Sept 9

 

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 36 Day 252 Ave. Sky Cover 50%\ Visibility  17mi. Flagstaff Today  85° \ 49° 
Wind  4mph \ Gusts  10mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Extreme 
Nearest Lightning: 29mi
Air Quality: Fair         Moisture sthis month: 3 days Partly Cloudy
September Averages: Temps: 74° \ 42° Moisture 5 Days  26 Sunny Days

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

National Suicide Prevention Month  Link National Taco Month  Link National Translators Month Link National Wilderness Month One-on-One Month Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Link

Pain Awareness Month  Link Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month Link Pet Health Insurance Month  Link Pleasure Your Mate Month Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Awareness Month  Link

Weekly Observations

3-9 National Waffle Week 4-10 Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week International Air Ambulance Week International Air Ambulance Week International Air Ambulance Week  Link 5-9 Play Days 7-9 Popcorn Days Link  8-10 National Days of Prayer & Remembrance

9-10 Mushroom Days Link Direct Support Professional Recognition Week Link International Housekeepers Week Link National Assisted Living Week National Chef Appreciation Week Link  National Security Officer Appreciation Week National Truck Driver Appreciation Week National Security Officer Appreciation Week National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Suicide Prevention Week

Daily Observations

Care Bears Share Your Care Day  Link Farmers' Consumer Awareness Day    Link Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Day Link Internat’l Box Wine Day Link Internat’l Buy A Priest A Beer Day Link Internat’l Drive Your Studebaker Day Internat’l Day To Protect Education From Attack National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children Link

National Hollerin' Day Link      National Teddy Bear Day  Link  Opposite Day Link  Prairie Day   Teddy Bear Day Wiener Schnitzel Day Wonderful Weirdoes Day  Link

Today’s Thoughts

Partly cloudy but no moisture in the forecast. As I was writing this, my alerted that there would be rain in the next 30 minutes. I’ll see.

NYC has been complaining about the immigrants Texas and others are sending to their city.

Yesterday was another plea for help. School started in NYC Tuesday, and they have been inundated with those immigrant’s children enrolling in their schools. This means class sizes keep growing, they need more teachers, they need more space and most of the new immigrants have no English, meaning more ESL classes, certified ESL teachers… I remember when all the SE Asian refugee students came to the US as the war ended. California had to offer huge a bonus for anyone who could teach ESL.

Francis Short Pond is an environmental space with a large pond that is thriving with plants, waterfowl, and fish. During our major fires in the last few years, over 5,000 cubic yards of ash and debris found its way, during the floods that followed the fire. (That amount is about 1 million gallons.) That led to dying fish, waterfowl, and water plants. The city drained the pond to clean it up. They are still working on the cleanup; this is just an update. Lots of work for sure.

Enjoy

Unique National Treasures for the US …

Humans of New York

When photographer Brandon Stanton launched his Humans of New York blog in 2010, his goal was to capture and catalog the lives of 10,000 Big Apple residents. Since then, the 33-year-old Marietta, Georgia, native has reinvigorated our American love of storytelling by sharing thousands of people’s stories, both stateside and abroad, with his more than 18 million Facebook followers. And Stanton is an artist with a cause: He’s helped raise $3.8 million for pediatric cancer research and $318,530 to support victims of 2012’s Hurricane Sandy.

Random Trivia…

The sound made by the Krakatoa volcanic eruption in 1883 was so loud it ruptured the eardrums of people 40 miles away, traveled around the world four times, and was clearly heard 3,000 miles away. That's like standing in New York and hearing a sound from San Francisco.

The South African railway once employed a baboon. In his eight years of service, he never made a single mistake.

Historic Events

• 1888 – The body of Jack the Ripper’s second murder victim, Annie Chapman, was found in London.
• 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance was first recited.
• 1995 – PlayStation released, Video Game Console
• Sega Dreamcast released, Video Game Console
• is the most popular birthdate in the United States.

Birthdays with some quotes

@90 – Colonel ‘Harland’ Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC ( d. 1980)
“One has to remember that every failure can be a steppingstone to something better.”
@88 – Cliff Robertson, American actor ( d. 2011)
@85 – Neil Hamilton, American stage, film television actor (Comm.Gordon on Batman) ( d. 1984)
@84 – Inez Foxx, American singer ( d. 2022)
@82 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author, and playwright ( d. 1910)
“A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.”
78 – Dee Dee Sharp, American singer
@77 – Jimmy ‘the Greek’ Snyder (Dimetrios Georgios Synodinos), American sportscaster ( d. 1996; heart attack)
71 – Angela Cartwright, English-born American actress
“As I got older, I never considered that tons of people were watching me on television every week. I give a nod to my parents for keeping me as normal as I could be in an un-normal adult world.”
63 – Hugh Grant, English actor
“Teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know nothing. I didn’t realize that before.”
60 – Chris Coons, American politician
57 – Adam Sandler, American actor, and screenwriter
47 – Michael Bublé, Canadian singer-songwriter
“As I’ve gotten older and the world has gotten far more complicated?”
32 – Hunter Hayes, American singer-songwriter

…The End for today…