Thunder Pig: News and Weather Briefing for Columbus Day, 2024

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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.

GENERAL OUTLOOK

A cold front will the area today, ushering in much colder air. A second cold front by midweek could lead to frost and freeze concerns across the mountains and portions of the Piedmont. Continued dry weather and warming temperatures into next weekend.

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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Wednesday Night

Franklin Area

Columbus Day

Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight

Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.

Tuesday

Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night

Patchy frost after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows near freezing and wind chills near or below 30 at times. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday

Areas of frost before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.

Wednesday Night

Patchy frost after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around freezing.

Highlands Plateau

Columbus Day

Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday

Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s.

Wednesday Night

Areas of frost after 2am. Otherwise, clear, with lows around 30.

Otto and South Central Macon County

Columbus Day

Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.

Tuesday

Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night

Areas of frost after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows near freezing. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday

Areas of frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.

Wednesday Night

Patchy frost after 1am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around freezing.

Nantahala Area

Columbus Day

Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night

Patchy frost after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday

Areas of frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 50.

Wednesday Night

Areas of frost after 1am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 30.

Hazards

Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.

The coldest air of the season so far is expected to settle over the Southern Appalachians during the middle of the week. Areas of frost and possibly a light freeze in some of the valleys may occur across the North Carolina mountains, foothills and Northwest Piedmont and the mountains of northeast Georgia and the Upstate Tuesday night and Wednesday night.

Tropical Update

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Oct 14 2024

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL94):
A well-defined area of low pressure located several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing minimal showers and thunderstorms. This system is currently embedded in an unfavorable environment and development is not anticipated over the next couple of days. However, this system is forecast to move generally westward to west-southwestward, and environmental conditions could become more favorable for gradual development by the middle to latter part of this week. A tropical depression could form as the system begins moving west-northwestward and approaches or moves near the Leeward Islands by the end of this week.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.0 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.6 out of 12.0).

Record Weather Events for October 14th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)

Highest Temperature 83°F in Franklin in 1985
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Highlands in 1988
Greatest Rainfall 3.67 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2014
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)

Weather Extremes for Macon County for October Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 10-05-1954
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Franklin on 10-30-1910
Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on 10-04-1964
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands on 10-20-1913

Record Weather Events for October 14th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 92°F in Lewiston, Bertie County in 1990
Lowest Temperature 16°F in Jefferson, Ashe County in 1988
Greatest Rainfall 4.36 inches in Mount Airy, Surry County in 1968
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1977

Weather Extremes for North Carolina for October Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 103°F in Wadesboro, Anson County on 10-03-2019
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 10-21-1952
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 12.53 inches in Lumberton, Robeson County on 10-08-2016

Greatest One-Day Snowfall 11.0 inches on Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 10-25-1990

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)

October 2024 Schedule

10-19-24—Bloodroot—Three- and Four-part harmonies are forefront in this Americana acoustical roots band. You’ll hear oldies from the 70’s & 80’s along with songs you might remember from your childhood. Zip Robertson, Crickett Woodward, Paul Davis and Judy Kirkland.

10-26-24—Fall Frog Fair!! From 10a till 4p, hear an array of live music on the outside of Frog Quarters as you shop the over-40 Artisans around Frog Quarters and Mainspring in this annual Fall event. Bring your appetite…..we’ll be cooking that day. Schedule of Music forthcoming.

For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.

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---

Asheville church mobilizes 1,200 volunteers for post-Hurricane Helene cleanup | WLOS-TV )Asheville, NC)

Election volunteers train to enhance safety and security at NC polls | WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)

Rare and spectacular show of the Northern Lights | NBC News

• Aurora Wonderland: The October 2024 Severe Geomagnetic Storm [Solar Ham]

• Liveblog Updates: 123 fatalities in NC; Asheville details repair milestone for water system [BPR Newsx]

• Operation BBQ Relief serves over 100,000 meals to hurricane victims in WNC [WLOS-TV 9Asheville, NC)]

• Haywood County releases election update amid Helene recovery [Smoky Mountain News]

• How much do those unemployed by Helene need to get by? One worker says $257 won't cut it [Asheville Citizen Times]

• Fact check: Trump falsely claims Cooper blocked Helene aid to western NC [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Two weeks without running water: This is life in Western North Carolina after Helene [Raleigh News and Observer]

---WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AFTER HURRICANE HELENE---

What happened to mountainsides during Helene's extreme rains (30 inches or more)? | The Geo Models

'Voices in the darkness': Asheville radio hosts and listeners a lifeline to a community in need | Queen City News

Separating The Truth From Rumors #hurricanehelene ON Three

The Shocking Realization I Had About Radio During The Hurricane Helene Disaster | Farpoint Farms (Eric)

Radio for preparedness: What lessons can we learn from Hurricane Helene? | Evan Thorson K2EJT

Lessons Learned About Solar Power During Hurricane Helene and its Aftermath in Western NC | Farpoint Farms (Eric)

Radio Operators Responding To Hurricane Helene Disaster NOW! | Ham Radio Crash Course

Asheville church mobilizes 1,200 volunteers for post-Hurricane Helene cleanup | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)

Helene Disaster Relief | Truth and Rumors | Lessons Learned #hurricanehelene | Survival Dispatch

UPDATE by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Swannanoa, North Carolina | Media Magik Entertainment

Hurricane aftermath and why its Not Getting Better | Bikes and Beards

Heartbreaking Scenes in NC: We Delivered Aid to Helene’s Hardest-Hit Towns *hurricane* | The Zaytsevs

---NATIONAL---
Videos and links to news articles

US sending anti-missile defense system to Israel | ABC News

Why Elon Musk Is Building a “Utopia” HERE | The Hustle

• In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad [AP News]

• Christopher Columbus Remains Identified With 'Absolute Reliability' [Newsweek]

• Speaker Johnson diverts on questions about possible Jan. 6-like violence, citing "greater issue" of election integrity [CBS News]

• Insurance 'nightmare' unfolds for Florida homeowners after back-to-back hurricanes [NBC News]

This Week with George Stephanopoulos Full Broadcast - Sunday, October 13, 2024 | ABC News

Meet the Press (full broadcast) – Oct. 13, 2024 | NBC News

"Face the Nation" Frost, Salvanto | Oct. 13, 2024

Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, October 11, 2024

2024 Campaign Trail: Three Weeks to Election Day | C-SPAN

Washington Today (10-11-24): Donald Trump wants death penalty if illegal migrant kills U.S. citizen | C-SPAN

How SpaceX Landed A Rocket... Without Landing Legs. Catching a Giant Rocket With Giant Chopsticks | Scott Manley

Global National: Oct. 13, 2024 | Trudeau appoints new campaign director as Liberals face turmoil

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 13, 2024

"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Oct. 13, 2024

NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Oct. 12, 2024

PBS NewsHour live episode, (Oct. 13, 2024)

---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---

A Watched Quantum State Doesn’t Change. Is the Zeno Effect Real? | Sabine Hossenfelderr

The Level1 Show October 11th: Keep On Leaking On | Level1 Techs

Data Disaster Preparedness - DTNS 4874 | Daily Tech News Show

• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]

• The Sky This Week from October 11 to 18: 2024’s third Super Moon rises [Astronomy Magazine]

• This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 11 – 20 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]

See Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher 10/14/2024 BONUS | Astronomy Magazine

• Get Ready for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS — The Best Is Yet to Come! [Sky and Telescope Magazine]

• Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is rising higher in the evening sky. Here’s where to look [Astronomy Magazine]

🔴FULL REPLAY: SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 5 (and Catches A Booster) | NASA Spaceflight

This Week in Linux #281: Ubuntu 24.10 Released, KDE Plasma 6.2, Linux Drama & more Linux news | Michael Tunnell

• Chinese rocket launches 8 satellites to orbit from ship at sea (video, photos) [Space.com]

• AI scans RNA ‘dark matter’ and uncovers 70,000 new viruses [nature]

• New Research Could Help Resolve the “Three-Body Problem” [Universe Today]

• The Tesla Cybercab is a cool-looking prototype that needed to be much more than that [The Vergex]

• Eleven things to know about in the Windows 11 2024 Update [ars TECHNICA]

• How the Warmth Underground Could Heat and Cool Your Home [CNET]

On This Day

October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 78 days remain until the end of the year.

Historical Events

(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)

1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.

1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.

1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England.

1656 – The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends.

1758 – Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.

1773 – The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

1774 – American Revolution: The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament's Intolerable Acts and demands British concessions.

1805 – War of the Third Coalition: A French corps defeats an Austrian attempt to escape encirclement at Ulm.

1806 – War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon decisively defeats Prussia at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.

1808 – The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France.

1843 – Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell is arrested by the British on charges of criminal conspiracy.

1863 – American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.

1884 – George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.

1888 – Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.

1898 – The steam ship SS Mohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.

1908 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.

1910 – English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.

1912 – Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.

1913 – Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.

1915 – World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

1920 – Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.

1923 – After the Irish Civil War the 1923 Irish hunger strikes were undertaken by thousands of Irish republican prisoners protesting the continuation of their internment without trial.

1930 – The former and first President of Finland, K. J. Ståhlberg, and his wife, Ester Ståhlberg, are kidnapped from their home by members of the far-right Lapua Movement.

1933 – Germany withdraws from the League of Nations and World Disarmament Conference.

1939 – World War II: The German submarine U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.

1940 – World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.

1943 – World War II: Prisoners at Sobibor extermination camp covertly assassinate most of the on-duty SS officers and then stage a mass breakout.

1943 – World War II: The United States Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt.

1943 – World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.

1947 – Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.

1949 – The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.

1952 – Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.

1956 – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).

1957 – The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.

1957 – At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.

1962 – The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.

1964 – Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.

1964 – The Soviet Presidium and the Communist Party Central Committee each vote to accept Nikita Khrushchev's "voluntary" request to retire from his offices.

1966 – The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.

1968 – Apollo program: The first live television broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.

1968 – The 6.5 Mw  Meckering earthquake shakes the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20–28 people injured.

1968 – Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.

1973 – In the Thammasat student uprising, over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.

1975 – An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over Żabbar, Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground.

1979 – The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.

1980 – The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party ended, having anointed North Korean President Kim Il-sung's son Kim Jong-il as his successor.

1981 – Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

1982 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.

1991 – Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1994 – Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of future Palestinian self government.

1998 – Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.

2003 – The Steve Bartman Incident takes place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.

2004 – MK Airlines Flight 1602 crashes during takeoff from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, killing all seven people on board.

2004 – Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashes in Jefferson City, Missouri. The two pilots (the aircraft's only occupants) are killed.

2012 – Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.

2014 – A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.

2014 – The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.

2015 – A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.

2017 – A massive truck bombing in Somalia kills 358 people and injures more than 400 others.

2021 – About 10,000 American employees of John Deere go on strike.

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Published at 5:00am on Monday, October 14, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins

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