Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 19 Day: 124 \ Ave. sky cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 69° \32°
Wind: 12mph \ Gusts: 20mph
Extreme risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 12mi \ nearest
Lightning: 935mi
May Averages for Flagstaff: 68° \ 34° (3 days of moisture)x
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Monthly Observations
Huntington's
Disease Awareness Month
International Audit Month Link
International Business Image Improvement Month
International Civility Awareness Month
International Mediterranean Diet Month
International Victorious Woman Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Latino Books Month
Lupus Awareness Month Link
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month
Mental Health Month
Military Appreciation Month Link
Motorcycle Safety Month
Mystery Month
Weekly Observations
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Daily Observations
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Some say
that May brings flowers, here in Flag we know May brings many very windy days.
The Antelope
fire, about 14 miles N of Flagstaff burned about 375 acres of brush. Air crews
and several fire crews stopped it. It is now in the mop up stage.
I’ve known
about recycling since my late teens. I try to recycle. Now there is a report
that the oil companies have pushed recycling plastic to stop pollution.
However, California’s AG is investigating that oil companies knew that most
plastic is not recyclable, and that they knew only 10% is ever recycled, and
that oil companies only make money with plastics when it is new plastic. Most
of that 10% can only be recycled twice at the most. The outcome of this investigation
should be eye-opening.
Headlines
today are the leaked Supreme Court preliminary decision on Abortion in the US.
While I am disappointed with the substance of the document, the more important
information is to find out who leaked the document and ensure that those
involved are punished to the full extent of the law. As the Supreme Court is
the highest court in the land and citizens must trust its integrity at every
step, a breach of this magnitude must be investigated and prosecuted in a
professional manner. This is not a case of whistle blowing. It is a case of
theft. Some are saying it was the far left, hoping to get out the vote in the
upcoming elections, others are saying it was the far right, hoping to put fuel
distrust of the Supreme Court. Whoever it was, I hope the full story comes out quickly.
Favorite Memes
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Myths that are not true
Vitamin C will fight off the common cold
Vitamin C is
important for healthy immune function but there is no evidence to show that it
can actually prevent or treat colds.
If you swallow your gum, it will take
seven years to digest
Gum passes
through the digestive tract just like anything else. While there are no
nutrients to be absorbed, it will definitely not get stuck anywhere along the
way.
You need less sleep as you get older
Developing
children do need more sleep than adults, however, after reaching adulthood, the
amount of sleep people need does not continue to decrease as they age.
State Trivia
Alabama: there's a store that sells
unclaimed baggage
It's hard to
pick just one fact for Alabama (for example, did you know Mardi Gras actually
originated in Mobile, or that Sweet Home, Alabama is a real place), however,
the Unclaimed Baggage Center (UBC) in Scottboro is just too unique not to
mention. It's the nation's only retailer of lost luggage. After a 90-day
search, the lost bags legally belong to the airline – this is when UBC swoops
in and buys them to then sell in their 40,000-square-foot (3,716sqm) warehouse.
Some of the weirdest items ever found by UBC include a camera from the Space Shuttle,
an Egyptian burial mask and a live rattlesnake.
Alaska: vegetables grow extra-large here
Multiple
Guinness World Record-setting vegetables have all been grown in Alaska, from a
138-pound (62.6kg) cabbage and a 65-pound (29.5kg) cantaloupe to a 35-pound
(15.9kg) broccoli and an enormous 2,051-pound (930kg) pumpkin (pictured at the
Alaska State Fair). So how come veg grow so large here? The answer is quite
simple, and it lies in its northerly location. Thanks to its position on the
planet, the Alaskan summers get as much as 20 hours of sunlight a day, giving
the plants the fuel they need to grow.
Historical Events
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May 4 is
Star Wars Day. “May the Fourth be with you.”
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May 4
Birthday (fictional) Alice, In Wonderland
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1626 – Dutch
explorer Peter Minuit (~1594-1638), director-general of New Netherlands, bought
Manhattan Island for 60 guilders (about $$1,143 in 2020 dollars) worth of cloth
and buttons.
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1776 – Rhode
Island was the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
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1886 – A
labor protest in Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois resulted in 100 wounded
and 8 police officers killed.
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1927 – The
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was incorporated.
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1953 –
Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
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1959 – The
1st Annual Grammy Awards were held.
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1970 –
Jeffrey Glenn Miller, Allison B. Krause, William Knox Schroeder, and Sandra Lee
Scheuer were killed by National Guard troops at Ohio’s Kent State campus.
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1972 – The
Don’t Make A Wave Committee, an environmental organization founded in Canada in
1971, officially changes its name to the Greenpeace Foundation.
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1989 – The
space probe Magellan was carried in the cargo bay Space Shuttle Atlantis and
released to travel around the planet, Venus.
Birthdays Today
72
– Mick Mars, GUITARIST [Motley Crue]
@63 – Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-British
actress and humanitarian (d. 1993; cancer)
63
– Randy Travis, American singer-songwriter
52
– Will Arnett, Canadian comedic actor
50
– Mike Dirnt, BASSIST [Green Day]
44
– Erin Andrews, American sportscaster, journalist
@16 – Greyfriars Bobby, faithful dog (d.
1872)
