Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A strong cold front will approach from the Mississippi Valley tonight then move across our area this afternoon and evening. Expect showers and thunderstorms ahead of the front. A brief period of dry weather is expected Thursday before unsettled conditions return Friday and into the weekend. Temperatures will be a bit chilly on Friday.
WIND ADVISORY
A wind advisory will be in effect today until late tonight, mainly for elevations above 3500 feet. Scattered power outages are possible.
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• Macon County Schools Strategic Planning Meetings [Macon Media]
• Work-from-home contributing to canceled NC economic development deals [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• NC senator’s gun shop among hundreds monitored by ATF for weapons traced to crimes [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Keeping kids safe online: NC attorney general hosts social media town hall in Asheville [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then showers likely, mainly in the mid-to-late afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 15 to 25 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers before 7pm, then a slight chance of rain Before midnight. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with Highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with Highs near 50. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
Showers, mainly before 4am. Lows around 40. Chance of rain is 80%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then showers likely, mainly in the mid-to-late afternoon. Patchy fog between 8am and 2pm. Highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high in the upper 30s mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of rain and snow showers before 7pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow Before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with Highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
A chance of rain or freezing rain before 9am, then rain showers. Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Friday Night
Showers. Lows around 40. Chance of rain is 90%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then showers likely, mainly in the mid-to-late afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 15 to 25 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers before 7pm, then a slight chance of rain Before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with Highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the south in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10mph.
Friday
Showers, mainly after noon. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Friday Night
Showers, mainly before 4am. Lows around 40. Chance of rain is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Rain and thunderstorms before 3pm, then showers likely, mainly between 3pm and 5pm. Temperature rising to near 60 by noon, then falling into the mid-to-upper 40s during the remainder of the day. Winds out of the southwest 15 to 25 mph in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers before 7pm, then a slight chance of rain between 7pm and 9pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with Highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast 3 to 7 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
Showers. Lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Chance of rain is 80%.
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Hazards
A high wind field will be crossing our area from around noon today to late tonight. A copy of the wind advisory is posted below.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1213 AM EST Wed Feb 28 2024
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected above 3500 feet.
* WHERE...Haywood, Macon, Northern Jackson, Southern Jackson, and Transylvania Counties.
* WHEN...From 1 PM Wednesday to 1 AM EST Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
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Record Weather Events for February 28th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1996
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Highlands in 2002
Greatest Rainfall 4.00 inches in Highlands in 1882
Greatest Snowfall 5.5 inches in Highlands in 1916
Record weather events for February in Macon County
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-28-1996
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
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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)
March 2024 Schedule
3-2-24—Bill Peterson & Charley Simmons--What a treat! You'll hear originals by both these guys along with some covers. Bill has that booming voice on his blues selections (ask him to play his cheeky dog songs:) & Charley has the finger-style guitar down pat with his songs.
3-9-24---The Shifty Sisters--Bringing their own songs and some covers to The Frog. Always fun, always heartfelt, many times irreverant as they sing about the Low Rent Side of Heaven and Facebook Blues.
3-16-24---Barry Roma--Our Franklin Crooner!...bringing you Classic Love Songs from Johnny Mathis, Orbison, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & more.
3-23-24---No Live Music inside. WHT (Women's History Trail) Statue dedication across the street. Frog Quarters will be open our Regular Hours for gifts and to serve Coffee & Treats.
3-30-24---Sonia Brooks & Chuck Dorling--Come hear and sing along with a gal who loves folk and popular music of the past decades. She loves to entertain and make sure that the songs are preserved and shared with all age groups. Chuck is right along with her & on his own.... singin' the blues.
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---
Flying to an Abandoned Theme Park on Top of a Mountain and Landing! - Ghost Town in the Sky | Mark Huneycutt
I Used to Live in a Shed - Visiting Places I Used to Live (parts of video filmed in Macon County) | The Carpetbagger
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then showers likely, mainly in the mid-to-late afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 15 to 25 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers before 7pm, then a slight chance of rain Before midnight. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with Highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with Highs near 50. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
Showers, mainly before 4am. Lows around 40. Chance of rain is 80%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then showers likely, mainly in the mid-to-late afternoon. Patchy fog between 8am and 2pm. Highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high in the upper 30s mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of rain and snow showers before 7pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow Before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with Highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
A chance of rain or freezing rain before 9am, then rain showers. Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Friday Night
Showers. Lows around 40. Chance of rain is 90%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then showers likely, mainly in the mid-to-late afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 15 to 25 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers before 7pm, then a slight chance of rain Before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with Highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the south in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10mph.
Friday
Showers, mainly after noon. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Friday Night
Showers, mainly before 4am. Lows around 40. Chance of rain is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Rain and thunderstorms before 3pm, then showers likely, mainly between 3pm and 5pm. Temperature rising to near 60 by noon, then falling into the mid-to-upper 40s during the remainder of the day. Winds out of the southwest 15 to 25 mph in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers before 7pm, then a slight chance of rain between 7pm and 9pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with Highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast 3 to 7 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
Showers. Lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Chance of rain is 80%.
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Hazards
A high wind field will be crossing our area from around noon today to late tonight. A copy of the wind advisory is posted below.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1213 AM EST Wed Feb 28 2024
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected above 3500 feet.
* WHERE...Haywood, Macon, Northern Jackson, Southern Jackson, and Transylvania Counties.
* WHEN...From 1 PM Wednesday to 1 AM EST Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
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Record Weather Events for February 28th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1996
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Highlands in 2002
Greatest Rainfall 4.00 inches in Highlands in 1882
Greatest Snowfall 5.5 inches in Highlands in 1916
Record weather events for February in Macon County
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-28-1996
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
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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)
March 2024 Schedule
3-2-24—Bill Peterson & Charley Simmons--What a treat! You'll hear originals by both these guys along with some covers. Bill has that booming voice on his blues selections (ask him to play his cheeky dog songs:) & Charley has the finger-style guitar down pat with his songs.
3-9-24---The Shifty Sisters--Bringing their own songs and some covers to The Frog. Always fun, always heartfelt, many times irreverant as they sing about the Low Rent Side of Heaven and Facebook Blues.
3-16-24---Barry Roma--Our Franklin Crooner!...bringing you Classic Love Songs from Johnny Mathis, Orbison, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & more.
3-23-24---No Live Music inside. WHT (Women's History Trail) Statue dedication across the street. Frog Quarters will be open our Regular Hours for gifts and to serve Coffee & Treats.
3-30-24---Sonia Brooks & Chuck Dorling--Come hear and sing along with a gal who loves folk and popular music of the past decades. She loves to entertain and make sure that the songs are preserved and shared with all age groups. Chuck is right along with her & on his own.... singin' the blues.
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---
Flying to an Abandoned Theme Park on Top of a Mountain and Landing! - Ghost Town in the Sky | Mark Huneycutt
I Used to Live in a Shed - Visiting Places I Used to Live (parts of video filmed in Macon County) | The Carpetbagger
• Macon County Schools Strategic Planning Meetings [Macon Media]
• Work-from-home contributing to canceled NC economic development deals [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• NC senator’s gun shop among hundreds monitored by ATF for weapons traced to crimes [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Keeping kids safe online: NC attorney general hosts social media town hall in Asheville [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• CMS decision on Mission Hospital 'does not determine our lawsuit,' Attorney General Josh Stein says [BPR]
---RECENT LOCAL AND STATE NEWS---
• The Wrap: Primary money, Leandro redux, historic capitol records [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Under the Dome: The top issues lieutenant governor candidates want to address in NC [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Federal authorities find Mission Hospital in compliance with plan of correction, HCA says [BPR]
• Officers in Kloepfer shooting won’t face charges [Smoky Mountain News]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
Franklin Town Council (Feb 2024) | Macon Media
• 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---
Vision for new affordable city in California meets skepticism from locals | PBS News Hour
Washington Today (2-27-24): Speaker Johnson 'very optimistic' government shutdown can be averted | C-SPAN
Global National: Feb. 27, 2024 | Could NHL commissioner help fix Winnipeg Jets' future?
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb 27 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | Feb. 27, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Feb 27 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 27, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Battle for Reality: String Theory vs Quantum Field Theory | Arvin Ash
• The Sky This Week from February 23 to March 1: Catch a chilly Full Snow Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 23 to March 3 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show February 23 2024: Accosted By Acorns | Level1 Techs
Baby Come Back, To iPad Mini - DTNS 4709 | Daily Tech News Show
The Exotic Stars Lurking Within Our Universe | Astrum
Revise the textbooks: New type of magnetism confirmed | Sabine Hossenfelder
Why Does Everything Decay Into Lead | SciShow
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
The Paradox of an Infinite Universe | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
How Private Data and Big Tech Are Controlling Your Life | Curious Droid
The quantum world: Dreams and delusions | Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Michio Kaku, and more! | The institute of Art and Ideas
Kasm: the Open Source Workspace Streaming Platform | Michael Tunnell
---COVID News Roundup---
Ep 151 Osterholm Update: Harm Reduction
• Beyond the Noise #30: Why I wrote a book about COVID [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1090: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1091: Skeeter poo and obelisks too [Microbe TV]
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On This Day
February 28th is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 306 days remain until the end of the year (307 in leap years).
• Under the Dome: The top issues lieutenant governor candidates want to address in NC [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Federal authorities find Mission Hospital in compliance with plan of correction, HCA says [BPR]
• Officers in Kloepfer shooting won’t face charges [Smoky Mountain News]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
Franklin Town Council (Feb 2024) | Macon Media
• 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---
Vision for new affordable city in California meets skepticism from locals | PBS News Hour
Washington Today (2-27-24): Speaker Johnson 'very optimistic' government shutdown can be averted | C-SPAN
Global National: Feb. 27, 2024 | Could NHL commissioner help fix Winnipeg Jets' future?
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb 27 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | Feb. 27, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Feb 27 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 27, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Battle for Reality: String Theory vs Quantum Field Theory | Arvin Ash
• The Sky This Week from February 23 to March 1: Catch a chilly Full Snow Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 23 to March 3 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show February 23 2024: Accosted By Acorns | Level1 Techs
Baby Come Back, To iPad Mini - DTNS 4709 | Daily Tech News Show
The Exotic Stars Lurking Within Our Universe | Astrum
Revise the textbooks: New type of magnetism confirmed | Sabine Hossenfelder
Why Does Everything Decay Into Lead | SciShow
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
The Paradox of an Infinite Universe | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
How Private Data and Big Tech Are Controlling Your Life | Curious Droid
The quantum world: Dreams and delusions | Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Michio Kaku, and more! | The institute of Art and Ideas
Kasm: the Open Source Workspace Streaming Platform | Michael Tunnell
---COVID News Roundup---
Ep 151 Osterholm Update: Harm Reduction
• Beyond the Noise #30: Why I wrote a book about COVID [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1090: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1091: Skeeter poo and obelisks too [Microbe TV]
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On This Day
February 28th is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 306 days remain until the end of the year (307 in leap years).
It is the last day of February in common years and the penultimate day of February in leap years. It is also the last day of meteorological winter in Northern Hemisphere in common 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)
202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.
1638 – The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
1835 – Elias Lönnrot signed and dated the first version of the Kalevala, the so-called foreword to the Old Kalevala.
1922 – The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
1925 – The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
1947 – February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
1948 – Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
1953 – James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
1958 – A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
1966 – A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett.
1972 – China–United States relations: The United States and China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
1975 – In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
1980 – Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
1983 – The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
1985 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
1986 – Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
1991 – The first Gulf War ends.
1993 – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
1995 – Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the 1993 Australian federal election.
1997 – An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
1997 – GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
1997 – A Turkish military memorandum resulted with collapse of the government in Turkey.
2001 – The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in the southern Puget Sound, damages Seattle metropolitan area.
2002 – During the religious violence in Gujarat, 97 people are killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in the Gulbarg Society massacre.
2004 – Over one million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947.
2005 – A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
2013 – Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII, in 1415.
2014 Russia moves troops into the Crimea to protect its interests against Ukraine
2018 700 illegal churches closed in Rwanda for being too noisy and lacking building permits
2019 Lost Caravaggio painting "Judith and Holofernes" (1607) announced rediscovered in a Toulouse attic in 2014 to be auctioned worth $171 million
2019 Summit between North Korea's Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump collapses without agreement
2021 Hong Kong charges 47 with "conspiracy to commit subversion" in harshest implementation of its new security laws imposed by China
2021 Myanmar security forces open fire on protests around the country, killing at least 18, in bloodiest day since the military coup
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, February 28, 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.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.
1638 – The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
1835 – Elias Lönnrot signed and dated the first version of the Kalevala, the so-called foreword to the Old Kalevala.
1922 – The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
1925 – The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
1947 – February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
1948 – Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
1953 – James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
1958 – A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
1966 – A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett.
1972 – China–United States relations: The United States and China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
1975 – In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
1980 – Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
1983 – The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
1985 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
1986 – Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
1991 – The first Gulf War ends.
1993 – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
1995 – Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the 1993 Australian federal election.
1997 – An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
1997 – GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
1997 – A Turkish military memorandum resulted with collapse of the government in Turkey.
2001 – The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in the southern Puget Sound, damages Seattle metropolitan area.
2002 – During the religious violence in Gujarat, 97 people are killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in the Gulbarg Society massacre.
2004 – Over one million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947.
2005 – A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
2013 – Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII, in 1415.
2014 Russia moves troops into the Crimea to protect its interests against Ukraine
2018 700 illegal churches closed in Rwanda for being too noisy and lacking building permits
2019 Lost Caravaggio painting "Judith and Holofernes" (1607) announced rediscovered in a Toulouse attic in 2014 to be auctioned worth $171 million
2019 Summit between North Korea's Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump collapses without agreement
2021 Hong Kong charges 47 with "conspiracy to commit subversion" in harshest implementation of its new security laws imposed by China
2021 Myanmar security forces open fire on protests around the country, killing at least 18, in bloodiest day since the military coup
2022 Russia shells the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, while a 40 mile Russian military convoy approaches capital city of Kyiv
2022 UN Landmark climate change report warns climate change outpacing human efforts to adapt, with best-case scenario rise of 1.5C, 14% of species face "very high risk of extinction"
2023 FBI Director Christopher Wray confirms the bureau believes COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a lab accident in Wuhan, China
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, February 28, 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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