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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A weak cold front will cross the area today, reinforcing dry and relatively mild temperatures into the weekend. The hot upper ridge over the southern Great Plains will expand across the Southeast during the first half of next week, resulting in climbing temperatures and continued dry conditions.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 90.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows around 59. Southeast wind around 7 mph becoming northeast after midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph by midmorning.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog between 7am and 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 8 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Aurora Highlights from the G3 Solar Storm and A Fast Wind Watch | Solar Storm Forecast 13 August 2023
Back to Top • The Atlantic hurricane season has begun: What we know and what we don’t [ARS TECHNICA]
• August 17, 2023) NOAA doubles the chances for a nasty Atlantic hurricane season due to hot ocean, tardy El Nino [AP News]
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
• The official hurricane season for the Atlantic basin is from June 1 to November 30, but tropical cyclone activity sometimes occurs before and after these dates, respectively. The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is September 10, with most activity occurring between mid-August and mid-October.
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Aug 18 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL98):
Showers and thunderstorms continue to show some signs of organization in association with a broad area of low pressure located a few hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental conditions appear generally favorable for additional development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form over the weekend while it moves toward the west-northwest or northwest at about 10 mph across the eastern tropical Atlantic. By early next week, upper-level winds over the system are forecast to increase, and further development is not expected.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent.
2. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL99):
An elongated trough of low pressure located more than 1000 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing some disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are only marginally conducive for further development of this system, but a tropical depression could still form during the next couple of days while it moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph across the central tropical Atlantic. Thereafter, upper-level winds are forecast to become unfavorable for any further development.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.
3. East-Southeast of the Lesser Antilles:
Another area of low pressure could form in a day or so from an elongated trough of low pressure located several hundred miles to the east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles. Some slow development of this system is possible over the weekend and into early next week as it moves generally west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph across the Lesser Antilles and into the northeastern Caribbean Sea.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
4. Western Gulf of Mexico:
An area of disturbed weather located just north of Hispaniola is forecast to move into the Gulf of Mexico by early next week, where a broad area of low pressure could form. Some slow development of this system is possible thereafter as it moves westward and approaches the western Gulf of Mexico coastline by the middle of next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
What Is Going on This Hurricane Season? Lots of Mystery and Intrigue! (August 17th, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.7 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (8.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 18th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1968
Lowest Temperature 49°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.55 inches in Highlands in 2021
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for August 18th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 107°F in Clayton, Johnston County in 1988
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1943
Greatest One-Day Rain 9.20 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2021
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 110°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County on 08-21-1983
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 08-23-1930
Greatest Rainfall 12.43 inches in Morehead City, Carteret County on 08-12-1955
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Saturdays in August from 11am to 1pm
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
8/19/23—Charley Simmons—Award-winning finger-style guitarist of Utah & 2 other states. You’ll be amazed at the sounds this guy gets out of a guitar! The late Chet Atkins has given this guy his blessings. 8/26/23—Zip Robertson—A Singer/Songwriter who’s journeyed from Ky to FL & up to Western NC bringing us lucky listeners acoustic music to touch our hearts. Welcome Zip!
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
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Local and State News
NC lawmakers pass changes to election laws | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Soft Open for New Skatepark Scheduled for Wednesday, August 23, 2023 [Macon Media]
• Next betting push in North Carolina: Play casino games on your phone [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Homelessness surges by 11% nationwide largely due to cost of living, evictions, report says [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC) ]
• Hospitals sued thousands of patients in North Carolina for unpaid bills, report finds [BPR]
• High bids put Highlands Middle School project on hold [Smoky Mountain News]
• Victims of 2016 Gatlinburg wildfire score major victory in lawsuit against Park Service [Asheville Citizen-Times]
---Recent News Recap---
August 17, 2023
NC House overrides Gov. Cooper, advances several bills targeting transgender youth | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Representative Karl E. Gillespie Elected as House Majority Whip in North Carolina House of Representatives [Macon Media]
• Jackson County Commissioners table Fontana Regional Library agreement vote [BPR]
• Mission Health counted among 5 NC hospitals for high number of lawsuits against patients, report shows [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Energy policy, election law, predatory real estate deals and a power grab: NC lawmakers get back to work in Raleigh [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• NC Republicans pass stricter mail-in voting rules, expand scope of partisan poll observers [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners (August 2023) [Macon Media]
• Friends of the Greenway Update County Commissioners on the Use of County Property [Macon Media]
---NORTH CAROLINA BUDGET PROCESS---
• 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
Security video appears to show what triggered deadly Maui fire l GMA | ABC News
• Hawaii wildfires: Maui emergency chief quits after sirens criticism [bbc nEWS]
• Hurricane Hilary is rapidly intensifying, bringing danger to Southern California [Los Angeles Times]
• A Rare Look Into the Finances of Elon Musk’s Secretive SpaceX [WSJ (video) ] [WSJ (text archive)]
• Trump supporters post names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors online [NBC News]
• Florida man who attacked officers with flagpole at Capitol riot gets 4 years in prison [AP News]
International News Headlines
Canada's Yellowknife evacuates as fires loom | Reuters
• Member states except those under military rule ready for armed intervention in Niger- ECOWAS [Africa News]
• UN: North Korea is increasing repression as people are reportedly starving in parts of the country [AP News ]
• DNO to resume oil production in Kurdistan Region [KURDAILY]
• Zhongrong Trust's missed payments trigger fears among Chinese investors [Reuters]
• ‘New milestone’: Leaders of US, Japan and South Korea to meet at Camp David [Al Jazeera]
Washington Today (8-17-23): DHS Sec Mayorkas says new ICE & CISA headquarters to be built in DC | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 17, 2023 | Canadian Forces deploying aircrafts to aid with NWT fire evacuation
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 17
PBS NewsHour full episode, (August 17, 2023)
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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:
Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Macon County Public Health will stop publishing weekly COVID updates but will continue to monitor local case levels and trends. In the event that case counts increase significantly, MCPH will notify the public and resume weekly COVID updates.
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 8:14am CEST, 26 July 2023, there have been 103,436,829 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,127,152 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 June 2023, a total of 668,882,018 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 8:14am CEST, 26 July 2023, there have been 768,560,727 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,952,522 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 23 July 2023, a total of 13,474,348,801 vaccine doses have been administered.
COVID-19 cases on the rise and a new booster is in the pipeline | NBC News
• Moderna says new Covid vaccine was effective against Eris variant in early trial [CNBC]
• US CDC tracks new lineage of virus that causes COVID [Reuters (via Yahoo News)]
• CDC tracking new COVID variant BA.2.86 after highly-mutated strain reported in Michigan [CBS News]
• TWiV 1032: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1029: David Tuller on Long COVID and ME/CFS [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from August 11 to 18: The Perseids put on a show [Astronomy Magazine]
Waymo & Cruise Approved for 24/7 Operation in San Francisco | TWiT TV
• Electric cars face ‘punitive’ fees, new restrictions in many states [Politico]
• Off Alaska coast, research crew peers down, down, down to map deep and remote ocean [AP News]
• UNCOVERING DEATH BY FIRE: Wildfires, intensified by climate change and perhaps human activity, may have doomed Southern California’s big mammals 13,000 years ago[Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) ]
• Major brands pull ads after they appear next to pro-Nazi content on Twitter [BoingBoing]
• Wildfire evacuees frustrated by Facebook news ban in Canada [BBC News]
Generative A.I. Will Change Everything. | Kyle Hill
• 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: Addendum EP26 Dig This! | 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
The Level1 Show August 18 2023: Return of the Tank | Level1 Techs
Unfolding Samsung Galaxy Unpacked - DTNS 4569 | Daily Tech News Show
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Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 16 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 16th ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 540 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 539: Russian missile kills three at Swedish factory in western Ukraine [Euromaiden Press]
New video shows attack on $4 billion Russian bridge | CNN
• Drone attack hits building in central Moscow [BBC News]
• Ukraine updates: Russian drones threaten key Danube ports [DW News]
• Ukraine combat drone damages building in central Moscow, Russia says. [Al Jazeera]
• Kyiv’s top general briefs Joint Chiefs of Staff chair on battlefield situation, plans [TVP World]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Russia says thwarted Ukraine drone attack on Black Sea warships[France 24]
Ukrainian forces in heavy fight for a strategically important village | Military Mind | TVP World
Black Sea blockade: Trapped container ship finally leaves | Al Jazeera
Ukrainian forces are entrenched beyond liberated Donetsk village of Urozhaine | FRANCE 24 English
How could a Republican-led House of Representatives affect Biden’s Ukraine strategy? | DW News
Was Ukrainian Euromaidan a Coup? | Kings and Generals
🔴 (Viewer Discretion) - Armored Assaults, CASEVAC Nightmares | Combat Footage Show
Why Do We Call the War in Ukraine Unprovoked? - Debunking Russian Claims | Kings and Generals
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or articles/video about those who support Russia
They Turned In The Direction Of The Russians To Get Assistance | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• 'At the front, you start looking at things differently': An interview with a Russian conscript fighting Ukraine [Russia Today]
• Russia's success in Kupyanks will crush Ukrainian counteroffensive completely [Pravda]
• Explosions heard in Odessa for the third time [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 135 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)
684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Constantinople 674–678 and Marj Rahit 684 - Muslim Expansion | Kings and Generals]
• [DBpedia]
1304 РThe Battle of Mons-en-P̩v̬le is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias.
1487 – The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
1572 – Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
1590 – John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
• [Wikipedia: Roanoke Colony]
• [What happened to the 'vanished' colonists at Roanoke? | Live Science]
• [Lost Colony of Roanoke found groundbreaking evidence released in new book | WAVY-TV Virginaia Beach, VA]
• [How Did A Whole Village Disappear? (The Lost Colony of Roanoke Mystery) | Infographics Show]
• [Lost Colony of Roanoke | In Search of History]
1612 – The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
1634 – Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
1721 – The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
1783 – A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
1809 – The Senate of Finland is established in the Grand Duchy of Finland after the official adoption of the Statute of the Government Council by Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
1826 – Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
1838 – The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
1848 – Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Union attacks railroad at Globe Tavern August 18 1864 (video)]
• [Battle of the https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/weldon-railroad-battle-of-the/ | Encyclopedia Virginia]
1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
1891 – A major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
1903 – German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
1917 – A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Women's Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 | CrashCourse]
• [The Surprising Road to Women's Suffrage | University of California Television (UCTV) ]
1923 – First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1940 – World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
• [Wikipedia: The Hardest Day]
• [he Battle Of Britain: The Hardest Days | WW2 Documentary]
• [The Hardest Day, Battle of Britain - Animated | The Operations Room]
• [Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain | The War Department Information Film #4]
1945 – Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day.
1950 – Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium, is assassinated. The Party newspaper blames royalists and Rexists.
1958 – Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
1958 – Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so. He came first among 39 competitors.
1963 – Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
1965 – Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
1966 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in PhÆ°á»›c Tuy Province.
1971 – Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
1976 – The Korean axe murder incident in Panmunjom results in the deaths of two US Army officers.
• [Wikipedia: Korean axe murder incidentT]
• [DMZ ceremony marks 45th anniversary of American soldiers’ axe slaying |Stars and Stripes (2021)]
• [The Korean Ax Incident - Operation Paul Bunyan | Dard Docs]
• [A Brief History of: The Poplar Tree Incident]
1977 – Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
1983 – Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
1989 – Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
2003 – One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.
2005 – A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
• [Wikipedia/a>]
• [Asia News]
• [BBC News: Massive power outage in Indonesia]
2008 – President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
2008 – War of Afghanistan: Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Combat Footage: French Infantry Troops Ambushed By Taliban]
• [Ambush | Java Films (French language with English subtitles)]
2017 – The first terrorist attack ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.
2019 РOne hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okj̦kull glacier, which has completely melted after once covering six square miles (15.5 km2).
• [celand holds funeral for its first glacier to vanish | The Telegraph]
• [The New Yorker]
• [Eulogy For A Glacier (Okjökull) | Jonathan Mann ]
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, August 18, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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