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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front will drift across the area today, bringing scattered afternoon and early evening showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures fall below normal by mid week with cool high pressure moving in. Rain chances increase again by the end of the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A slight chance of showers between 11am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 30%.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers before midmorning. Patchy fog between 11pm and 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the east.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 80.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds. The chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 1am. Patchy fog around midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the east around 5 mph after midnight. The chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 30%.
Monday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 1am. Patchy fog between midnight and 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the east 3 to 5 mph.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 4pm and 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Patchy fog between midnight and 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the east 3 to 6 mph.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
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Hazards
A marginal risk of strong to severe wind gusts continues this afternoon, mainly for northern and central portions of East Tennessee, as well as southwest Virginia. Storms may also produce locally heavy rainfall that can lead to flooding.
Tropical Update
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Sep 2 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Northwestern Gulf of Mexico:
A broad area of low pressure just offshore of the upper Texas coast continues to produce some disorganized shower activity near the coast and over the adjacent waters of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. This system is expected to meander near the coast for the next couple of days, and some slow development is possible if it remains offshore. By Tuesday, the system is forecast to move inland, and further development is not expected. Regardless, heavy rains could cause some flash flooding across portions of the Texas coast during the next couple of days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent.
2. Near the Lesser Antilles and Caribbean Sea:
Disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity continues in association with a tropical wave located near the Lesser Antilles. The disturbance is expected to move westward and cross the eastern Caribbean Sea through Tuesday with little development. Environmental conditions are forecast to become more conducive for development while the system moves across the central and western Caribbean Sea during the middle and latter parts of the week, and a tropical depression could form during that time. This system could cause gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall over portions of the Lesser Antilles today.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.
3. Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean:
A tropical wave along the west coast of Africa is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are forecast to gradually become more favorable for development, and a tropical depression could form in a few days while the disturbance moves slowly west-northwestward or northwestward over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.
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Pollen
The pollen forecast is unavailable due to IT issues being suffered by the provider.
Record Weather Events for September 2nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 93°F in Franklin in 1957
Lowest Temperature 40°F in at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1954
Greatest Rainfall 3.21 inches in Highlands in 1898
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of September
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Frsnklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on09-29-1964
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for August 28th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1932
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1934
Greatest One-Day Rain 9.60 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1910
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 108°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 21.00 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County on 09-17-2018
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
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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)
September 2024 Schedule
9-7-24—The Shifty Sisters—From heartfelt to irreverent, these ladies offer up all types of music to the crowd. You’ll hear covers and originals both. It’s been a while, but we’re glad to have the trio back to The Frog. Blues, ballads & more.
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
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Videos and links to news articles
This Week with George Stephanopoulos Full Broadcast - Sunday, Sep 1, 2024 | ABC News
Meet the Press (full broadcast) – Sept. 01 | NBC News
Face the Nation: O'Brien, Gonzales, Becker | Sept 01, 2024
2024 Campaign Trail: Nine Weeks Until Election Day | C-SPAN
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, August 30, 2024
Sail Training Ship Leeuwin Struck by Maersk Shekou in the Port of Fremantle, August 30, 2024 | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (8-28-24): VP Harris, Gov. Walz launch bus tour in GA; Sen. Vance campaigns in PA | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 1, 2024 | Israel-Hamas: Concern grows for remaining hostages in Gaza
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 1, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | September 1, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 30, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 31, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
The Deepening Mystery of the Last Universal Common Ancestor of Life | John Michael Godier
The Level1 Show August 30 2024: Kung Fu Frightening | Level1 Techs
Can EV Batteries Be Recycled? - DTNS 4845 | 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 August 30 to September 6: See Mercury at its best [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 30 – September 8 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Sky & Telescope's Sky Tour Podcast – September 2024 | The Equinox and the Summer Triangle
• Status Report and Expectations for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
That Time Our Ancestors Almost Went Extinct | SciShow
The Strange DNA of the last mammoths | Stefan Milo
Surprising Discoveries About Tardigrade Superpowers and Their Origin | Anton Petrov
Why an Impossible Black Hole Paradox Seems to Break the Laws of Physics! | Arvin Ash
Is this the biggest boulder in the Appalachian Mountains? | The GeoModels
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On This Day
September 2nd is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 120 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)
44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.
• [Wikipedia: Philippicae/a>]
• [The Philippics by Marcus Tullius CICERO read by ontheroad | Full Audio Book]
• [Texts of the 14 Philippics]
31 BC – Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium: Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Actium]
• [Wikipedia: War of Actium]
• [Wikipedia: Crisis of the Roman Republic]
• [National Geographic Rome's Greatest Battles: Battle of Actium]
• [Battle of Actium (31 BC) - Final War of the Roman Republic]
1192 – The Treaty of Jaffa is signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade.
1561 – Entry of Mary, Queen of Scots into Edinburgh, a spectacular civic celebration for the Queen of Scotland, marred by religious controversy.
1649 – The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
• [Great Fire of London]
• [The Great Fire of London (All Three Episodes)]
• [National Geographic Great Fire of London The Untold Story]
1752 – Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
1789 – The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
1792 – During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
• [Wikipedia: September Massacres]
• [The Web Chronology Project]
1806 – A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.
1807 – The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
1856 – The Tianjing incident takes place in Nanjing, China.
• [Wikipedia: Tianjing incident]
1859 – The Carrington Event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record.
• [Carrington Event]
• [What Was the Carrington Event? - The Most Powerful Solar Storm on Record]
• [Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections]
1862 – American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1864 – American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
1867 – Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
1885 – Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
1890 - NC History: Elon College opened as a four-year liberal arts college in Alance County, NC.
• [Local Wiki: History of Elon College]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [LINKTEXT]
1898 – Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
1901 – Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
1912 – Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
1935 – The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
• [Wikipedia: 1935 Labor Day hurricane]
• [The Great Labor Day Florida Keys Hurricane of 1935]
• [Disasters of the Century | Season 3 | Episode 61 | Labour Day Hurricane | Ian Michael Coulson]
1939 – World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany. 1940 - President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the Great Smokies National Park at Newfound Gap. Over 10,000 people were in attendance.
1944 – The last execution of a Finn in Finland will take place when soldier Olavi Laiho is executed by shooting in Oulu.
1945 – World War II: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japan and the major warring powers aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
• [The Japanese Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in 1945 in color! [HD restored & AI colorized]]
• [Officials from different nations sign the Japanese instrument of surrender on the...HD Stock Footage]
• [Footage of the Moment the Japanese Surrendered]
1945 – Communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam after the end of the Nguyễn dynasty.
1946 – The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as vice president with the powers of a Prime Minister.
1952 - NC History: The Grandfather Mountain Mile-High Swinging Brisge is Dedicated.
• [Official Website]
• [UNC Library: Mile High Milestone]
• [Grandfather Mountain Mile High Swinging Bridge Aerial Views]
• [Full Hike: The Mile High Swinging Bridge on Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina] (video is over 5 hours 30 minutes long)
• [GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN ✖ INSTA360 ONE X - PART 1: Mile High Swinging Bridge]
• [GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN ✖ INSTA360 ONE X - PART 2: Grandfather Trail!]
• [Grandfather Mountain NC - 40th - Anniversary - With Hugh Morton & Charles Kuralt]
• [Vintage Video Grandfather Mountain, NC]
• [Hugh Morton and Bill Friday]
• [Exploring North Carolina - Passion For The Land]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Hugh Morton ]
1957 – President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
1958 – A USAF RC-130 is shot down by fighters over Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
1960 – The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
• [Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration]
• [Celebration of 61st Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day, Tsuklagkhang]
• [Tibetan Democracy Day song]
1963 – CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
1968 – Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
1970 – NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
1984 – Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.
1985 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.
1987 – In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
• [Mathias Rust: the teenager who flew to Red Square]
• [Wikipedia Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust]
• [Ushanka Show: When The Eagle Has Landed In Moscow. Mathias Rust Story]
• [Russia Beyond Article]
• [Mathias Rust (DR documentary)]
• [Episode 11. Hunt for Mathias Rust]
1990 – Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
1992 – The 7.7 Mw Nicaragua earthquake affected the west coast of Nicaragua. With a Ms–Mw disparity of half a unit, this tsunami earthquake triggered a tsunami that caused most of the damage and casualties, with at least 116 killed. Typical runup heights were 3–8 meters (9.8–26.2 ft).
1998 – Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people onboard are killed.
1998 – The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
2009 – The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
2010 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.
2013 – The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 PM at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the old span.
2019 – Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastates the Bahamas, killing at least five.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, September 02, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to the 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.
The pollen forecast is unavailable due to IT issues being suffered by the provider.
Record Weather Events for September 2nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 93°F in Franklin in 1957
Lowest Temperature 40°F in at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1954
Greatest Rainfall 3.21 inches in Highlands in 1898
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of September
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Frsnklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on09-29-1964
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for August 28th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1932
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1934
Greatest One-Day Rain 9.60 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1910
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 108°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 21.00 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County on 09-17-2018
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
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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)
September 2024 Schedule
9-7-24—The Shifty Sisters—From heartfelt to irreverent, these ladies offer up all types of music to the crowd. You’ll hear covers and originals both. It’s been a while, but we’re glad to have the trio back to The Frog. Blues, ballads & more.
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
---NATIONAL---
Videos and links to news articles
This Week with George Stephanopoulos Full Broadcast - Sunday, Sep 1, 2024 | ABC News
Meet the Press (full broadcast) – Sept. 01 | NBC News
Face the Nation: O'Brien, Gonzales, Becker | Sept 01, 2024
2024 Campaign Trail: Nine Weeks Until Election Day | C-SPAN
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, August 30, 2024
Sail Training Ship Leeuwin Struck by Maersk Shekou in the Port of Fremantle, August 30, 2024 | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (8-28-24): VP Harris, Gov. Walz launch bus tour in GA; Sen. Vance campaigns in PA | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 1, 2024 | Israel-Hamas: Concern grows for remaining hostages in Gaza
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 1, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | September 1, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 30, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 31, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
The Deepening Mystery of the Last Universal Common Ancestor of Life | John Michael Godier
The Level1 Show August 30 2024: Kung Fu Frightening | Level1 Techs
Can EV Batteries Be Recycled? - DTNS 4845 | 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 August 30 to September 6: See Mercury at its best [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 30 – September 8 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Sky & Telescope's Sky Tour Podcast – September 2024 | The Equinox and the Summer Triangle
• Status Report and Expectations for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
That Time Our Ancestors Almost Went Extinct | SciShow
The Strange DNA of the last mammoths | Stefan Milo
Surprising Discoveries About Tardigrade Superpowers and Their Origin | Anton Petrov
Why an Impossible Black Hole Paradox Seems to Break the Laws of Physics! | Arvin Ash
Is this the biggest boulder in the Appalachian Mountains? | The GeoModels
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On This Day
September 2nd is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 120 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)
44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.
• [Wikipedia: Philippicae/a>]
• [The Philippics by Marcus Tullius CICERO read by ontheroad | Full Audio Book]
• [Texts of the 14 Philippics]
31 BC – Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium: Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Actium]
• [Wikipedia: War of Actium]
• [Wikipedia: Crisis of the Roman Republic]
• [National Geographic Rome's Greatest Battles: Battle of Actium]
• [Battle of Actium (31 BC) - Final War of the Roman Republic]
1192 – The Treaty of Jaffa is signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade.
1561 – Entry of Mary, Queen of Scots into Edinburgh, a spectacular civic celebration for the Queen of Scotland, marred by religious controversy.
1649 – The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
• [Great Fire of London]
• [The Great Fire of London (All Three Episodes)]
• [National Geographic Great Fire of London The Untold Story]
1752 – Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
1789 – The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
1792 – During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
• [Wikipedia: September Massacres]
• [The Web Chronology Project]
1806 – A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.
1807 – The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
1856 – The Tianjing incident takes place in Nanjing, China.
• [Wikipedia: Tianjing incident]
1859 – The Carrington Event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record.
• [Carrington Event]
• [What Was the Carrington Event? - The Most Powerful Solar Storm on Record]
• [Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections]
1862 – American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1864 – American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
1867 – Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
1885 – Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
1890 - NC History: Elon College opened as a four-year liberal arts college in Alance County, NC.
• [Local Wiki: History of Elon College]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [LINKTEXT]
1898 – Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
1901 – Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
1912 – Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
1935 – The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
• [Wikipedia: 1935 Labor Day hurricane]
• [The Great Labor Day Florida Keys Hurricane of 1935]
• [Disasters of the Century | Season 3 | Episode 61 | Labour Day Hurricane | Ian Michael Coulson]
1939 – World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany. 1940 - President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the Great Smokies National Park at Newfound Gap. Over 10,000 people were in attendance.
1944 – The last execution of a Finn in Finland will take place when soldier Olavi Laiho is executed by shooting in Oulu.
1945 – World War II: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japan and the major warring powers aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
• [The Japanese Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in 1945 in color! [HD restored & AI colorized]]
• [Officials from different nations sign the Japanese instrument of surrender on the...HD Stock Footage]
• [Footage of the Moment the Japanese Surrendered]
1945 – Communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam after the end of the Nguyễn dynasty.
1946 – The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as vice president with the powers of a Prime Minister.
1952 - NC History: The Grandfather Mountain Mile-High Swinging Brisge is Dedicated.
• [Official Website]
• [UNC Library: Mile High Milestone]
• [Grandfather Mountain Mile High Swinging Bridge Aerial Views]
• [Full Hike: The Mile High Swinging Bridge on Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina] (video is over 5 hours 30 minutes long)
• [GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN ✖ INSTA360 ONE X - PART 1: Mile High Swinging Bridge]
• [GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN ✖ INSTA360 ONE X - PART 2: Grandfather Trail!]
• [Grandfather Mountain NC - 40th - Anniversary - With Hugh Morton & Charles Kuralt]
• [Vintage Video Grandfather Mountain, NC]
• [Hugh Morton and Bill Friday]
• [Exploring North Carolina - Passion For The Land]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Hugh Morton ]
1957 – President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
1958 – A USAF RC-130 is shot down by fighters over Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
1960 – The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
• [Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration]
• [Celebration of 61st Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day, Tsuklagkhang]
• [Tibetan Democracy Day song]
1963 – CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
1968 – Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
1970 – NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
1984 – Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.
1985 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.
1987 – In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
• [Mathias Rust: the teenager who flew to Red Square]
• [Wikipedia Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust]
• [Ushanka Show: When The Eagle Has Landed In Moscow. Mathias Rust Story]
• [Russia Beyond Article]
• [Mathias Rust (DR documentary)]
• [Episode 11. Hunt for Mathias Rust]
1990 – Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
1992 – The 7.7 Mw Nicaragua earthquake affected the west coast of Nicaragua. With a Ms–Mw disparity of half a unit, this tsunami earthquake triggered a tsunami that caused most of the damage and casualties, with at least 116 killed. Typical runup heights were 3–8 meters (9.8–26.2 ft).
1998 – Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people onboard are killed.
1998 – The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
2009 – The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
2010 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.
2013 – The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 PM at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the old span.
2019 – Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastates the Bahamas, killing at least five.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, September 02, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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