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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will remain in place across the region through the day today. A cold front will approach from the northwest on Friday and move east of the area on Saturday. Rainfall amounts will be very limited with the frontal passage. Temperatures will remain above normal ahead of the front, becoming below normal this weekend following the frontal passage. Dry conditions will continue early next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 8 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the east 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Friday
A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a slight chance of showers after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 20%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 10pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Windy.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Friday
A slight chance of showers before 8am, then a slight chance of showers after 2pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 10pm and midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Friday
A slight chance of showers before 8am, then a slight chance of showers after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Patchy frost will be possible in sheltered valley locations around daybreak Sunday. More widespread frost is possible across the mountains Sunday night into Monday morning.
Record Weather Events for October 5th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 25°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1968 /> Greatest Rainfall 3.67 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1964
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of October Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 10-05-1954
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Highlands on 10-30-1910
Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on 10-04-1954
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inHighlands on 10-20-1913
Record Weather Events for October 5th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 100°F in Laurinburg, Scotland County in 1954
Lowest Temperature 19°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1968
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.77 inches in Smithfield, Johnston County in 1964
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1980
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of October Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 103°F in Wadesboro, Anson County on 10-03-2019
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 10-21-1952
Greatest Rainfall 12.53 inches in Lumberton, Robeson County on 10-08-2016
Greatest Snowfall 11.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on10-25-1990
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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)
10/7/23
Dave Stewart & Tim Lynch--This week don’t miss the many talents of Bill Peterson & Dave Stewart! Dave heads up a Songwriter’s group in Franklin and is involved in many groups. He’s a multi-instrumentalist with a melodic voice on his own creations as well as covers for many in the folk, pop/rock & other genres. Tim will be making his debut at Frog Quarters this week.
10/14/23
Charley Simmons & Paul Linser—Finger-Style Picking Champion in 3 states, the Frog is welcoming once again Charley! Charley has created some heartfelt songs based on his life’s experience. On many of his songs, you’ll swear you’re sitting on the prairie around a campfire just enjoying the music. And, Paul Linser takes an hour of the time. Enjoy his finger-style picking and sweet tenor voice on his ballads.
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
Why Hundreds of Millions of People Just Got a FEMA National Alert | WSJ
• Rabies vaccine packets dropping from the sky for raccoons in Western North Carolina [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• NC voter residency law is unconstitutional, retiree group says in new lawsuit [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC’s Rep. Patrick McHenry ‘doesn’t give up.’ But will he remain in speaker role? [Ralleigh News and Observer]
• Mars Hill community rallies with musical fundraiser for postal worker hurt in carjacking [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
---Recent News Recap---
October 04, 2023
What comes next after federal judge blocks portions of NC abortion law | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• North Carolina's McHenry takes over as interim U.S. House speaker following McCarthy's ouster [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• GSMNP visitors urged to be smart, keep distance during elk rutting season [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Tribal official solicited favors from cannabis contractor, investigation finds [Smoky Mountain News]
• Hicks, Tribal Council sworn in as new Eastern Band of Cherokee leaders [BPR]
• Buncombe County agrees to half-million-dollar settlement with ex-manager Wanda Greene [Asheville Citizen-Times]
---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
WATCH LIVE at 4pm: Memorial held for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, with tributes from Harris, Pelosi and Schumer| PBS NewsHour
Sen. McConnell Calls for House to Get Rid of Motion to Vacate | C-SPAN
Adam Schiff: This Is Why Democrats Didn't Save Kevin McCarthy From Ouster From Speaker Position | Forbes Breaking News
• Mortgage rates reach highest since November 2000
The average weekly rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage hit 7.53% in the week ended Sept. 29 from the week prior's 7.41%, according to data released by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The increased rate was accompanied by a 6% fall in home loan applications. [Reuters]
• Kaiser Permanente: Over 75,000 US healthcare workers go on strike [BBC News]
• Mayorkas cites ‘immediate need’ to waive regulations, build border wall in Texas as immigration surges [Fox News]
• From a Capitol Hill Basement, Bannon Stokes the Republican Party Meltdown [New York Times]
• House speaker succession battle heats up: Jordan, Scalise and Trump in the mix [CNBC]
• Fact Check: Do Donald Trump Indictments Bar Him From House Speaker Role? [Newsweek]
International News Headlines
Venice tourist bus plunges from bridge, killing 21 | BBC News
What is behind a police swoop on journalists in India? | Inside Story | Al Jazeera
• Why Western democracy faces a nightmare made online [Politico]
• 'False positives': Colombian army apologises for killing civilians [BBC News]
• How Nigeria averted a nationwide shutdown [DW News]
• How a landmark caste census in India threatens Modi’s grip on power [Al Jazeera]
• Ivory Coast: Cocoa production expected to fall by 28.5% in Q1 [Africa News]
• Pentagon chief renews support for Japan's 'counterstrike' capabilities amid N. Korean threats [Yonhap News Agency]
Washington Today (10-4-23): Reps. Jordan (R-OH) & Scalise (R-LA) officially enter race for Speaker | C-SPAN
Global National: Oct. 4, 2023 | Manitoba's next premier Wab Kinew hopes for unity
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Oct. 4 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (October 04, 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.
**NOTE** A lot of the websites that used to report statistics are no longer maintained and government agencies have stopped releasing the information to the public. The stats and images for those will remain static until the add more information or Macon Media folds this section into another section.
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 12:20pm CEST, 30 August 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 12:20pm CEST, 30 August 2023, there have been 770,085,713 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,956,173 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 27 August 2023, a total of 13,499,983,736 vaccine doses have been administered.
COVID TWiV 1049: Long COVID's book of homeostatic cats | Microbe TV
• Say goodbye to the Covid-19 vaccination card [Politico (via Yahoo News)]
• These rapid COVID tests are less than $8 each on Amazon [Houston Chronicle]
• Virological characteristics correlating with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein fusogenicity [BioRxiv (PDF)]
• TWiV 1044: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1045: Less Lassa, CRISPR RNA viruses [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from September 29 to October 6: The year’s last Super Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• The annular eclipse is coming soon. Here’s where and when to see it [Astronomy Magazine]
How Fat Bears Bulk Up To Hibernate (And Why We Love To See It) | WIRED
• OSIRIS-REx’s Overflowing Treasures: A Stellar Surprise From Asteroid Bennu [SciTechDaily]
• After Shunning Scientist, University of Pennsylvania Celebrates Her Nobel Prize [Wall Street Journal]
• Google search ad dominance takes center stage in fourth week of antitrust trial [Courthouse News Service]
• Report: Amazon made $1B with secret algorithm for spiking prices Internet-wide [ARS TECHNICA]
• Amazon shuts down Amp live audio service [CNBC]
• Is Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense even trying to win? [The Verge]
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 October 4 2023: Hot Phones and Delicious Pi | Level1 Techs
Facebook Does Want to Charge You - DTNS 4617 | Daily Tech News Show
Why Korea is Dying Out | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
SpaceX Starlink 111 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 5 October 2023 | SciNews
Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS
Japan's Post-War Meth Panic (& How They Stopped It) | Audio | Asianometry
Why Didn't the Nazis Invade Sweden? | Kings and Generals
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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)
Ukrainian troops use jet skis to approach Crimea | The Telegraph (UK)
US will transfer weapons seized from Iran to Ukraine | CNN
• Russian State TV Suggests Elon Musk is 'Our Agent' [Newsweek]
• Ukraine Aid: Congress’ Failure of U.S. Foreign Policy Leadership [The Messenger]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 4, 2023 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 589 [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine updates: Russia sentences anti-war journalist [DW News]
• The global consequences of the crisis in Congress [BBC News]
What does Kevin McCarthy’s ousting mean for U.S. aid to Ukraine? | Rock Rachon | TVP World
The US sends seized Iranian weapons to Ukraine | Al Jazeera
The Ukrainians who refuse to fight and are trying to leave the country | DW Analysis
Ukraine war: Western allies say they are running out of ammunition | BBC News
‘10 Minutes to Decide:’ Watch Russian Soldiers Surrender to a Ukrainian Drone | WSJ
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or articles/video about those who support Russia
Col Douglas Macgregor Full Interview: "This Escalates The Conflict" | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• NATO website calls for nuclear war preparation [Russia Today]
• Ukraine suffers losses when trying to land troops in Crimea [Pravda]
• Russia’s growing global influence should be credited to Putin, says Hillary Clinton [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 87 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)
610 – Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.
816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
869 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.
1143 – With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
1450 – Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.
1607 – Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.
1789 – French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
1813 – War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
1838 – The Killough massacre in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
1869 – The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
1869 – The Eastman tunnel, in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.
1877 – The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
1900 – Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in S. Africa, asserts Boer Republic's right to self-determination.
1905 – The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
1910 – In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
1911 – The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
1914 – World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time.
1921 – The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
1930 – British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage killing 48 people.
1936 – The Jarrow March sets off for London.
1938 – In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
1943 – Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
1944 – The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
1945 – A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
1947 – President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
1962 – The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain.
1963 – The United States suspends the Commercial Import Program in response to repression of the Buddhist majority by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.
1966 – A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
1968 – A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
1970 – The British Trade Commissioner, James Cross, is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
1974 – Bombs planted by the PIRA in pubs in Guildford kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
1982 – Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
1984 – Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
1986 – Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
1988 – A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
1990 – After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
1991 – An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.
1999 – The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
2000 – Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
2011 – In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, October 05, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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