2023
Flagstaff
Almanac
Week 33 Day 230 Ave. Sky
Cover 70%\ Visibility 22mi.
Flagstaff
Today 78°
\ 53°
Wind 4mph \
Gusts 8mph Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk
of fire: Extreme
Nearest Lightning:
6mi
Air Quality: Moderate Moisture Days this month: 6 days Sunshine
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
13-19
Feeding Pets of
the Homeless Week: Link Link
National Resurrect Romance Week:
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
14-20
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
14-20
US Amateur Golf
Week
15-19
Numismatic Week
(World's Fair of Money)
16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get
Pulled Over Link
18-24
Minority
Enterprise Development Week
Daily Observations
Bad Poetry Day Link |
National Badge Ribbon Day
|
Today’s Thoughts
Monsoon is staying. The Hurricane on the west
coast is bringing lots of moisture to the desert.
I
had a nice lunch with Andy and Faith. Turns out Mary has a dental appointment
so she and Mike couldn’t make it. Andy and Faith got back this morning after
visiting Andy’s brother in Blanding.
The
people of Maui continue to clean up after the fires. Sadly, Some residents are
being offered low-ball prices for their land by builders. Local government is
telling everyone not to sell.
UNREAL:
Alabama U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, whose only qualifications for public
office were his role as a football coach, just disclosed that he recently
traded $250,000 in stock futures dealing with wheat, soy, corn and cattle.
So
why is this such a big deal?
He
just happens to also sit on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
He
is literally influencing the agricultural futures he is trading on with legislation
he has private information on.
Corruption
at its finest. And he is the guy holding the military hostage.
Enjoy
Statue of Liberty …
Bartholdi
planned for the statue to be covered in gold.
In
order to make the statue visible after dark, Bartholdi proposed that Americans
raise the money to gild her. However, given how daunting and arduous a task it had
been to gather even enough money to place the statue in New York harbor, no one
followed through on paying the enormous cost of covering the massive statue in
gold.
Hoax proved wrong…
The Profumo affair
In 1963, British Secretary of
State for War John Profumo denied having a sexual relationship with would-be
model Christine Keeler in what became known as the "Profumo
affair." Keeler was also involved
with Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché. Profumo later admitted the
liaison and resigned from the government and from Parliament.
Random Trivia…
Vladimir Pravik was one of the first firefighters to reach the
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26th, 1986. The
radiation was so strong that it changed his eye color from brown to blue. Like
the majority of the first responders to the radioactive disaster, Vladimir died
15 days later from severe radiation poisoning.
Historic Events
- 1872 –
The first mail-order catalogs were published by Montgomery Ward. In 2000,
the retail outlet was closed.
- 1920 –
The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution granted women the
right to vote.
- 1960 “The Pill” – birth control went on sale.
Birthdays with some
quotes
96
– Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981
@91 – Max Factor, Jr. (Francis Factor), American businessman (d. 1996)
@85 – Shelley Winters (Shirley Schrift), American actress (d. 2006)
@71 – Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall
Field’s (d. 1906; pneumonia)
@38 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d.
1972; plane crash)
” If you have a chance to accomplish
something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you
don’t do that, you are wasting your time on this Earth.”
86
– Robert Redford, actor
80
– Martin Mull, American actor, and comedian
” Like a guide dog, paintings help you see.”
71
– Elayne Boosler, American comedic actress
65
– Madeleine Stowe, American actress
61
– Bob Woodruff, American journalist, and author
@57 – Patrick Swayze, American actor, and dancer (d. 2009; pancreatic
cancer)
54
– Edward Norton, American actor
45
– Andy Samberg, American actor, and comedian
@35 – Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer (d. 1809; suicide?/murder)
“As I have always held it a crime to
anticipate evils, I will believe it a good comfortable road until I am
compelled to believe differently.”
30
– Maia Mitchell, Australian actress
@? – Virginia Dare, first child born to English parents in
the Americas (d. before age 3)
…The End for today…
