Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry weather will continue today under the influence of high pressure near the Great Lakes, but clouds will thicken by afternoon. A sharp frontal zone will shift over northeast Georgia and upstate South Carolina tonight, bringing a chance for light precipitation to those areas. Dry and mild air returns through the most of the work week with a cold front approaching the area on Friday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain between 10pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph increasing to come out of the northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the upper 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Increasing clouds, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the east 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30mph.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the east 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the upper 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the northeast in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northeast after midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the north 3 to 6 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows around 30.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the east 5 to 15mph.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs nein the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph becoming light and variable.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows around freezing.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
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Record Weather Events for February 4th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 74°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2020
Lowest Temperature -3°F in Highlands in 1912
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 6.15 inches in Highlands in 2022
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 1.8 inches in Highlands in 1996
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912
Record Weather Events for February 4th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 83°F in Aurora, Beaufort County in 1989
Lowest Temperature -14°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1970
Greatest Rainfall 6.15 inches in Highlands, Macon County in 2022
Greatest Snowfall 8.0 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1975
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 88°F in New Bern, Craven County on 02-28-1962
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Brevard, Transylvania County on 02-17-1958
Greatest Rainfall 8.83 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 24.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 02-12-1985
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
February 2024 Schedule
2-10-24---Barry Roma—This guy has all the Classic love songs under his belt—Sinatra, Elvis, Johnny Mathis and much more. Travel down Memory Lane with Barry Roma. Barry’s baritone voice brings those love songs alive and gets us all in the mood for Valentine’s Day.
2-17-24---Paul Linser and Charlie Simmons—Two award-winning finger-style pickers that we’re always happy to have at Frog Quarters. You’ll hear covers and originals from Charlie and Paul as they keep us all entertained for MidDay Music.
2-24-24---Jim Austin’s Classic Country Band---Enjoy hearing Jim’s Band as they play the big sound of real, classic country—songs that you don’t hear on the radio anymore. Jim and the fellas are always a popular group with the crowd at Frog Quarters.
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
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• Feds cite Asheville’s Mission Hospital for “immediate jeopardy,” HCA division president tells staff [Mountain Xpress]
• Duke Energy seeks new ways to meet the Carolinas' surging electric demand [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Under the Dome: What NC districts are challenged in new fair elections lawsuit? [Raleigh News and observer]
• From risk to resiliency: State waters summit highlights red tape, funding deficiencies [Smoky Mountain NEws]
Snerd the Garner groundhog predicts an early spring! | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Feds cite Asheville’s Mission Hospital for “immediate jeopardy,” HCA division president tells staff [Asheville Watchdog]
• Shuttered due to landslides & repair, Sylva's Bryson Park nears reopening; input wanted [WLOS-TV 9Asheville, NC)]
• Blue Ridge Parkway saw 16.7 million visitors in 2023 – more visitors than the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Yosemite national parks combined [BPR]
• Charlotte-area police have seized so much money through asset forfeiture, they can't even spend it all [WCNC-TV (Charlotte, NC)]
• Final program cuts announced at UNCG
List includes 20 programs, one of which will transition to a new department [NC Newsline]
• Troxler: NC farms under threat from rapid growth [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
• NC DPI Awards $62 Million Grant for Construction of a New Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education January 2024 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• 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---
California braces for dangerous winter storm | CBS Evening News
Why Does the U.S. Support and Fund Israel So Much? | WSJ
• US House panel recommends $17.6 billion in military aid for Israel [US News and World Report]
• Texas Border Convoy Slammed by Eagle Pass Community Leaders Ahead of Rally [Newsweek]
• 37 million at risk for flooding from blockbuster California rainstorm [AccuWeather]
• In January, US added nearly double the amount of jobs experts predicted [Courthouse News Service]
• Live updates: US strikes begin in Yemen [ABC News]
• ‘Life-threatening’ storm to slam Southern California beginning Sunday, last for days [Los Angeles Times]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP--- President Joe Biden wins the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary | WYFF-TV (Greenville, SC)
2024 US election: Trump-Biden presidential rematch met with fatigue by voters, polls show | Global National
• South Carolina Presidential Primary Election Results 2024: Joe Biden wins [NBC News]
• Biden and Trump both tilted the playing field. Just look at the next few days. [Politico]
• SC’s Nikki Haley betting big on her home state in primary fight vs. Trump. Will it work?[The State]
• Biden won’t sit for interview with CBS before Super Bowl [KLAS-TV (Las Vegas, NV)]
• At R.N.C. Meeting, Talk Is of Coming Trump Merger and Chairwoman’s Fate [New York Times]
• Trump campaign raised $19 million in Q4, entering election year with $33 million cash [CNBC]
Brooks and Capehart on the U.S. retaliation against Iran-backed militants | PBS NewsHour
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Feb. 2, 2024
Washington Today (2-2-24): January jobs report much stronger than expected | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Feb. 3, 2024 | US launches wave of retaliatory airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb 03, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Feb. 3, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Feb 03 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 03, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
• The Sky This Week from February 2 to 9: A last look at Mercury [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 2 – 11 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show January 30 2024: Facial Facsimilie| Level1 Techs
Apple Vision Pros and Cons - DTNS 4698 | Daily Tech News Show
The US Army Unleashes this Robot Tank | Task and Purpose
The F-22 is getting a massive upgrade to stay deadly for years to come | Sandboxx
• Starlab commercial space station to launch on Starship [Space News]
• SpaceX: DOD Has Requested Taking Over Starship For Individual Missions [Aviation Week ]
• ISP Suggests That Record Labels Can Sue Torrent Client Developers [Torrent Freak]
• Scientists Discovered Strange ‘Entities’ Called ‘Obelisks’ In Our Bodies. Their Purpose Is a Mystery. [Vice News]
• Google Search’s cache links are officially being retired [The Verge]
• UW–Madison researchers first to 3D-print functional human brain tissue [University of Wisconsin-Madison]
• Jan. 6 Was an Example of Networked Incitement − a Media and Disinformation Expert Explains the Danger of Political Violence Orchestrated Over Social Media [The Good Men Project]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
How Space-Based Reflectors Can Change Solar Energy | Fraser Cain
First Experiment to Confirm Process that Might Have Created Universe | Sabine Hossenfelder
Hanks Williams Last Ride - State Line in the Middle of Main Street - Starting a New Adventure | The Carpetbagger
May 25th, 2023 // The SAN JON demon supercell | Mike Olbinski
Linux Bubble | Linux Out Loud 82
The Last Days of Auschwitz - War Against Humanity 126 | World War Two
Did The Future Already Happen? - The Paradox of Time | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
---COVID News Roundup---
TWiV 1084: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
WHO Update on COVID-19 | World Health Organization
• Post-COVID cognitive deficits at one year are global and associated with elevated brain injury markers and grey matter volume reduction: national prospective study [Research Square]
• An intranasal live-attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine limits virus transmission [nature: communications]
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Feb 01, 2024) [Centers for Disease Control]
Beyond the Noise #27: When vaccine fears mimic SNL skits | Microbe TV
TWiV 1083: AI builds better viruses | Microbe TV
• US government failure to protect frontline workers from COVID led to thousands of deaths, scientists say [CIDRAP]
• In Utero Exposure to Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination and Offspring Neurodevelopment at 12 and 18 Months [JAMA Network]
• Long COVID is associated with severe cognitive slowing: a multicentre cross-sectional study [Lancet: eClinicalMedicine]
• Here’s why COVID-19 isn’t seasonal so far [Science News]
• 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 #27: When vaccine fears mimic SNL skits [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1082: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1083: AI builds better viruses [Microbe TV]
---Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup---
Pillars of Russia. On What Does Russian Success or Failure Rest? | Good Times, Bad Times
Day 709: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Ukraine War Update NEWS (20240202b): Military Aid & Geopolitical News | ATP Geopolitics
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 2, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 709: Ukraine’s artillery shortage hits twice as EU’s 1mn round pledge fails [Euromaidan Press]
🔴 (viewer discretion advised) US Troops Killed in Jordan | Combat Footage Show
Does Ukraine even need another big offensive in 2024? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
How the Russia-Ukraine War Emboldened Iran | William Spaniel
Ukraine's new strategy to beat Russia in a long war - and why it needs the West's help | Daily Mail
• Ukraine war: Two French volunteers killed in Russian drone strike - Macron confirms [BBC News]
• Ukraine Cabinet minister: €50 billion EU aid is 'vital' [DW News]
• Russian drone assault cuts power for thousands, traps 100+ miners underground as Ukraine downs 11/24 UAVs [Euromaidan]
• Russia, Ukraine clash over bodies of military plane crash victims [Al Jazeera]
• (video) Ukraine sinks a Russian warship... again. Uncertain future of the US aid package for Ukraine [Telewizja Republika (via YouTube)]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• Russia-led trade bloc’s de-dollarization almost complete [Russia Today]
• Putin: We will push back demilitarised zone in Ukraine/ [Pravda]
• Medvedev says NATO 'playing with fire' with latest military exercises [TASS: Russian News Agency]
---Israel-Hamas War News Roundup (aka Iraninan Proxy War with Israel)---
• Iran Update (Hamas-Israel War), February 2, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• US launched strikes in Iraq, Syria as recent poll says Israelis distrust Netanyahu in managing war [Haaretz]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: US strikes drive fears of Gaza war spillover [Al Jazeera]
Defeating Hamas in Khan Yunis | Jerusalem Dateline - February 2, 2024 | CBN News
Gazans fear Israeli attack on their last refuge | ANC 24/7
• Western officials in protest over Israel Gaza policy [BBC News]
• Hamas considers Gaza truce proposal endorsed by Israel [DW News]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Israel launches deadly strikes on 'pressure cooker' Rafah ahead of Gaza truce push [France 24]
• U.S. Targets Iran’s Forces and Allies in Syria and Iraq [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSJ (text archive)]
• Who will we be when this war is over? [YNET News]
• Blinken to make fifth trip to region since Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel [Al Arabiya News]
• EU told ‘double standards’ for Ukraine and Gaza hurt relations with Indo-Pacific [South China Morning Post]
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On This Day
February 4th is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 330 days remain until the end of the year (331 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)
211 – Following the death of Rome's Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling sons, Caracalla and Geta, whom he had instructed to make peace.
960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.
1169 – A strong earthquake strikes the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in Catania.
1454 – Thirteen Years' War: The Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, sparking the Thirteen Years' War.
1555 – John Rogers is burned at the stake, becoming the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of England.
1703 – In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
1758 – The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
1789 – George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
1794 – The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French First Republic. It would be reestablished in the French West Indies in 1802.
1797 – The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
1801 – John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
1810 – Napoleonic Wars: Britain seizes Guadeloupe.
1820 – The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the two-day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and two ships.
1825 – The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
1846 – The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley.
1859 – The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
1861 – American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six breakaway U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
1899 – The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
1938 – Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
1941 – The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
1945 – World War II: Santo Tomas Internment Camp is liberated from Japanese authority.
1945 – World War II: The Yalta Conference between the "Big Three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea.
1945 – World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
1948 – Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
1961 – The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
1966 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
1967 – Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
1974 – M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
1975 – Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
1976 – In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
1977 – A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
1992 – A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
1997 – En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel, killing 73.
1998 – The 5.9 Mw Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.
1999 – Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
2000 – The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
2003 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.
2015 – TransAsia Airways Flight 235, with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after takeoff, killing 43 people.
2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic causes all casinos in Macau to be closed down for 15 days.
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, February 04, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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