April 2023
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 16 Day 108 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 25 miles Flagstaff Today 68° \32° Wind
10mph \ Gusts 18mph
Air Quality: Fair \ High Risk of fire
\ Nearest active fire 212mi \ Nearest Lightning 538mi
Apr. Averages for Flagstaff: 60° \ 27° \3
Days of moisture
Today’s
Quote
Weekly
Observations
3/22-4/20 Consider Christianity Week
International Phace
Syndrome Awareness Week
National Cleaning Week
15-22 International Dark Sky Week
15-21 Money Smart Week
National Volunteer Week
16-22 Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness
Week
Chemists Celebrate Earth Week
National Paperboard Packaging Week
National
Pet ID Week
Numismatic Week (National Coin Week)
16-23 Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
17-21 Undergraduate
Research Week
National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week
18-24 Cleaning
For A Reason Week
Consumer
Awareness Week
Police
Officers Gave Their Lives In The Line of Duty
Daily Observations
Adult Autism Day
Animal Cracker Day
Columnist Day
Income Tax Pay Day
International Amateur Radio Day
International Day for Monuments and Sites Link
Nabisco Animal Cracker Day Link
National Columnists' Day Link
National Lineman Appreciation Day
National Lineman Appreciation Day Link
Pet Owners Independence Day Link
Pinata Day
Pinata Day Link
Velociraptor Awareness Day
World Amateur Radio Day Link
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Another
nice spring day.
The
HOA crew was busy this morning clearing out all the pine needles. The parking
lot no longer looks like pine-covered forest ground.
AI
was investigated on 60 Minutes last night. The newest AI is BARD from
Google. It is different because it doesn’t search the internet for its answers.
BARD is full of ‘hallucinations’ that delivers a response that is totally incorrect.
The more I see about AI the more there needs to be a disclaimer on everything
it produces. There is more than enough false or incorrect information out there
without AI adding its 2-cents worth.
Another
mass shooting kills 4 and injures 20 at a sweet-sixteen birthday party. So sad.
Just
so we don’t forget it is spring, a wind advisory has been issued for most of Northern
AZ for tomorrow…up to 35mph wind with up to 50mph gusts.
Enjoy…
Geography…
The Statue
of Liberty Isn’t Technically in New York
The Statue
of Liberty has become a symbol of New York City since its erection in 1875.
But the
colossal sculpture is part of New York only because the Supreme Court deemed it
so in 1987. Geographically, however, it is located on the New Jersey side of
the state line and is even listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic
Places.
Moon Facts…
Plants can grow in lunar soil…
Scientists have been experimenting with
soil samples brought back to Earth decades ago by the Apollo astronauts and
have discovered that the lunar surface material, also called regolith, is
capable of sustaining plant life. It’s an exciting discovery for the future of
space exploration, which could allow astronauts to grow their own food in
space.
State
Names Origins…
Alabama
The state of Alabama owes its modern name
to Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto, whose 16th-century expedition brought him
to the region. There he encountered Native American inhabitants known to De
Soto as the Alabamans, who would become the namesake for both the river and the
state. The word itself roughly translates to “vegetation gatherers” in the
Choctaw language, as Alabama is a combination of the words “alba” meaning
vegetation, and “amo” meaning a picker or gatherer. Given Alabama’s lush vegetation
— thanks in no small part to its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and other
major rivers — it’s no surprise that the name refers to the state’s incredible
natural beauty.
Historical
Events
v 1906 – The San Francisco Earthquake
killed nearly 4,000 people.
v 1925 – The International Amateur Radio
Union formed in Paris.
v 1946 – The International Court of Justice
held its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
v 1955 – Indonesia’s President Sukarno
first used the term “third world” at the Bandung conference.
Birthdays
Today
