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“GOOD morning Weekend Edition - October 3-4, 2020 | gainesvilletimes.com Weather images serve a variety of purposes LOTTERY I Drawings for Friday, October 2, 2020 CASH 3 Midday: 3-8-7 Evening: 9-6-6 CASH 4 Midday: 2-3-5-5 Evening: 6-0-3-6 GEORGIA FIVE Midday: 1-1 -7-6-3 Evening: 0-7-8-8-4 Previous days’ drawings FANTASY FIVE (10/1) 8-9-14-18-30 P0WERBALL (9/30) MEGA MILLIONS (9/29) 14-18-36-49-67 Power Ball: 18 14-39-43-44-67 Mega Ball: 19 Current jackpot: $43M Current jackpot: $41M Lottery numbers are unofficial. The Georgia Lottery Corp.: 404-215-5000. LY\TEST COVID-19 DATA Oct. 2 NGHS data Oct. 2 DPH data for Hall County Total COVID-19 patients: 72 Total cases: 9,567 Gainesville COVID-19 patients: 47 Cases per 100k: 4,636.32 Braselton COVID-19 patients: 18 Deaths: 158 Total discharged: 2,346 Hospitalizations: 983 Total deaths: 316 Percent positive tests in last 2 weeks: 11 % WEATHER Gainesville 5-Day Forecast AccuWeather Plan your week | Get the NEW app TODAY TONIGHT SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Plenty of sunshine HIGH: 68 c Clear LOW: 48 e Mostly sunny Sunny and nice Sunny and nice 71751° 73750° 75753° Sunny and pleasant 79756° RFT: 74752 ° 1 RFT: 78750 * 1 RFT: 79753 ° 1 RFT: 81754 Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: 0% 5% 10% 5% 5% 10% RFT: The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of effective temperature based on eight weather factors. Almanac | Regional Weather Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. t J) Ell iia 70/41 Morganton 68/41 O Blairsville 68/42 C Clayti -7/43 O Turners Corner 67/46 Cleveland 68/48 66/43°" Talking Rock 71/48 Q 67/47 o Clarkesvi Tocco! son ¥ Canton 71/47 Dahlonega O 68/47 „ t Gs'. 68 ^ Clermont — 68/47 ccoa jrr "A O Cornelia 68/47 _ 0 Lula ® 68/48 Murrayville 68/46 — Nelson o Dawsonville O 129 70/47 69/46 Gainesville o Homer „ 068/48 70/48 Cumming 69/47 9 M 7 Oakwood X O 69/48 O V°a« < „ T„ Buford O —. Roswell ” 69/46 © 7 °/ 47 ° Duluth O Winder enceville 70/45 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 Athens It 72/49 Statistics for Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport through 5 p.m. yesterday Temperature High/low 67 46 Normal high/low 75755° Record high 95° in 2019 Record low 35° in 1920 Precipitation (in inches) 24 hrs. ending 5 p.m. yest. 0.00 Month to date 0.00 Normal month to date 0.31 Year to date 58.14 Normal year to date 40.78 Record for date 3.41 in 1977 Main Offender: Ozone Source: Environmental Protection Agency | Pollen Yesterday Trees absent Grass absent Weeds 0 o 0 0 oQ o“q Low Mod. High Verjj Main Offender: Ragweed/Chenopods Source: National Allergy Bureau City Today Hi Lo W Tomorrow Hi Lo W Albany 78 55 s 79 56 s Atlanta 72 52 s 75 53 s Augusta 76 50 s 75 51 pc Brunswick 75 66 pc 72 63 t Chattanooga 72 50 s 74 52 pc City Today Hi Lo W Tomorrow Hi Lo W Columbus 76 52 s 78 54 s Dalton 72 48 s 74 52 pc Greenville 70 47 s 71 49 pc Macon 76 48 s 77 50 s Savannah 77 60 s 74 58 t UV Index 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 Levels Lake data in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday Lake Full Pool Present Level 24 hr Change Lake Lanier 1071.0 1071.34 -0.09 Allatoona Lake 840.0 838.42 -0.16 Burton Lake 1865.0 1865.06 -0.06 Clark’s Hill Lake 330.0 330.04 +0.02 Hartwell Lake 660.0 659.85 -0.07 Russell Lake 480.0 474.89 -0.08 West Point Lake 635.0 635.29 +0.04 Sun and Moon Sunrise today 7:32 a.m. Sunset tonight 7:16 p.m. Moonrise today 8:31 p.m. Moonset today 8:57 a.m. Last New First Full Oct 9 Oct 16 Oct 23 Oct 31 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. When hurricane Sally was approaching in September, weather observation websites were in heavy demand. The var ious images shown there serve a variety of different purposes. GOES (Geostationary Opera tional Environmental Satellite) images come to us from a pair of satellites high above the equator. Unlike satellites that supply, say, Google Earth images, they don’t orbit around the globe. Their location over the equator is fixed at an alti tude of 22,300 miles and they duplicate the earth’s rotation in order to remain there. For this reason they’re called geostation ary. The U.S. Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) operates two GOES units, one over the Eastern and another over the Western states. Images come in “visible” and “infrared” flavor. “Visible” is how the human eye would see clouds from above. That’s normally the least useful mode because it makes the earth’s surface look murky, and just looking at the clouds doesn’t take in the true structure of storms. It’s better to use infrared, which one can imagine as a set of colors that our eyes aren’t equipped to see. There are many different types of infra red, from one that makes a nice, sharp distinction between water, land and clouds to one that pictures heat differences and cloud heights. Infrared images are great for researchers who analyze the structure of storms and build models of their behavior. But for the rest of us, who want to know “where is it raining right now, and which way is the storm moving?”, ground-based radar is the most useful. All the weather radar stations in the U.S. are networked together, so we can get a current image from anywhere on the continent. There is even a magnificent NOAA web page that shows, in full animation, all of the weather simultaneously in the 48 contiguous states (search for “mosaic radar loop”). In essence, weather radar is a way of shining a giant flashlight at the sky. Radar “light” is another color that the eye can’t see. Where there aren’t any clouds, nothing reflects, and the radar image produced by the computer remains black. The greater the cloud density, the more intense the reflection. This is how the weather images show the severity of storms. And because modern radar is of the “Doppler” type, it can also animate the image so we can observe storm movement as a video clip. 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. TODAY IN HISTORY On this date: In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thurs day in November Thanksgiving Day. In 1941, Adolf Hitler declared in a speech in Berlin that Russia had been “broken” and would “never rise again.” In 1961, “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” also starring Mary Tyler Moore, made its debut on CBS. In 1967, folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie, the Dust Bowl Troubadour best known for “This Land Is Your Land,” died in New York of complications from Huntington’s disease; he was 55. In 1970, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was established under the Department of Commerce. In 1974, Frank Robinson was named major league baseball’s first Black manager as he was placed in charge of the Cleve land Indians. In 1981, Irish nationalists at the Maze Prison near Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended seven months of hunger strikes that had claimed 10 lives. In 1995, the jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Ange les found the former football star not guilty of the 1994 slay ings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman (however, Simpson was later found liable for dam ages in a civil trial). In 2003, a tiger attacked magician Roy Horn of duo “Siegfried & Roy” during a performance in Las Vegas, leaving the super- star illusionist in critical condition on his 59th birthday. In 2008, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports- memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Simpson was later sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison; he was granted parole in July 2017 and released from prison in October of that year.) In 2018, the Federal Emergency Management Agency conducted its first-ever national wireless emergency alert test, causing elec tronic devices across the country to sound, with a message that carried the subject, “Presidential Alert.” (Some people got as many as four alerts on their phones, while others didn’t get any.) BIRTHDAYS Composer Steve Reich is 84. Rock and roll star Chubby Checker is 79. Actor Alan Rachins is 78. Singer Lindsey Bucking ham is 71. Jazz musician Ronnie Laws is 70. Blues singer Keb’ Mo’ is 69. For mer astronaut Kathryn Sul livan is 69. Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield is 69. Baseball Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley is 66. Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton is 66. Actor Peter Frechette is 64. World Golf Hall of Famer Fred Couples is 61. Actor-comedian Greg Proops is 61. Actor Jack Wagner is 61. Actor/ musician Marcus Giamatti is 59. Rock musician Tommy Lee is 58. Actor Clive Owen is 56. Singer Gwen Stefani is 51. Pop singer Kevin Richardson is 49. Rock singer G. Love is 48. Actor Neve Campbell is 47. Actor Lena Headey is 47. Singer India.Arie is 45. Rapper Talib Kweli is 45. Actor Alanna Ubach is 45. Actor Seann William Scott is 44. Actor Shannyn Sossa- mon is 42. Rock musician Josh Klinghoffer (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 41. Actor Tessa Thompson is 37. Ac tor-singer Ashlee Simpson is 36. Rapper A$AP Rocky is 32. Actor Alicia Vikander is 32. Actor Noah Schnapp (TV: “Stranger Things”) is 16. TODAY IN HISTORY PHOTO BEN MARGOT I Associated Press Barbara Harris, left, of San Francisco, holds a newspaper declaring O.J. Simpson’s not guilty verdict while attending a protest by the San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium Tuesday, Oct. 3,1995, in San Francisco. 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Periodical postage paid: USPS 212-860 Delivery problems call (770) 532-2222 SINGLE COPY The Times is available at retail stores, newspaper racks and at The Times for $1.00 Midweek Edition and $2.00 Weekend Edition. For our digital subscription offerings, go to gainesvilletimes.com/subscribe ARIES (March 21-April 19). Mystery and danger go hand in hand. Because mystery is about the unknown, and there is nothing more fearsome. This will play into the allure of the day. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). When stepping into a position held by another, sometimes they say there are big shoes to fill. You’ll do this now, and the shoe size will be irrelevant because you’ll take the role in an entirely different direction. GEMINI (May 21-June21). Of course, you’re disillusioned. You projected your own de sires onto the relationship, like every human does. The good news is that what you were looking for really is out there. CANCER (June 22-July 22). The person spreading good will, common decency and a cheerful smile — that is the one advancing the true spirit of humanity. That’s the one that’s you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Why relax when you can hiber nate? Things are happening inside of you — energies rejuvenating, wounds healing, defenses forming for the pur pose of health and vitality. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Those who exist in higher lev els of self-esteem hardly ever give a thought to whether they like themselves or not, because it’s a given. The di rect route to solid self-esteem is through estimable acts. LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). Your project stalls. It’s not your fault; it’s just the universe giving you a chance to pause and reassess your current trajectory. You have so many talents. Which ones are being honed now? SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). People trust you. You’ll be privy to plenty of information, some of which you don’t even want to know! Still, you can take this to heart: People trust you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22- Dec. 21). You’ve excellent taste and will choose good people to hang out with going forward. As for the past, someone who burned you before will do the same again if you don’t protect yourself. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You can’t control the weather, but you can control what you wear to face it. That’s what you’re doing now — an ticipating the emotional heat, mildness, storm or whatever is in store and suiting up ap propriately. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You’re generous. You’ll give and keep giving until you know that what you have isn’t a good match, and then you’ll refer and recommend, which is also, by the way, a gift. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Fear makes hair stand on end. This is how, in primitive times, when humans were furry, fear made humans ap pear bigger to predators. Today, you’ll find other ways to appear big.
