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Mgood morning Weekend Edition, August 22-23, 2020 | gainesvilletimes.com LOTTERY CASH 3 Midday: 6-5-8 Evening: 1 -4-2 Drawings for Friday, August 21,2020 CASH 4 Midday: 0-9-4-4 Evening: 0-2-0-3 GEORGIA FIVE Midday: 7-2-5-2-3 Evening: 9-8-7-6-2 Previous days’ drawings FANTASY FIVE (8/20) 6-16-20-28-36 P0WERBALL (8/19) 13-23-47-55-58 Power Ball: 23 Current jackpot: $29M MEGA MILLIONS (8/18) 4-18-26-27-58 Mega Ball: 23 Current jackpot: $49M Lottery numbers are unofficial. The Georgia Lottery Corp.: 404-215-5000. LET’S SAVE TOURISM Don’t cancel your trip. Change the dates. ExploreGainesville.org is #TourismStrong WEATHER Gainesville 5-Day Forecast # AceuWeather Plan your week | G TODAY TONIGHT SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY A t-storm around A t-storm around At-stormin At-storm spots HIGH: 82° LOW: 67° 83768° 84770° IHirePrTM ■iliftitfrirs Mainly cloudy; humid to RFT: 87° I RFT: 68° 89772° liliftHIftt RFT: 96°/71 ° Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: 40% 40% 40% 50% 25% 50% RFT: The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of effective temperature based on eight weather factors. Almanac Regional Weather Statistics for Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport through 5 p.m. yesterday Temperature High/low 79°67° Normal high/low 86768° Record high 101° in 1951 Record low 51° in 1918 Precipitation (in inches) 24 hrs. ending 5 p.m. yest. 1.39 Month to date 3.39 Normal month to date 2.96 Year to date 48.75 Normal year to date 34.49 Record for date 1.50 in 1942 Main Offender: Ozone Source: Environmental Protection Agency 1 Pollen Yesterday Trees Grass • .““iWOT Weeds Low Mod. High j ery ign Main Offender: Grass/Ragweed/Nettle Source: National Allergy Bureau Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. C BlairsviIle . 80/63 TWA./y Turners Corner 81/66 Clev Dahlonega 82/66 82/67 O Cornelia ... O 82/67 ,yVI " e Lula O $29) 82/67 Gainesville Homer 082,67 Dawsonville 82/65 Oakwood 83/67 O lanielsville 16/68 Roswell y 83/ 83 / 67 ° Duluth O 83/67 Forecasts and graphics provided by AceuWeather, Inc. ©2020 City Today Hi Lo W Tomorrow Hi Lo W Albany 84 72 t 86 74 t Atlanta 85 69 t 85 70 t Augusta 89 70 t 90 71 t Brunswick 85 78 t 87 80 t Chattanooga 84 69 t 87 70 t City Today Hi Lo W Tomorrow Hi Lo W Columbus 86 70 t 87 72 t Dalton 84 69 t 86 70 t Greenville 85 68 t 84 69 t Macon 87 68 t 88 70 t Savannah 88 74 t 87 75 t UV Index 1 Lake Levels 1 Sun and Moon 9 a.m. Noon 3 p.m. 6 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Lake data in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday Lake Full Pool Present Level 24 hr Change Lake Lanier 1071.0 1071.25 none Allatoona Lake 840.0 840.13 +0.11 Burton Lake 1865.0 1865.33 +0.36 Clark’s Hill Lake 330.0 329.67 +0.05 Hartwell Lake 660.0 660.24 none Russell Lake 480.0 474.91 +0.39 West Point Lake 635.0 635.73 +0.02 Sunrise today 7:02 a.m. Sunset tonight 8:14 p.m. Moonrise today 10:52 a.m. Moonset today 10:53 p.m. First Full Last New Cfe A Aug 25 Sep 2 Sep 10 Sep 17 Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice ABOUT US AND OUR VALUES The public has a right to know, and The Times is dedicated to that principle and the “continued enlightenment and freedom of the people of North Georgia,” as engraved outside our building. The pursuit of truth is a fundamental principle of journalism. But the truth is not always apparent or known immediately. 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Find us on these platforms or reach out to our newsroom at news@ gainesvilletimes.com or 770-718-3435. /gainesvilletimes « @gtimes @gtimesnews It’s a deadly myth that tires protect you from lightning The Habersham County sky looked mottled with grey clouds, but didn’t appear threat ening that early afternoon a few days ago. Five miles after pass ing the county line on Ga-365, things changed. The horizon turned black. Streaks of light ning flashed toward Gaines ville, and thunder was audible even over the rumble of the old Harley. A serious revision of my itinerary was in order. A lightning storm puts different require ments on the operator of a motorcycle, bicycle or tractor than on the driver of a full-roofed sedan. Some think that the rub ber tires of a vehicle, or even wearing shoes with rubber soles, protect from lightning stroke. This is a deadly mistake. Lightning is an electrical current passing between a cloud and the ground, or between clouds. Its voltage is in the hundreds of millions, with electrical power up to 100,000 Amps. As a reality check, a standard power outlet car ries 112 Volts and 15 Amps. My amateur welding (with amateur- quality results) showed how easily an elec trical arc melts solid metal. Translate this into an arc spanning 25,000 feet. Clearly, a half-inch of rubber doesn’t make any differ ence. People in a car tend to be safe if the car has a solid roof. The full metal cage of the vehicle runs the electrical current off. But bikes, convertibles, tractors and all-terrain vehicles don’t offer this protection. Reports of people being burned to a crisp by lightning are rare. Cardiac arrest is much more com mon. The human heart operates on a series of electrical impulses that make the heart muscle “tick”. Massive electric shock from light ning can stop the heart, killing the victim if CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) isn’t available immediately. Even in cases where one isn’t in the path of the current, there’s still the problem of thun der. My welder only generates a hiss from expanding air around the arc. A natural lightning flash literally makes the air col umn around it explode. The loudest boom I ever heard was from inside the house, when lightning struck a tree 30 feet away. Had I been outside, I could have lost my hearing permanently, or at least had to live forever with a ringing in my ears. Being inside a building is the best protection against light ning and thunder. Regarding my trip to Gainesville, I turned the bike around and rode down safely the following day. Rudi Kiefer, Ph.D., is a professor at Brenau University, teaching physical and health sciences on Brenau’s Georgia campuses and in China. His column appears Sundays and at gainesvilletimes.com. RUDI KIEFER rkiefer@brenau.edu LY\TEST COVID-19 DATA Aug. 21 NGHS data Aug. 21 DPH data for Hall County Total COVID-19 patients: 101 Total cases: 6,916 Gainesville COVID-19 patients: 69 Cases per 100k: 3,352 Braselton COVID-19 patients: 24 Deaths: 115 Total discharged: 1,868 Hospitalizations: 803 Total deaths: 232 Percent positive tests last 2 weeks: 11.1% TODAY IN HISTORY On this date: In 1846, Gen. Stephen W. Kearny proclaimed all of New Mex ico a territory of the United States. In 1910, Japan annexed Korea, which remained under Japa nese control until the end of World War II. In 1978, President Jomo Kenyatta, a leading figure in Kenya’s struggle for independence, died; Vice President Daniel arap Moi was sworn in as acting president. In 1986, Kerr-McGee Corp. agreed to pay the estate of the late Karen Silkwood $1.38 million, settling a 10-year-old nuclear contamination lawsuit. In 1989, Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, California. (Gunman Tyrone Robinson was later sentenced to 32 years to life in prison.) In 1992, on the second day of the Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho, an FBI sharpshooter killed Vicki Weaver, the wife of white separatist Randy Weaver. In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed welfare legislation end ing guaranteed cash payments to the poor and demanding work from recipients. In 2003, Alabama’s chief justice, Roy Moore, was suspended for his refusal to obey a federal court order to remove his Ten Com mandments monument from the rotunda of his courthouse. In 2007, a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers. BIRTHDAYS Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski is 81. Writer- producer David Chase is 75. CBS newsman Steve Kroft is 75. Actor Cindy Williams is 73. Pop musician David Marks is 72. Baseball Hall of Famer Paul Molitor is 64. Country singer Collin Raye is 60. Actor Regina Taylor is 60. Rock singer Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears) is 59. Rock musician Debbi Peterson (The Bangles) is 59. Singer Tori Amos is 57. Rhythm-and-blues musi cian James DeBarge is 57. Actor Brooke Dillman is 54. Actor Ty Burrell is 53. Celebrity chef Giada DeLau- rentiis is 50. Actor Melinda Page Hamilton is 49. Actor RickYune is 49. Rock musi cian Paul Doucette (Match box Twenty) is 48. Singer Howie Dorough (Backstreet Boys) is 47. Rock musician Dean Back (Theory of a Deadman) is 45. Talk show host James Corden is 42. Rock musician Jeff Stinco (Simple Plan) is 42. TODAY IN HISTORY PHOTO DAVID CANTOR I Associated Press A woman passes a fire-bombed car as she crosses St. Johns Place on Utica Avenue in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, Aug. 22, 1991, after a third night of violence in reaction to the death of a black child who was killed by a car driven by a Hasidic man. 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The spotlight is on someone near and this comes as a comfort because you shine when playing a supporting role. You’ll observe and note what to do and what not to do when it’s your turn. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It’s mighty fine when the thing that feels good actually is good, though it won’t always be the case today. The thing that feels good is a cheap shortcut, and you’ll be much better off in the long run choosing the hard thing. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Human perception (and in deed, survival) depends on filtering out more than what we let into our awareness. You may be noticing a lot more than the others. Try not to hold it against them. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s go ing well. It doesn’t mean that all the lights are green or that the journey is comfortable, cool and frustration-free. It just means that you are actu ally getting somewhere. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). When you know where you want to go but not how to get there, don’t worry. You’ll figure it out. If you don’t know where to go, then wait until you get an idea. Better to sit and conserve your energy than to aimlessly wander. LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). Most of the offers that come from the world of commerce aren’t even worth the time it takes to read the small print. Navigate via intuition and the advice of trusted friends. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The remedy to get past fear and discomfort is to do the very thing you would most want to avoid. You don’t have to do it a lot though because once or twice will get you over things quite nicely today. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Parent/child relationships are often found between un related people. A degree of enlightenment will come with noticing how your relationship with a loved one reflects the bond you share with a parent. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your heart is so lusciously light today, it will interfere with the laws of gravity. The people around you will be quick to laugh and buoyant as though walking on the moon. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You are a deft charmer when you want to be. Today, you’ll be drawn to cut your skills on a hard audience. If anyone can make these people smile, it’s you. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Like the water that is your sign’s element, you can be soft, soothing and seductive, or you can be as danger ous as the mighty crashing wave. Woe to the one who underestimates your power to change.
