Apr 17


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Apr. 17, 2020 Week: 16 Day: 108
86004: H 63° \ L 29° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind: 7mph\Gusts: 16mph Visibility: 10 mi
Nearest lightning: 316mi.; Nearest active fire: 407mi.

Record High: 77°[1946] Record Low: 15°[2009]
Apr. Averages: 60°\27° (3 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

Think what a better world it would be if we all,
the whole world, had cookies and milk
about three o’clock every afternoon
and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.”
~ Barbara Jordan

Random Tidbits

Unlike a fish, which moves its tail from side to side, a dolphin swims by moving its tail (made up of flukes) up and down. And a dolphin carries more oxygen in its blood than a fish and can swim longer than a fish...hence, dolphins are better adapted to the sea than are any fish.
The smallest dolphin is the Hector or Maui Dolphin, of which only 150 are left today.

The narwhal whale has a large ivory tusk (like a unicorn) which is often poached. The only remaining populations are in the Greenland Sea and Baffin Bay.

Observations This Week

Week of The Young Child: 11-17 Link
Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week: 12-18 Link 
National Dog Bite Prevention Week:12-18 Link 
National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week: 12-18 
National Student Employment Week: 12-18 Link
Orthodox Holy Week: 12-18
Pan American Week: 12-18 

World Hula Week: 12-18 
National Occupational Health Nursing Week: 13-17 Link
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week: 13-19 Link
Global Youth Service Days: 17-19 

National Dance Week: 17-26 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19.

Observations for Today

Bat Appreciation Day  (Emerge from Hibernation)
Blah, Blah, Blah Day
Ellis Island Family History Day
Ford Mustang Day
Haiku Poetry Day
Herbalist Day
International Haiku Poetry Day  Link
Malbec World Day
  Link
National Cheeseball Day
National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day  Link 
National Crawfish Day  Link
National Donate Life (Blue and Green) Day 
Nothing Like A Dame Day
Pet Owners Independence Day
World Hemophilia Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Got ready early. Arrived at the grocery store at 6am, got my fresh fruits, milk, bread, veggies. Home by 7a. I didn't really 'shop' as I had my list, knew where everything was. Headed to what I needed, grabbed what I needed, and moved on. Not a lot of shoppers, but every aisle had one other person. FYI: It is harder to move quickly wearing gloves and a face mask.

It's been over a month since I had 'shopped'...like walking slowly down an aisle, looking for new items and sale items. My current way of getting what I need is much less expensive than 'shopping'...and much more boring.

I just don't get the people who are protesting by blocking roads, especially to hospitals to show their dissatisfaction of the current stay-at-home orders. I also don't get the flat earthers.

Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page

What number comes next in the following sequence? 2 4 8 10 20 _


Historical Events

1397 - Geoffrey Chaucer told The Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II.

1815 (Volcano) Tambora volcano in Indonesia killed almost 100,000 people.

1861 - The first oil well fire occurred at the Little and Merrick well at Oil Creek, near Rouseville, Pennsylvania, killing 19 people.

1897 - A UFO supposedly crashed into a farm owned by J.S. Proctor in Aurora, Texas.

1906 - San Francisco was hit by a disastrous earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.8.

1907 - The Ellis Island immigration center in New York processed 11,747 people, more than on any other day.

1960 - Singer Eddie Cochran died, and Gene Vincent was injured in a UK car accident.

1961 - The unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion began.

1964 - Geraldine 'Jerrie' Mock landed in Columbus, Ohio, becoming the first woman to complete a solo airplane flight around the world.

1964 - The Ford Mustang as introduced to the North American market.

1969 Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating US Senator Robert F. Kennedy
1979 - The worst attended MLB game occurred in Oakland on 4/17/1979 - Only 250 people showed up.

2001 A letter between Gale Norton and Jeb Bush is released, stating that the Bush administration has decided to go ahead with plans to auction 6 million acres of potentially oil-and-gas-rich seabed in the Gulf of Mexico
2009 Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark becomes the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the first woman to lead the organization
2011 - Game of Thrones premiered on HBO

2012 The 8th century St. Cuthbert Gospel, Europe's oldest intact book, is purchased by the British Library for 9 million pounds
2014 - NASA's Kepler confirmed the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

Birthdays Today

83-Animated character, Daffy Duck (1937)

@75-American banker/CEO, J.P. Morgan (d. 1913)

@68-Newscaster, Harry Reasoner (d. 1991; blood clot)

61-Actor, Sean Bean (1959)

48-Actress, Jennifer Garner (1972)

46-Musician, Victoria Beckham (1974)

Puzzle Answer:

22 (the sequence alternates +2, x2)



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