May 5

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May 5, 2020 Week: 19 Day: 126

86004: H75 ° \ L 38° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind: 6mph\Gusts: 11mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 588mi.; Nearest active fire: 131mi.

Record High: 86°[1947] Record Low: 18°[1950]

May Averages: 68°\34° (3 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

— Helen Keller

Random Tidbits

Deadliest Animals

Snakes: 50,000 deaths per year. The number of snake deaths may be higher because rural areas may not have adequate documentation.

Humans: 475,000 deaths per year. Over a 75-year lifespan, a person has a 1 in 200 chance of being murdered in America.

Have a smile

A friend sent these to me

I have a pen that can write underwater....

.... it can write other words too..

Observations This Month

National Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month Link
National Barbeque Month
National Better Hearing Month Link
National Bike Month Link
National Chamber Music Month Link
National Egg Month Link  Link
National Electrical Safety Month  Link
National Foster Care Month Link
National Good Car Keeping Month
National Hamburger Month  Link  Link
National Hepatitis Awareness Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month Link
National Inventors Month Link
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month (aka NF Month) Link
(World) Lyme Disease Awareness Month Link

Observations This Week

Ramadan: 23-5/23

Choose Privacy Week: 1-7 Link
Be Kind To Animals Week: 3-9
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week: 3-9 Link 
Drinking Water Week: 3-9 Link 
Flexible Work Arrangement Week: 3-9
Goodwill Industries Week: 3-9 
Hurricane Preparedness Week: 3-9 Link
International Clitoris Awareness Week: 3-9
National Alcohol & Drug Related Birth Defects Awareness Week: 3-9
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week: 3-9
National Correctional Officer's Week:3-9
National Family Week: 3-9
National Hug Holiday Week: 3-9
National Raisin Week: 3-9 Link
National Root Canal Appreciation Week: 3-9  Link
National Tourism Week: 3-9 Link  
North American Occupational Safety & Health Week: 3-9 Link
Public Service Recognition Week: 3-9 Link
National Pet Week: 3-9 Link 
National Small Business Week: 3-9 Link
Update Your References Week: 3-9 
(World) Dystonia Awareness Week: 3-11 Link
Air Quality Awareness Week: 4-8  Link 
Children's Book Week: 4-10 
Economic Development Week: 4-9  Link
International Coaching Week: 4-10  Link
National Safety Stand Down Week (Constuction Falls): 4-8 Link Cancelled due to COVID-19
National Sun Safety Week: 4-10 Link
National WildflowerWeek: 4-10 
Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week: 4-10 Link
PTA Teacher Appreciation Week: 4-8 
Screen-Free Week (Digital Detox Week): 4-10 Link Teacher Appreciation Week: 4-8 Link 

Observations for Today

Cartoonists Day
Childhood Depression Awareness Day
Childhood Stroke Awareness Day Link
Cinco de Mayo Link
Foster Care Day Link  
International Day of The Midwife Link
International Roller Derby Day
National Astronaut Day Link
National Enchilada Day

National Hoagie Day

National Teacher DayOyster Day

Revenge of the Fifth (Star Wars Sith) Link
Silence The Shame Day Link
Totally Chipotle DayWorld Asthma Day Link 

My Rambling Thoughts

Cinco de Mayo during pandemic is very strange, to say the least. All Cinco de Mayo events in AZ have been canceled. I'm sure it's the same everywhere.

I'm confused again. The Senate of the US is back in session, the House is not. Trump offered screening tests to Congress. In a joint statement, Pelosi and McConnell said to send the tests to front line workers. I have to wonder how serious our Congress is taking this pandemic. Do they believe elected officials are immune? Do they know something about this contagion they are not telling us? Every day it just gets stranger.

The mayor of Page, AZ is in some hot water. Page is a border town. Lots of Navajo live in Page. Lots more spend money in Page. That has decreased since the Power Plant and the coal train closed a few months back. Navajo Nation has a tourist area at Antelope Point Recreation Area...boat ramp, fishing, hotel, dining, and boat tours. It brings many tourists to the area, including Page. So the Mayor sent a letter to Navajo Nation President Nez, asking him to reopen Antelope Point area. The President replied that the Navajo Nation was following CDC guidelines, and would not reopen until it met those guidelines. The mayor then went on Facebook and posted “I wish he would battle alcoholism as hard as Covid-19.“ This did not sit well with Navajo residents of Page or the Navajo Nation. Time will tell if he keeps his office after this debacle.

A few weeks ago I got an email from a friend inviting me join a Stanford School of Medicine National Daily survey on Covid-19. I put in my age, zip code, and email address. Now every day I get an email with two questions: How are you feeling...worse, same, better as yesterday. Do you have any symptoms? I've been doing it everyday and it actually makes me feel good. Being able to say I am the same as yesterday and have no symptoms must be sending endorphins to my brain. It makes me realize I am doing good during this pandemic.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What can fly without wings and cry without eyes?

Historical Events

1809 - Mary Kies became the first woman awarded a US patent (#X01043) , for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.

1821 - Corsica-born Napoleon Bonaparte died as a British prisoner on the remote island of Saint Helena in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

1847 - The American Medical Association (AMA) met for the first time in the Hall of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1862 - General Ignacio Zaragoza defeated a French army led by General Charles Latrille de Lorencez that was attempting to capture Puebla de Los Angeles, a small town in east-central Mexico. This was the initial Cinco de Mayo cause for celebration.

1891 - The Music Hall in New York City (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Pyotr Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.

1904 - Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans threw the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball. They named an award after him.

1933 - The discovery of radio waves from the center of the Milky Way galaxy was announced by Karl Jansky.

1936 - The patent (#2,039,345) was issued for the first bottle with a screw cap and a pour lip to Edward A. Ravenscroft, Glencoe, Illinois

1961 - Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, the first American astronaut to travel into space.

1965 - The Warlocks, later known as The Grateful Dead, made their first public appearance at Magoo's Pizza located at 639 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, California.

1994 - American teenager Michael P. Fay was caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism

2002 - Spider-Man was released and became the fastest movie ever to earn more than $100 million at the box office, raking in $114.8 million that weekend.

2002 Jacques Chirac wins the French Presidential election for a second term defeating Jean-Marie Le Pen leader of the far-right National Front

2005 Tony Blair's Labor Party is re-elected for a third consecutive term in UK general election

2017 Anna Wintour, the editor of US Vogue, is made a dame by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace

2019 King Vajiralongkorn is crowned King of Thailand, first monarch to be crowned in nearly seven decades during a three-day celebration in Bangkok

Birthdays Today

@88-Actor, Ann B. Davis (d. 2014)

@64-Philosopher, Karl Marx,  (d. 1883; pleurisy)

@55-County singer, Tammy Wynette (d. 1998; blood clot)

@44-Actor, Tyrone Power (d. 1958; heart attack)

31- Singer, Chris Brown (1989)

Puzzle Answer:

A cloud