**NOTE** The burn ban is still in effect for now.
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry and cool high pressure controls our weather through today. Low pressure tracks east across Florida on Thursday and Friday bringing clouds but little if any rain to our area. A cold front crosses our region Friday night, bringing better chances for rain. Dry and cool high pressure controls our weather for the rest of the weekend and into Monday. A strong storm system may impact the region by the middle of next week.
A Word About the 11-14-2023 County Commissioner Meeting
**NOTE** Last night's meeting of the county commissioners was one in which tempers flared and words flowed between members of the public and the board (over books in the public library), between board members and the county manager (over retention pay policy) and between members of the board (over proposed new districts for county commissioners).
Macon Media does not intend to add to or take away from what happened and the goal of this news outlet is to just report the facts, and the best way to do that is to share video of what happened and let the members of the community decide for themselves what they've seen and whether or not it is important.
Macon Media will be publishing video of the meeting by segment and will not be posting clips of just the parts where tempers flared. To do so, in the opinion of this outlet, would be journalistic malfeasance and clickbait journalism designed to gain popularity and to force a narrative onto the public. So, please be patient as these videos are edited, processed and uploaded. The first one is about 50 minutes long and will be published perhaps by 10am today at https://youtu.be/u3CnfAikl-s.
Macon Media does not intend to add to or take away from what happened and the goal of this news outlet is to just report the facts, and the best way to do that is to share video of what happened and let the members of the community decide for themselves what they've seen and whether or not it is important.
Macon Media will be publishing video of the meeting by segment and will not be posting clips of just the parts where tempers flared. To do so, in the opinion of this outlet, would be journalistic malfeasance and clickbait journalism designed to gain popularity and to force a narrative onto the public. So, please be patient as these videos are edited, processed and uploaded. The first one is about 50 minutes long and will be published perhaps by 10am today at https://youtu.be/u3CnfAikl-s.
The Macon County Board of Commissioners November 2023 Regular Meeting [LINK].
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Burn ban issued for 14 counties in Western North Carolina due to hazardous forest fire conditions Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain before 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 7 mph.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain between 10pm and 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers before 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain between 10pm and 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the east 3 to 7 mph.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 8 mph.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly between 8pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Chance of rain is 70%.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today. The burn ban for Macon County is still in effect. Please put off any outdoor burning until after the ban is rescinded.
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On This Day
November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 46 days remain until the end of the year.
This day marks the approximate midpoint of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and of spring in the Southern Hemisphere (starting the season at the September equinox).
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)
655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Winwaed]
• [VIDEO: Yorkshire's Hidden History]
• [Dark Age Britain: 6th Century]
1315 – Battle of Morgarten: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I.
1532 – Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Inca Empire leader Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging a meeting on the city plaza the following day.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Atahualpa]
• [VIDEO: The rise and fall of the Inca Empire - Gordon McEwan]
• [Fall of Civilizations Podcast: The Inca - Cities in the Cloud (Part 1 of 2)/a>]
• [Fall of Civilizations Podcast: The Inca - Cities in the Cloud (Part 2 of 2)]
1533 – Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.
1705 – Battle of Zsibó: Austrian-Danish victory over the Kurucs (Hungarians).
1760 – The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
• [Text and Notes at The Avalon Project]
• [VIDEO PLAYLIST: Extra History - Articles of Confederation ]
• [Wikipedia: Articles of Confederation]
1806 – Pike Expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. (It is later named Pikes Peak.)
1864 – American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.
• [Wikipedia: Sherman's March to the Sea]
• [When Georgia Howled: Sherman on the March]
• [The Civil War Battle Series: Sherman in Georgia]
1889 – Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
1914 – Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
1920 – First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
1920 – The Free City of Danzig is established.
1922 – At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
1926 – The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
1928 – The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
1933 – Thailand has its first election.
1939 – In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
• [Wikipedia: Jefferson Memorial]
• [Jefferson Memorial - Decades TV Network]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2gQo4kfBXY]
1942 – World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
• [Wikipedia: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]
• [Friday the 13th (the Battle)]
• [The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 1942 - Animated]
1943 – The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
1951 – Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial.
1955 – The first part of the Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
1966 – Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
• [Newsreel Footage and Documentary]
• [CBS News - Gemini 12 spacewalk (1966)]
• [Wikipedia: Gemini 12]
1966 – A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.
1967 – The only fatality of the North American X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.
1968 – The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
1969 – Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
1969 – Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
• [Wikipedia: Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [NewsReel Footage]
1971 – Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_4004]
• [3 Minutes On... The Intel 4004 Microprocessor]
• [Intel 4004 Microprocessor 35th Anniversary (2007 Video)]
1976 – René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
1978 – A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
1979 – A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
1983 – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.
1985 – A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
1985 – The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
1987 – In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
1988 – In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
1988 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
1988 – The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
1990 – The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
2000 – A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
2000 – Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.
2002 – Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
2003 – The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300.
2006 – Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
2007 – Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
2012 – Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
2013 – Sony releases the PlayStation 4 (PS4) game console.
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_4]
• [PlayStation 4 Launch | The PS4 Launch Video]
• [PlayStation 4 Announcement Live Stream (Full Event)]
2016 – Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.
2020 – Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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