Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A low pressure system will cross the region early this morning, bringing a wintry mix to the mountains. Northwest flow snow will develop behind the departing low along the Tennessee border today into late tonight. An arctic air mass will filter into the region this weekend leading to well below normal temperatures and very cold wind chills. Temperatures will gradually warm Sunday into late next week, with rain chances returning by Tuesday and lingering through the workweek.
WEEKEND WEATHER HAZARDS
In addition, a very cold airmass will spread over the region late Friday and linger through the weekend. Cold temperatures and bitter wind chills will be likely across the area.
Light ice and snow accumulation is possible in the counties that border Tennessee, so if you plan on traveling in those areas, use caution on the roads.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 7. Wind chill values as low as -4. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 20s. Wind chill values as low as -7. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows around 2. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 40.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 17.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A slight chance of freezing rain between 10am and 2pm. Partly sunny, with a temperature falling to in the lower 20s by 5pm. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 5. Wind chill values as low as -12. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 19. Wind chill values as low as -15. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows around 6. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near freezing.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 8. Wind chill values as low as -6. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 20s. Wind chill values as low as -7. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows around 4. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 40.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
Nantahala Area
Today
A slight chance of freezing rain before 9am, then a slight chance of snow between 9am and 10am. Patchy fog between 8am and 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with temperatures starting around freezing in the morning falling to around 22 by 6pm. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 6. Wind chill values as low as -7. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 20. Wind chill values as low as -7. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 4. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
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Hazards
A very cold airmass will spread over the region later today and linger through the weekend. Cold temperatures and bitter wind chills will be likely across the area.
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Record Weather Events for January 18th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 70°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2017
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands in 1994
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.75 inches in Franklinin 1996
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.6 inches in Highlands in 1998
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of January Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1999
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 5.10 inches in Highlands on 01-12-2018
Greatest Snowfall 10.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-08-1988
Record Weather Events for January 19th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Wadesboro, Anson County in 1942
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1994
Greatest Rainfall 4.38 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1996
Greatest Snowfall 9.0 inches in Jefferson, Ashe County in 1955
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of January Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 86°F in Marion, Mcdowell County on 01-24-1927
Lowest Temperature -34°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 9.18 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 01-13-2018
Greatest Snowfall 28.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-28-1998
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
January Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
This is a reminder that Frog Quarters remains closed throughout this week, but we will reopen with our regular schedule (Wed thru Sat, 9a to 2p) beginning next week on January 3rd........Meaning Live MidDay Music will resume on Saturdays from 11a to 1p.
1/13/24—Al Scortino & Greg “Squeeze Box” Thomas—Both these guys have a fantastic offering of original songs they’ve written over the years. “Slice of life” songs, environmental songs and more. You’ll be shedding a tear over Al’s award-winning folk song, Molly’s Makeup. Greg always has the perfect instrumental accompaniment with the keyboard, accordian or harmonica. These guys are a treat.
1/20/24—Melody Lowery—A talented singer/songwriter who’s quite the musician whether playing her favorite guitar or demonstrating her many years of schooling on the keyboard. She’s known around town for her original, Frogtown Girl—a Franklin, NC ballad.
1/27/24—Mike Yow—When this talented Singer/Songwriter isn’t doing Country, Rock or Gospel with his group, Arnold Hill, he performs his originals along with Appalachian, country and folk/pop of others. It’s always a treat when Mike comes to town.
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.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
President Biden delivers remarks on his Bidenomics agenda in North Carolina — 1/18/2024 | CNBC Television
• Mountain Findings Takes Action for Fire Safety with Highlands Fire Department [Macon Media]
• Biden touts millions in funding for internet access on NC trip. How state will benefit [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Ballots start flowing to NC voters Friday, kicking off 2024 election with new rules [WRAL-TV-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Urgent call for Type O and platelet donors amid blood shortage in WNC [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Buncombe County’s first homeless-program manager discusses goals, misconceptions [Mountain Xpress]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
• Macon County Board of Commissioners | January 2024 Regular Meeting | [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (January 2024 Regular Meeting) [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education December 2023 Meeting at Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
---NATIONAL---
Congress punts government shutdown deadlines to March | CBS News
Uvalde shooting victims' families speak out after DOJ report released | ABC News
• Law enforcement response to Uvalde school shooting was a 'failure,' DOJ says [NBC News]
• Critical Incident Review: Active Shooter at Robb Elementary School [Download 610 page PDF]
• ‘We’re sucking wind’: McHenry slams Johnson’s work as speaker [Politico]
• Chicago banned unannounced migrant drop-offs. Now this Texas charter bus company is suing over the restrictions [CNN]
• Cryptocurrency like Beanie Babies, says Coinbase in US regulator’s lawsuit [The Guardian (UK)]
• Judge in Trump Georgia case orders hearing on Fani Willis misconduct claims [Washington Post]
• E. Jean Carroll cross-examined at second defamation trial against Donald Trump [Courthouse News Service]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP--- Haley attacks Trump in New Hampshire, DeSantis focuses on South Carolina | CBS News
1/18: America Decides | CBS News
Could third-party candidates play spoiler in the 2024 election? | NewsNation Now
• Haley: Trump’s going birther because he’s ‘threatened’ and ‘insecure’ [Politico]
• Donald Trump tells Supreme Court to end ballot disqualification challenges [Courthouse News Service]
• DeSantis faces a bleak path ahead as he shifts resources to S.C. [Washington Post]
• Potential problems with New Hampshire’s aging ballot scanners could prompt conspiracy theories [AP News]
• Candidates campaign with days to go before New Hampshire primary [WMUR-TV (Manchester, NH)]
• As primary faces uncertain times, NH political leaders say there’s nothing else like it [Concord Monitor]
International News Headlines
Why Iran could face collapse if Houthi war escalates | Chip Chapman | Times Radio
Biden says strikes against Houthis will continue | CBS News
• Why Iran Is the Common Link in Conflicts From Gaza to Pakistan [New York Times]
• Iran to hold large-scale military exercises near border [Al Jazeera]
• Biggest NATO drills since Cold War to start next week [Al Jazeera]
• Mexican soldiers find workshop for making drone bombs, military uniforms [AP News]
This Is What Happens When China Invades Taiwan | Ep.6 Mark F. Cancian | Decoding Geopolitics
• China vents fury at Philippines over Taiwan congratulations [Al Jazeera]
• China reiterates it will oppose 'Taiwan independence separatist forces’ [Taiwan News]
• N Korea conducts 'underwater nuclear weapons system' test - state media [BBC News]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 18, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Israel-Hamas War: IDF troop succumbs to wounds, Gaza fighting rages [Jerusalem Post]
---2024 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM AT DAVOS---
All Change: What Next for Monetary Policy? | Davos 2024 | World Economic Forum
Defending truth | Davos 2024 | World Economic Forum
BRICS in Expansion | Davos 2024 | World Economic Forum
A Conversation with Isaac Herzog, President of Israel | Davos 2024 | World Economic Forum
• Davos 2024 Day 5: What to expect [World Economic Forum]
• 'When will you tax extreme wealth?' the super-rich ask [DW News]
• Davos 2024: Crypto industry seeks increased legitimacy after turbulent period [France 24]
• Altman and Nadella Talk AI at Davos [Wall Street Journal]
• War Is on the Agenda in Davos, but the Focus Is Elsewhere [xxx]
• Crypto’s ‘Lazarus year’ at Davos [Politico]
Meet the Press full broadcast – Jan. 14 | NBC News
Face The Nation: Manchin, Kirby, Sununu | Face the Nation
--> Washington Today (1-17-24): President meets Cong. leaders on aid to Ukraine & U.S. border security | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Jan. 18, 2024 | Trudeau, Nunavut sign Canada’s largest land transfer deal to date
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan 18 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Jan. 18 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Jan 18 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (January 18, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
• The Sky This Week from January 12 to 19: Mars returns [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 12 – 21 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show January 19 2024: All These Flavors, And Moose Choose Salty | Level1 Techs
Earth's Core Reveals Structures That May Be Unique to Our Planet | Antov Petrov
• Exclusive: Altman says ChatGPT will have to evolve in “uncomfortable” ways [AXIOS]
Apple Passed Samsung as World’s Top Phone Maker in 2023 | Bloomberg Technology
• What exactly is the Rabbit R1? CES 2024's AI breakout hit explained [TechRadar]
• Five CES 2024 products I'd buy as soon as they'd take my money [ZDNET]
• BMW showed off hallucination-free AI at CES 2024 [ARS TECHNICA]
• It's so cold, Teslas are struggling to charge in Chicago [NPR]
• Apple Watch imports banned in America - again [CNN]
• Italian influencers to be bound by tighter rules [BBC News]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
Galaxy AI is No Joke | TechLinked
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024 in 12 minutes | The Verge
The Hunt for Metallic Hydrogen | John Michael Godier
Does Antimatter Create Anti-Gravity? | PBS Space Time
Why Astrobiologists Should Look For Purple Planets | Astrum
Spinning a Laserdisc to Shrapnel at 80,000fps | The Slow Mo Guys
SpaceX Set to Launch First All-European Commercial Crew | Bloomberg Technology
---COVID News Roundup---
Chinese lab crafts mutant COVID-19 strain with 100% kill rate in ‘humanized’ mice | IaJyLJUMv58
Report: China mapped COVID 2 weeks before outbreak | Vargas Reports | News Nation
• Chinese Lab Mapped Deadly Coronavirus Two Weeks Before Beijing Told the World, Documents Show [Wall Street Journal]
• Energy and Commerce Committee Investigation Uncovers Earliest Known SARS-CoV-2 Sequence Released Outside of China [US House of Representatives]
• San Diego Unified amends COVID rules for students, staff who are asymptomatic [KNSD-TV (Sand Diego, CA)]
• SARS-CoV-2 infection causes dopaminergic neuron senescence [Cell Magazine]
• Crises Narratives Defining the COVID-19 Pandemic: Expert Uncertainties and Conspiratorial Sensemaking [National Library of Science]
• Beyond the Noise #26: Labels matter: VAERS [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1078: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1079: Rock of phages [Microbe TV]
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On This Day
January 19th is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 346 days remain until the end of the year (347 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang.
1419 – Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.
1511 – The Italian Duchy of Mirandola surrenders to the Pope.
1520 – Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund and dies on February 3.
1607 – San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
1639 – Hämeenlinna (Swedish: Tavastehus) was granted privileges after it separated from the Vanaja parish as its own city in Tavastia.
1764 – John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
1764 – Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
1788 – The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
1795 – The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands, replacing the Dutch Republic.
1817 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
1829 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.
1839 – The British East India Company captures Aden.
1853 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
1871 – Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
1899 – Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
1901 – English Queen Victoria stricken with paralysis. She dies three days later at the age of 81.
1915 – Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
1915 – German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
1917 – Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
1920 – The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in seven hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
1941 – World War II: HMS Greyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 64 kilometres (40 mi) northeast of Falkonera.
1942 – World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
1945 – World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
1946 – General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
1953 – Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
1960 – Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
1960 – Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 crashes near Ankara Esenboğa Airport in Turkey, killing all 42 aboard.
1969 – Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
1977 – President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
1978 – The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
1981 – Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
1983 – The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
1986 – The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written.
1991 – Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.
1993 – Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
1995 – After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued.
1996 – The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
1997 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
1999 – British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
2007 – Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast.
2007 – Four-man Team N2i, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the Antarctic pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1965 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.
2012 – The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.
2014 – A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, January 19, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 7. Wind chill values as low as -4. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 20s. Wind chill values as low as -7. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows around 2. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 40.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 17.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A slight chance of freezing rain between 10am and 2pm. Partly sunny, with a temperature falling to in the lower 20s by 5pm. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 5. Wind chill values as low as -12. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 19. Wind chill values as low as -15. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows around 6. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near freezing.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 8. Wind chill values as low as -6. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 20s. Wind chill values as low as -7. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows around 4. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 40.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
Nantahala Area
Today
A slight chance of freezing rain before 9am, then a slight chance of snow between 9am and 10am. Patchy fog between 8am and 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with temperatures starting around freezing in the morning falling to around 22 by 6pm. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 6. Wind chill values as low as -7. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 20. Wind chill values as low as -7. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 4. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
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Hazards
A very cold airmass will spread over the region later today and linger through the weekend. Cold temperatures and bitter wind chills will be likely across the area.
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Record Weather Events for January 18th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 70°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2017
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands in 1994
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.75 inches in Franklinin 1996
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.6 inches in Highlands in 1998
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of January Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1999
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 5.10 inches in Highlands on 01-12-2018
Greatest Snowfall 10.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-08-1988
Record Weather Events for January 19th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Wadesboro, Anson County in 1942
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1994
Greatest Rainfall 4.38 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1996
Greatest Snowfall 9.0 inches in Jefferson, Ashe County in 1955
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of January Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 86°F in Marion, Mcdowell County on 01-24-1927
Lowest Temperature -34°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 9.18 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 01-13-2018
Greatest Snowfall 28.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-28-1998
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
January Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
This is a reminder that Frog Quarters remains closed throughout this week, but we will reopen with our regular schedule (Wed thru Sat, 9a to 2p) beginning next week on January 3rd........Meaning Live MidDay Music will resume on Saturdays from 11a to 1p.
1/13/24—Al Scortino & Greg “Squeeze Box” Thomas—Both these guys have a fantastic offering of original songs they’ve written over the years. “Slice of life” songs, environmental songs and more. You’ll be shedding a tear over Al’s award-winning folk song, Molly’s Makeup. Greg always has the perfect instrumental accompaniment with the keyboard, accordian or harmonica. These guys are a treat.
1/20/24—Melody Lowery—A talented singer/songwriter who’s quite the musician whether playing her favorite guitar or demonstrating her many years of schooling on the keyboard. She’s known around town for her original, Frogtown Girl—a Franklin, NC ballad.
1/27/24—Mike Yow—When this talented Singer/Songwriter isn’t doing Country, Rock or Gospel with his group, Arnold Hill, he performs his originals along with Appalachian, country and folk/pop of others. It’s always a treat when Mike comes to town.
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.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
President Biden delivers remarks on his Bidenomics agenda in North Carolina — 1/18/2024 | CNBC Television
• Mountain Findings Takes Action for Fire Safety with Highlands Fire Department [Macon Media]
• Biden touts millions in funding for internet access on NC trip. How state will benefit [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Ballots start flowing to NC voters Friday, kicking off 2024 election with new rules [WRAL-TV-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Urgent call for Type O and platelet donors amid blood shortage in WNC [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Buncombe County’s first homeless-program manager discusses goals, misconceptions [Mountain Xpress]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
• Macon County Board of Commissioners | January 2024 Regular Meeting | [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (January 2024 Regular Meeting) [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education December 2023 Meeting at Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
---NATIONAL---
Congress punts government shutdown deadlines to March | CBS News
Uvalde shooting victims' families speak out after DOJ report released | ABC News
• Law enforcement response to Uvalde school shooting was a 'failure,' DOJ says [NBC News]
• Critical Incident Review: Active Shooter at Robb Elementary School [Download 610 page PDF]
• ‘We’re sucking wind’: McHenry slams Johnson’s work as speaker [Politico]
• Chicago banned unannounced migrant drop-offs. Now this Texas charter bus company is suing over the restrictions [CNN]
• Cryptocurrency like Beanie Babies, says Coinbase in US regulator’s lawsuit [The Guardian (UK)]
• Judge in Trump Georgia case orders hearing on Fani Willis misconduct claims [Washington Post]
• E. Jean Carroll cross-examined at second defamation trial against Donald Trump [Courthouse News Service]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP--- Haley attacks Trump in New Hampshire, DeSantis focuses on South Carolina | CBS News
1/18: America Decides | CBS News
Could third-party candidates play spoiler in the 2024 election? | NewsNation Now
• Haley: Trump’s going birther because he’s ‘threatened’ and ‘insecure’ [Politico]
• Donald Trump tells Supreme Court to end ballot disqualification challenges [Courthouse News Service]
• DeSantis faces a bleak path ahead as he shifts resources to S.C. [Washington Post]
• Potential problems with New Hampshire’s aging ballot scanners could prompt conspiracy theories [AP News]
• Candidates campaign with days to go before New Hampshire primary [WMUR-TV (Manchester, NH)]
• As primary faces uncertain times, NH political leaders say there’s nothing else like it [Concord Monitor]
International News Headlines
Why Iran could face collapse if Houthi war escalates | Chip Chapman | Times Radio
Biden says strikes against Houthis will continue | CBS News
• Why Iran Is the Common Link in Conflicts From Gaza to Pakistan [New York Times]
• Iran to hold large-scale military exercises near border [Al Jazeera]
• Biggest NATO drills since Cold War to start next week [Al Jazeera]
• Mexican soldiers find workshop for making drone bombs, military uniforms [AP News]
This Is What Happens When China Invades Taiwan | Ep.6 Mark F. Cancian | Decoding Geopolitics
• China vents fury at Philippines over Taiwan congratulations [Al Jazeera]
• China reiterates it will oppose 'Taiwan independence separatist forces’ [Taiwan News]
• N Korea conducts 'underwater nuclear weapons system' test - state media [BBC News]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 18, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Israel-Hamas War: IDF troop succumbs to wounds, Gaza fighting rages [Jerusalem Post]
---2024 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM AT DAVOS---
All Change: What Next for Monetary Policy? | Davos 2024 | World Economic Forum
Defending truth | Davos 2024 | World Economic Forum
BRICS in Expansion | Davos 2024 | World Economic Forum
A Conversation with Isaac Herzog, President of Israel | Davos 2024 | World Economic Forum
• Davos 2024 Day 5: What to expect [World Economic Forum]
• 'When will you tax extreme wealth?' the super-rich ask [DW News]
• Davos 2024: Crypto industry seeks increased legitimacy after turbulent period [France 24]
• Altman and Nadella Talk AI at Davos [Wall Street Journal]
• War Is on the Agenda in Davos, but the Focus Is Elsewhere [xxx]
• Crypto’s ‘Lazarus year’ at Davos [Politico]
Meet the Press full broadcast – Jan. 14 | NBC News
Face The Nation: Manchin, Kirby, Sununu | Face the Nation
--> Washington Today (1-17-24): President meets Cong. leaders on aid to Ukraine & U.S. border security | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Jan. 18, 2024 | Trudeau, Nunavut sign Canada’s largest land transfer deal to date
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan 18 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Jan. 18 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Jan 18 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (January 18, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
• The Sky This Week from January 12 to 19: Mars returns [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 12 – 21 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show January 19 2024: All These Flavors, And Moose Choose Salty | Level1 Techs
Earth's Core Reveals Structures That May Be Unique to Our Planet | Antov Petrov
• Exclusive: Altman says ChatGPT will have to evolve in “uncomfortable” ways [AXIOS]
Apple Passed Samsung as World’s Top Phone Maker in 2023 | Bloomberg Technology
• What exactly is the Rabbit R1? CES 2024's AI breakout hit explained [TechRadar]
• Five CES 2024 products I'd buy as soon as they'd take my money [ZDNET]
• BMW showed off hallucination-free AI at CES 2024 [ARS TECHNICA]
• It's so cold, Teslas are struggling to charge in Chicago [NPR]
• Apple Watch imports banned in America - again [CNN]
• Italian influencers to be bound by tighter rules [BBC News]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
Galaxy AI is No Joke | TechLinked
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024 in 12 minutes | The Verge
The Hunt for Metallic Hydrogen | John Michael Godier
Does Antimatter Create Anti-Gravity? | PBS Space Time
Why Astrobiologists Should Look For Purple Planets | Astrum
Spinning a Laserdisc to Shrapnel at 80,000fps | The Slow Mo Guys
SpaceX Set to Launch First All-European Commercial Crew | Bloomberg Technology
---COVID News Roundup---
Chinese lab crafts mutant COVID-19 strain with 100% kill rate in ‘humanized’ mice | IaJyLJUMv58
Report: China mapped COVID 2 weeks before outbreak | Vargas Reports | News Nation
• Chinese Lab Mapped Deadly Coronavirus Two Weeks Before Beijing Told the World, Documents Show [Wall Street Journal]
• Energy and Commerce Committee Investigation Uncovers Earliest Known SARS-CoV-2 Sequence Released Outside of China [US House of Representatives]
• San Diego Unified amends COVID rules for students, staff who are asymptomatic [KNSD-TV (Sand Diego, CA)]
• SARS-CoV-2 infection causes dopaminergic neuron senescence [Cell Magazine]
• Crises Narratives Defining the COVID-19 Pandemic: Expert Uncertainties and Conspiratorial Sensemaking [National Library of Science]
• Beyond the Noise #26: Labels matter: VAERS [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1078: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1079: Rock of phages [Microbe TV]
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On This Day
January 19th is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 346 days remain until the end of the year (347 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang.
1419 – Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.
1511 – The Italian Duchy of Mirandola surrenders to the Pope.
1520 – Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund and dies on February 3.
1607 – San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
1639 – Hämeenlinna (Swedish: Tavastehus) was granted privileges after it separated from the Vanaja parish as its own city in Tavastia.
1764 – John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
1764 – Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
1788 – The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
1795 – The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands, replacing the Dutch Republic.
1817 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
1829 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.
1839 – The British East India Company captures Aden.
1853 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
1871 – Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
1899 – Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
1901 – English Queen Victoria stricken with paralysis. She dies three days later at the age of 81.
1915 – Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
1915 – German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
1917 – Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
1920 – The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in seven hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
1941 – World War II: HMS Greyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 64 kilometres (40 mi) northeast of Falkonera.
1942 – World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
1945 – World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
1946 – General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
1953 – Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
1960 – Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
1960 – Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 crashes near Ankara Esenboğa Airport in Turkey, killing all 42 aboard.
1969 – Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
1977 – President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
1978 – The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
1981 – Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
1983 – The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
1986 – The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written.
1991 – Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.
1993 – Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
1995 – After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued.
1996 – The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
1997 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
1999 – British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
2007 – Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast.
2007 – Four-man Team N2i, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the Antarctic pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1965 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.
2012 – The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.
2014 – A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, January 19, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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