15 May

 

15 May 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 20 Day 135

Ave. Sky Cover 40%\ Visibility  24miles

Flagstaff Today  73° \ 37° 

Wind  7mph \ Gusts  10mph 

Air Quality: Moderate

High Risk of fire

Nearest active fire: 163miles

May Averages: Flagstaff: 68° \ 34°

May Average: 3 Days of moisture

Nearest Lightning:  7mi Cloudy

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

10-16 

Universal Family Week

12-21

National Public Gardens Week  Link

14-20

National Eosinophil Awareness Week   Link 
National Nursing Home Week  
National Return To Work Week  
National Transportation Week
National Women's Health Week  
Reading is Fundamental Week   
Link 
Salute to Moms 40+ Week  
Work At Home Moms Week  
World Trade Week 

15-19 

Hoarding Awareness Week Link

15-21 

American Craft Beer Week Link 
International Heritage Breeds Week

National Bike to Work Week 
Link  
PGA Championship  
Link
Police Week

Daily Observations

Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
CSCMP's Supply Chain Professionals Day
Day of Families

Hoarding Awareness Day 
Link 
Hyperemisis Gravidarum Awareness Day
International Day of Families
International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day 
Link
International MPS Awareness Day  
Link
Nakba Day

National Chocolate Chip Day Link

National Slider Day  (Food)
Nylon Stockings Day
National Tuberous Sclerosis Day  
Link
Over the Rainbow Day

Peace Officer Memorial Day 
Link  Link
Pizza Party Day
 

Straw Hat Day  Link
Supply Chain Professional Day 
World Orthodontic Health Day 
Link

Today’s Thoughts

Cloudy and hoping for the first monsoon of the season.  Weather guy says there’s a good chance for rain.

My brother and his wife posted some pictures of their recent huge rain and windstorm. Everybody and the dogs survived it. There was a big mess of green branches around the property. One of the 6’ trees by the pool was blown into the pool. The pool had several dozen frogs after the storm…the frogs survived but the tree didn’t. Power at the hacienda and around town was out for about 24 hours. The pictures are at rwf33 on Instagram.

My graduating class has a Facebook site to keep us up-to-date on reunions and other class information on members. It has been up for years. Recently it has been inundated with advertisements to buy T-Shirts and other paraphernalia. It is always by non-classmates which takes you to various websites to buy junk. The company has ‘borrowed’ pics from the website to entice us, while the stuff has no pictures, just Class of ’67 on a generic background. It is very annoying.

Enjoy

 

Ocean Trivia

Lox is a Salmon fillet of the brined version of the sea critter.

Origins of State Names

Nevada
Nevada’s name actually comes from a mountain range primarily located in nearby California. The Sierra Nevada mountains were named such by Spanish explorers who discovered the area in awe during the 1770s and came upon the snow-covered peaks. Sierra is Spanish for “mountain range,” and nevada means “snowfall.” Nevada wouldn’t be comprehensively explored until the 1820s, at which point the groundwork was laid for the modern gambling and entertainment mecca we know it as today.

Historic Events

  • 1911 – With Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. The United States, the United States Supreme Court declared Standard Oil to be an “unreasonable” monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and ordered the company to be broken up.
  • 1941 – Joe DiMaggio began a 56-game hitting streak.
  • 1970 – President Richard Nixon appointed Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
  • 2008 – California became the second U.S. state (after Massachusetts in 2004) to legalize same-sex marriage

Birthdays with some quotes

93 – Jasper Johns, American painter, sculptor
@89 – Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
“Stay busy and take care of your own business.”– Eddy Arnold
@88 – Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
83 – Lainie Kazan, American actress
“The men may be the head of the house, but the women are the neck and they can turn the head any way they want.”– Lainie Kazan
@77 – Roger Ailes, American broadcaster (d. 2017; hemophilia)
“Truth is whatever people will believe.”– Roger Ailes
@74 – Richard J. Daley, American lawyer, politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976; heart attack)
“Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our society.”– Richard J. Daley
@62 – L. Frank Baum, American novelist (d. 1919; stroke)
“I believe that dreams – daydreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing – are likely to lead to the betterment of the world.”– L. Frank Baum
42 – Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
33 – Stella Maxwell, New Zealand model

 
 

 

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