mAY 21

 

 
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 21 Day: 141 \ Ave. sky cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 74° \38° 
Wind: 15mph \ Gusts: 33mph
Extreme risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ nearest Lightning: 798mi
May Averages for Flagstaff: 68° \ 34°  (3 days of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote

\Weekly Observations

15-21  
EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week Link  
International Heritage Breeds Week
International New Friends, Old Friends Week
National Eosinophil Awareness Week Link  
National Medical Transcription Week Link
National Transportation Week
National Unicycle Week
Police Week
World Trade Week

16-22 
American Craft Beer Week Link 
International Coaching Week  Link
National Bike to Work Week  Link  
National Foul Ball Week
PGA Championship   Link

17-28
Cannes Film Festival

18-22  
Health Information Professionals Week Link

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

The wind has returned.  Red Flag warning and high winds kinda mess up the day. Not exactly unexpected here.  At least there is no snow.

I have no plans for the weekend. I’m guessing the wind will keep me inside.

I just got a call that a friend and Native Artist is in the hospital. He is well-known for his art. He has Covid and then had a heart attack. He is my age. He is now on a respirator. So sad.

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Humor

What do you call a cow with a twitch?

Beef jerky

Trivia

v Nikola Tesla died in January 1943. Tesla is considered America's greatest electrical engineer, credited with inventing radio, and for whom the tesla (unit of magnetic flux density) is named. The impact of his work is felt by everyone, every single day.

v Sometimes known as the father of modern electricity, Nikola Tesla was a Croatian-born immigrant who revolutionized the production and transmission of electricity with his alternating current motor and systems. Up until around 1900 electricity was dominated by Thomas Edison's direct current systems.

v The first hydro-electric power plant in the U.S., installed at Niagara Falls, was designed by Tesla. The current from the hydro-electric power plant was used to power the city of Buffalo, New York. This achievement made the use of alternating current quite famous throughout the world.

Historical Events

Ø  1881 – The American Red Cross was established by Clara Barton in Washington, DC.
Ø  1863 – Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Ø  1917 – The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 caused $5.5 million in damages, destroying some 300, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (a heart attack).
Ø  1955– George B. Hansburg of Walker Valley, N.Y. was issued a patent (#2,793,036) for his invention of an improved pogo stick.
Ø  1972 – Michelangelo’s Pietà in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome was damaged by a mentally disturbed Hungarian, Laszlo Toth.
Ø  2001 – French Taubira law officially recognized the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
Ø  1980 – President Jimmy Carter declared a state of emergency at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York – a toxic dumping site for Hooker Chemicals and Plastics.
Ø 1999- All My Children actress Susan Lucci finally received an Emmy award for her role as Erica Kane. She had been previously nominated a record 18 times with no win.
Ø 2005 – The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opened at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
Ø  2017 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performed their final show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. It was announced 5/22 that they are returning without any animals.

Birthdays Today

@76 – Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor (d. 1993; renal cancer)

71 – Al Franken, American comedic actor, screenwriter, politician

70 – Mr. T [ Laurence Tureaud], actor

42 – Gotye, Belgian-Australian singer-songwriter

@39 – Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter, pianist (d. 1943; pneumonia)

37 – Alison Carroll, English gymnast, model, actress

@24 – Notorious B.I.G. [Christopher George Latore Wallace], rapper (d. 1997, shot)

 

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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.