Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Cold and dry air remains over the region Wednesday and Thursday. Stronger wind gusts across the mountains with widespread freezing temperatures into Thursday morning. Dry conditions continue and temperatures warm again toward the end of the week and through the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high 15 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows near freezing.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the north 15 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming light and variable before midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows near freezing.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the north 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows around 30. Light winds out of the southeast.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A Freeze Warning will be in effect Until 10am this morning. A widespread freeze is also expected Wednesday night into daybreak Thursday, with lows ranging from 20 to 25 degrees. These temperatures will likely kill any tender vegetation left outdoors.
Higher elevations in the mountains will see single digit wind chill values early this morning.
Freeze Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
926 PM EDT Tue Oct 31 2023
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures mainly from 20 to 25 degrees across the mountains, and from 27 to 32 degrees across the foothills and Piedmont.
* WHERE...Northeast Georgia, most of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina.
* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 10 AM EDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... Temperatures are expected to drop well below freezing again Wednesday night.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Part of Blue Ridge Parkway closes after visitors feed, try to pet bear | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• NC Insurance commissioners fires three in power struggle over fire marshal's office [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Top fire safety officials fired by NC insurance chief over ‘political fight’ among GOP [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NC attorney general alleges HCA violated terms of Mission purchase contract [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC Supreme Court hears arguments in Vance Monument removal case [BPR]
• NC Attorney General: HCA Healthcare failed to comply with Mission purchase contract [Asheville Citizen-Times]
---NATIONAL---
Why Aldi Is America’s Fastest Growing Grocery Store | WSJ The Economics Of
Why Americans Fell Out Of Love With Canned Tuna | CNBC
• Here’s everything to expect from the Fed’s policy announcement Wednesday [CNBC]
• Fed’s ‘Hawkish Pause’ to Keep Option to Hike [Bloomberg]
• Jury Finds Realtors Conspired to Keep Commissions High [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSJ (text archive)]
• F.B.I. Says Israel-Hamas War Raises Potential for Attack Against Americans [New York Times]
• Supreme Court attempts to untangle public and private social media use by government officials [Courthouse News Service]
• Maine gunman may have targeted businesses over delusions they were disparaging him online [AP News]
International News Headlines
King Charles III says there "can be no excuse" for colonial abuses in Kenya | Africa News
King Charles Makes Historic Speech In Kenya Acknowledging ‘Painful’ History (left channel only) | The Royal Family Channel
• Can Nigeria's community vigilantes combat bandit gangs? [DW News]
• Kenyan police on trial for ‘assassination’ of Pakistani journalist [Al Jazeera]
• Mexico storm: Dozens still missing after Hurricane Otis hit [BBC News]
• Australia PM Anthony Albanese to be ‘direct’ with Xi Jinping over South China Sea in Beijing talks [South China Morning Post]
• Taiwan prepared to respond to any Chinese attack [Taiwan News]
• N. Korea, China, Russia engage in cyber operations to target U.S. research: FBI director [Yonhap News Agency]
Washington Today (10-31-23): Secs. Blinken & Austin make case for one vote on aid to Israel/ Ukraine | C-SPAN
Global National: Oct. 31, 2023 | Information from Gaza difficult to verify
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 31, 2023
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Oct. 31 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (October 31, 2023)
---COVID--- VAERS mRNA Death Curve Explained Clearly | MedCram - Medical Lectures Explained CLEARLY
• Malaysia faces calls for probe as report shows faulty ventilators bought ‘over WhatsApp’ during Covid-19 [South China Morning Post]
• Masks During Pandemics Caused by Respiratory Pathogens—Evidence and Implications for Action [JAMA Network]
• ‘A slightly more dangerous place’: Australia is in its eighth COVID wave [The Age]
• TWiV 1056: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1057: CMV-based HIV vaccine with Klaus Früh [Microbe TV]
Science and Technology • The Sky This Week from October 27 to November 3: See the dark side of space [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 27 – November 5 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Deep Space Questions: What Is Max-Q? Strange Lights In The Sky? Orbital Grammar? | Scott Manley
What Would Happen If The Earth Had Rings? | Joe Scott
• High-compassion individuals tend to sleep better, study finds [PsyPost]
• DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip [The Verge]
• Humans are disrupting natural ‘salt cycle’ on a global scale, new study shows [Eureka Alert (American Association for the Advancement of Science)]
• Artists lose first copyright battle in the fight against AI-generated images [Computer World ]
• 'Uncharted territory': climate scientists sound alarm over Earth's vital signs [University of Sydney]
• Tesla wins first U.S. Autopilot trial involving fatal crash [CNBC]
• Chinese molecular ‘glue’ could pave the way to advanced 3D-printed semiconductors [South China Morning Post]
---SCIENCE VIDEOS--- The Level1 Show November 1 2023: Blood for the Blood Cooler | Level1 Techs
Streaming is a Horror - DTNS 4636 | Daily Tech News Show
Brian Cox on how black holes could unlock the mysteries of our universe | Big Think
Android 14's Dessert Is Actually Boot Loops - Android Faithful #17 | Daily Tech News Show
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Starbase's Biggest Scares! 👻🚀 | NASA Spaceflight
3D printing homes on Earth, someday the moon | 60 Minutes
Ancient Earth: Frozen | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS
10 Interesting Scientific Discoveries for October, 2023 | John Michael Godier
How Christianity made our World | WhatIfAltHist
Ancient Earth: Inferno | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS
Deep Thinkers | Spy in the Ocean | Full Episode | NATURE | PBS
More Ancient Neanderthal-Human Interbreeding Event Discovered | 7 Days of Science
Did Gobekli Tepe Appear Out of Nowhere? A Reply to Graham Hancock | World of Antiquity
Special Section: The Hamas-Israel War of 2023
• Iran Updates (Refocused on the Israel-Hamas War), October 31, 2023 [Institute for the Understanding of War]
🔴 (discretion) Israeli Ground Assault Continues, Sevastopol Cruises | Combat Footage Show
How Israel's Security Failed | Wendover Productions
Why Israel was attacked | Caspian Report
How could Iran hurt Israel? (If it intervenes) | Biinov's Battlegrounds
• IDF takes command of Hamas military stronghold in western Jabalya in Gaza [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel-Hamas war liveblog: Anger grows over Israeli attack on Gaza refugee camp [Al Jazeera]
• Israel-Hamas war liveblog: Chile, Colombia recall ambassadors [DW News]
• Images of the war in Ukraine used to falsely illustrate Israel's ground offensive in Gaza [France 24]
• Israel confirms striking Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, death toll between 50-100 [Al Arabiya News]
• Russia warns Israel about attacks on Syria [Russia Today]
ukraine • Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 616 [Al Jazeera]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 31, 2023 [Institute for the Understanding of War]
• You might be missing this, but Ukraine is winning [TVP World]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 615: Spain and Belgium buy more Russian gas despite war [Euromaidan Press]
• Ukraine war: Whole family shot dead in Russian-occupied Ukrainian town [BBC News]
Pro-Russian News Sources
• World War III has already started – Fyodor Lukyanov [Russia Today]
• Makhachkala airport rioters to be sent to special military operation zone in Ukraine [Pravda]
• More explosions reported in Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky Region [TASS]
----------UKRAINE VIDEOS------------ 🔴 (discretion) Israeli Ground Assault Continues, Sevastopol Cruises | Combat Footage Show
Ukraine Conflict (20231030): Full Frontline Update | ATP Geopolitics
Day 614: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
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On This Day
November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 60 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)
365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).
1009 – Berber forces led by Sulayman ibn al-Hakam defeat the Umayyad caliph Muhammad II of Córdoba in the battle of Alcolea.
1141 – Empress Matilda's reign as 'Lady of the English' ends with Stephen of Blois regaining the title of 'King of England'.
1179 – Philip II is crowned as 'King of France'.
1214 – The port city of Sinope surrenders to the Seljuq Turks.
1348 – The anti-royalist Union of Valencia attacks the Jews of Murviedro on the pretext that they are serfs of the King of Valencia and thus "royalists".
1503 – Pope Julius II is elected.
1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
1520 – The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage.
1555 – French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1570 – The All Saints' Flood devastates the Dutch coast.
1604 – William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
1611 – Shakespeare's play The Tempest is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
1612 – During the Time of Troubles, Polish troops are expelled from Moscow's Kitay-gorod by Russian troops under the command of Dmitry Pozharsky (22 October O.S.).
1683 – The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
1688 – William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
1755 – In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.
1765 – The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
1790 – Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
1800 – John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
1805 – Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
1814 – Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France in the Napoleonic Wars.
1848 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
1861 – American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
1870 – In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
1893 – The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
1894 – Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
1894 – Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
1896 – A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
1897 – The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
1897 – Italian Sport-Club Juventus is founded by a group of students of Liceo Classico Massimo d'Azeglio.
1905 – Lahti, the city of Finland, is granted city rights by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Grand Duke of Finland.
1911 – World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
1914 – World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth.
1914 – World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
1916 – In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.
1918 – World War I: With a brave action carried out into the waters of the Austro-Hungarian port of Pula, two officers of the Italian Regia Marina sink with a manned torpedo the enemy battleship SMS Viribus Unitis.
1918 – Malbone Street Wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths.
1918 – Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.
1922 – Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
1928 – The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
1937 – Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
1938 – Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
1941 – American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
1942 – World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.
1943 – World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, United States Marines, landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.
1944 – World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.
1945 – The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.
1948 – Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.
1949 – All 55 people on board Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 are killed when the Douglas DC-4 operating the flight collides in mid-air with a Bolivian Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft over Alexandria, Virginia.
1950 – Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
1951 – Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred United States Army soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
1952 – Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
1954 – The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
1955 – The establishment of a Military Assistance Advisory Group in South Vietnam marks the beginning of American involvement in the conflict.
1955 – The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
1956 – The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala.
1956 – Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.
1956 – The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
1957 – The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
1963 – The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
1963 – The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins.
1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
1970 – Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.
1973 – Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
1973 – The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.
1979 – In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.
1979 – Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.
1981 – Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1982 – Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of its factory in Marysville, Ohio; a Honda Accord is the first car produced there.
1984 – After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards, anti-Sikh riots erupt.
1987 – British Rail Class 43 (HST) hits the record speed of 238 km/h for rail vehicles with on-board fuel to generate electricity for traction motors.
1993 – The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
2000 – Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
2000 – The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
2001 – Turkey, Australia, and Canada agree to commit troops to the invasion of Afghanistan.
2011 – Mario Draghi succeeds Jean-Claude Trichet and becomes the third president of the European Central Bank
2012 – A fuel tank truck crashes and explodes in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, killing 26 people and injuring 135.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, November 01, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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