453 – Three Genoese galleys and a Byzantine blockade runner fight their way through an Ottoman blockading fleet a few weeks before the fall of Constantinople.
1496 – After his return from the New World Christopher Columbus entered the court of his sponsors King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. For more than an hour, the sovereigns besieged the seaman with questions.
1534 – Jacques Cartier begins his first voyage to what is today the east coast of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador.
1535 – The sun dog phenomenon is observed over Stockholm,[4] as later depicted in the famous painting Vädersolstavlan.
1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
1657 – Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
1657 – Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
1689 – Deposed monarch James II of England lays siege to Derry.
1752 – Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
1770 – The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
1789 – George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
1792 – France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.
1800 – The Septinsular Republic is established.
1809 – Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
1818 – The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld.
1828 – René Caillié becomes the second non-Muslim to enter (and the first to return from) Timbuktu, following Major Gordon Laing.
1836 – U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
1861 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
1861 – Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, attempting to display the value of balloons, makes record journey, flying 900 miles from Cincinnati to South Carolina.
1862 – Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
1865 – Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
1876 – The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
1884 – Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus, condemning Freemasonry.
1898 – U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
1902 – Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
1914 – Nineteen men, women, and children participating in a strike are killed in the Ludlow Massacre during the Colorado Coalfield War.
1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
1922 – The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
1945 – World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
1945 – Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.
1946 – The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
1961 – Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
1968 – English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.
1972 – Apollo program: Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the moon.
1998 – Air France Flight 422 crashes after taking off from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, killing all 53 people on board.
1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
2007 – Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2008 – Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
2010 – The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.
2012 – One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad, Pakistan.
2013 – A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.
2015 – Ten people are killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland.
2021 – State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin: Derek Chauvin is found guilty of all charges in the murder of George Floyd by the Fourth Judicial District Court of Minnesota.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, April 20, 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'-->
owMacon 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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