Aug 23

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 34 Day  235  Ave. Sky Cover 60%\ Visibility  24mi. Flagstaff Today  79° \ 53° 
Wind  10mph \ Gusts  16mph  Nearest active fire: 14miles Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest Lightning:  4mi
Air Quality: Fair           Moisture Days this month: 8 days Mostly cloudy 
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link
18-24
Minority Enterprise Development Week
20-26
Brake Safety Week Link
World Water Week Link
World Princess Week Link 
21-25
21-25
National Safe at Home Week
21-27
National Composites Week Link

Daily Observations

Black Ribbon Day Link
Cuban Sandwich Day 
Link
Day For The Remembrance of The Slave Trade & Its Abolition
Find Your Inner Nerd Day 
Link

The Festival of Vulcan  Ride

The Wind Day Link (Hang Gliding)
Ride Like the Wind Day
Sponge cake Day
Valentino Day

Today’s Thoughts

Cloudy, expecting rain later.

I’m not expecting a lot of rain today, but every little bit helps.

Georgia put a $200,000 bond on Trump. I’m sure his supporters will fund that.

Hilary brought flash flooding to Death Valley, CA. Even the weather people were surprised.

Six students and 2 adults were rescued from a dangling cable car, stuck about 900’ above the ground. They were on there way to school in the Pakistan mountains.

Enjoy


 

Unique National Treasures for the US …

Known as the King of Pop Culture, Doug is not your average pooch. He’s a New York Times best-selling author (with “momager” Leslie Mosier) and social media star whose millions of adoring fans follow his pizza-eating, world-traveling adventures on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. When he’s not chowing down, Doug makes appearances on the Today show, Billboard’s Hot 100 Festival and the CMT Music Awards. And Doug leaves celebs starstruck too—he’s taken selfies with everyone from Justin Bieber to the cast of The Big Bang Theory—but he still loves a good nap more than anything.

Random Trivia…

The ancient Romans often used stale urine as mouthwash. The main ingredient in urine is ammonia which acts as a powerful cleaning agent. Urine became so in demand that Romans who traded in it actually had to pay a tax!

Historic Events

  • 79 – Mount Vesuvius the volcano erupted and buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii under a thick carpet of volcanic ash.
  • 1991 – The World Wide Web was available to the public.
  • 2006 – Pluto was demoted from full planet status to “dwarf planet”.
  • Birthdays with some quotes

92 – Barbara Eden, American actress
@83 – Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)
” The way I look at a musical, you are commenting on the human condition no matter what you do. A musical may be light and frivolous, but by its very nature, it makes some kind of social comment.”
@76 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist, Nancy comic strip (d. 1982; Parkinson’s)
74 – Shelley Long, American actress
74 – Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter and actor
” I don’t know any musician, successful or otherwise, that got in it to make money. Or a writer, for that matter. You get into it because you love it.”
@68 – Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams, American singer-songwriter (d. 1985; cancer)
53 – Jay Mohr, American actor, and screenwriter
” People are more interested in someone who goes on stage and tells the truth 47 – Scott Caan, American actor
33 – Seth Curry, NBA star
@23 – River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993; OD)
@32 – Keith Moon, English drummer, The Who (d. 1978; OD)
@41 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (d. 2020; plane crash)
“I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.” 

…The End for today…

 

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