Big change in the weather over the past few hours … Yesterday’s high temp … 82 degrees, cloudy skies and about 2/10ths of an inch of rain … Low temp around midnight … 70 degrees…
Today (Tuesday), a 30% chance of precipitation, mainly after 3 p.m. Partly sunny with a high near 90. Tonight, a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms … Low temp near 73.
Wednesday, a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. … Mostly sunny with a high near 94 with a heat index as high as 107 … 20% chance of precipitation.
A similar weather pattern thru next Monday…
NC Governor Roy Cooper, often mentioned as a possible US VP candidate, announced he is withdrawing from the field … His 8 year term as NC Governor ends in a few months … No announcement about any future plans … His home is in the Rocky Mount area…
The NC Pork Producers Council reported recently that NC pork producers added about $1.22 billion to the GDP last year … North Carolina was also the third-highest producer of hogs in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. Iowa is #1, #2 is Minnesota. Pork production in the Tar Heel state employed over 13,000 and made a record $111 billion economic impact in NC, up from over $102 billion the year before … according to a report produced by NC State University. Pork production in the state is concentrated in eastern NC with Duplin, Sampson and Bladen counties leading the way … Smells like cash…
There are about 592 U.S. athletes competing in the Olympics in Paris … Charlotte is one of 10 “hometown cities” sending at least five athletes to compete … Fayetteville and Hope Mills have one each participating…
Oh yes … A home in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, once owned by Burt Reynolds, sold recently for $2.9 million … Story is, Reynolds fell in love with the area while filming “Deliverance.”
“In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.” Fran Lebowitz
“I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.” Fred Allen
“Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.” P.J. O’Rourke
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