Apr 25

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 18 Day: 115  Ave. sky cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 55° \22°  Wind: 11mph \ Gusts: 12mph
High risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 11mi \ nearest Lightning: 628mi
Apr Averages for Flagstaff: 59° \ 28°  (3 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

3- 5/1
Ramadan

21-5/2
Festival of Ridvan: Baha'i community

22-30  
 International Dark Sky Week Link 

23-30 
International Wildlife Film Week Link

24-30 
Administrative Professionals Week
National Dance Week  Link 
National Infertility Awareness Week Link
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week  Link
National Crime Victims Rights Week Link
National Pediatric Transplant Week 
National Scoop The Poop Week
Sky Awareness Week                                                                         
World Immunization Week
Fibroid Awareness Week  
National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) Link

24-5/1 
Preservation Week Link (re: Libraries)
Stewardship Week  

25-29 
National Playground Safety Week Link
National Youth Violence Prevention Week Link

 

Daily Observations

\My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

The Tunnel Fire is over 21,000 acres, still at 3% containment, but the good news is many evacuated area can be re-entered with proper credentials and US Highway 89 is opening again. This is good news. A lady has run a horse rescue since 2011. She safely evacuated all 21 horses and other small animals. The horses and chickens are very traumatized. Sadly, all her hay [enough for 3 months] and all her buildings were destroyed by the fire. The USPS, FedEx, and UPS have been holding mail for the evacuated residents. It can be picked up starting Monday.

The nonprofit America Waterways has designated the Colorado River as the most endangered waterway in the US. The designation came due to the drought, climate change, outdated river management and over allocation of the river’s water. This is very disappointing for sure. 

Favorite Memes

 


 

 

 

A bit of Humor

  • Knock, knock----Who's There?----Needle----Needle who?
                        Needle little help right now!
  • I wanted to take pictures of the fog this morning, but I mist my chance. I guess I could dew it tomorrow!
  • The hospital you were born in is the only building you leave without entering.

Country Names

Portugal

·        The country's name is derived from the Latin phrase for "warm port," which referred to the city of Porto, specifically how its harbor was never frozen over.

Sweden

·        Sweden means "Land of the Svear." The Svear were a Germanic people who lived around Lake Mälaren.

Historical Events

Ø  1644 – The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming Dynasty China, committed suicide during a peasant rebellion.

Ø  1792 – Highwayman (thief) Nicolas J. Pelletier became the first person executed by guillotine in Paris, France.

Ø  1792 – La Marseillaise (the French national anthem) was composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.

Ø  1859 – Ground was broken for opened the Suez Canal by British and French engineers. The 100-mile canal between the Mediterranean and the Red Seas opened ten years later, on November 17, 1869.

Ø  1901 – New York required the first license plates.

Ø  1944 – The United Negro College Fund was incorporated.

Ø  1953 – Francis Crick and James D. Watson published Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid describing the double helix structure of DNA.

Ø  1954 – The first practical solar cell was demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Ø  1961 – The integrated circuit was Patented (#2,981,877) by Robert Noyce.

Ø  1990 – The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed.

Birthdays Today

81 – Al Pacino, American actor

78 – Len Goodman, TV show host

76 – Talia Shire, American actress

75 – Jeffrey DeMunn, American character actor

@79 – Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996)

@63 – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor; wireless telegraph (d. 1937; heart attacks)

@57 – Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (d. 1965; lung cancer)

@59 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of Great Britain (d. 1658; malaria)

58 – Hank Azaria, American actor and voice artist

53 – Joe Buck, American sportscaster

53 – Renée Zellweger, American actress

51 – Jason Lee, American actor

 

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