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Aug.
4, 2019 Week: 32 \ Day: 216
86004: H 83° \ L 56° \ Average Sky
Cover: 50%
Nearest
wildfire: 100mi. Nearest lightning: 6.2mi
Wind: 9mph\Gusts:
9mph
Visibility:
10 mi
Record
High: 91°[1994] Record Low: 35°[1956]
Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 day with rain)
Today’s Quote
If
we open a quarrel between past and present,
we
shall find that we have lost the future.
Winston
Churchill
Random Tidbits
Panama Canal. It
took 34 years to create this 50-mile-long canal across the Isthmus of Panama.
The amount of digging required and the size of its locks helped make it the
most expensive project in American history at that time-and the most deadly:
About 80,000 people died during construction (most from disease).
Channel Tunnel.
Known as the Chunnel, it links France and England. It is 31 mi long, and 23 of
those miles are 150 ft beneath the seabed of the English Channel. High-speed
trains whiz through its side-by-side tubes.
Netherlands North
Sea Protection Works. Because the Netherlands is below sea level, a series of
dams, floodgates, and surge barriers have been built to keep the sea from
flooding the country during storms. The biggest part of the project was a
two-mile-long moveable surge barrier across an estuary finished in 1986. It is
made of 65 concrete piers each weighing 18,000 tons. It has been said that the
project is nearly equal in scale to the Great Wall of China.
Observances This Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month Link
Read-A-Romance Month
Rye Month Link
Tomboy Tools Month Link
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
World Mutt-i-grees Rescue Month Link Link
Read-A-Romance Month
Rye Month Link
Tomboy Tools Month Link
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
World Mutt-i-grees Rescue Month Link Link
Observances This Week
1-4
1-7
International Clown
Week Link
National Cleanse Your Skin Week Link
National Minority Donor Awareness Week
Simplify Your Life Week
World Breastfeeding Week Link
National Cleanse Your Skin Week Link
National Minority Donor Awareness Week
Simplify Your Life Week
World Breastfeeding Week Link
1-9
International Mathematicians
Week
2-4
2-4
2-11
4-7
4-10
Assistance Dog Week Link Link
Exercise With Your Child Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week
National Button Week Link
National Farmers' Market Week Link
National Fraud Awareness Week Link
National Health Center Week Link
National Psychic Week Link Link
Single Working Women's Week Link
Stop on Red Week Link
Exercise With Your Child Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week
National Button Week Link
National Farmers' Market Week Link
National Fraud Awareness Week Link
National Health Center Week Link
National Psychic Week Link Link
Single Working Women's Week Link
Stop on Red Week Link
Observances for Today
American Family Day Link
U.S. Coast Guard Day
U.S. Coast Guard Day
National Chocolate Chip Day Link
National Kids' Day Link
National Psychic Day Link
Raisin Bran Day Link
Single Working Women's Day
National Kids' Day Link
National Psychic Day Link
Raisin Bran Day Link
Single Working Women's Day
Sisters' Day
Social Security Day
Social Security Day
My Rambling Thoughts
The small fire
near the Observatory was put out quickly. There was a lightning/thunder/rainstorm
last night. Thankfully no flooding. Looks like more rain today. Many of the
huge cumulus clouds are very dark. Some rain: good; any lightning: bad.
One of the
amazing sites on the Siberian trip were the massive forests. Now I am seeing
that some of those beautiful forests in Siberia are on fire. So sad. Like here,
beautiful forests may lead to fire and flooding. It was also interesting that
in the flooding article I read, the author referred to the small villages as ‘settlements’
and not towns or villages. Guess I’ll have to read more to find out the difference.
A quick search on Google states: ‘a settlement is in the state of being settled’.
I guess that is before it becomes a hamlet.
Multiple
fatalities in shooting at mall in El Paso, TX. When will this violence end in
our country? Lots of families doing ‘back to school’ shopping have their lives interrupted
or ended.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of this page
What is the
missing half of each word pair?
1. Hot and
2. Lock and
3. Black and
4. Scream and
5. Body and
6. Left and
7. Bacon and
8. Cat and
9. Up and
10. Burgers and
Today’s Highlighted Historical Events
70 - The Second
Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans.
1693 -
Celebratory date for Dom Perignon's invention of Champagne.
1790 - A tariff
act created the need for the Revenue Cutter Service, later renamed The United
States Coast Guard.
1892 - The father
and stepmother of Lizzie Borden were found murdered in their Fall River,
Massachusetts home. Lizzie was acquitted of the crime.
1858 - The
Billboard Hot 100 was published for the first time. The first number-one song
of the Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson.
1921 – Crop-dusting
was invented. John B. Macready flew a Curtiss JN-4 over catalpa trees near
Troy, Ohio, killing 99% of the leaf caterpillars, saving the 5000 trees with
175 pounds of lead arsenate pesticide.
1936 - Jesse
Owens, black Olympic track star won the Gold Medalin Germany's Olympics, embarrassing
Adolph Hitler.
1942 - Holiday
Inn was released in theaters. The Holiday Inn hotel chain was named after this
film. Introduced the Academy Award for Best Original Song, White Christmas, by
Irving Berlin and performed by Bing Crosby.
1956 - #1 Hit
August 4, 1956 - August 17, 1956: The Platters - My Prayer
1958 - #1 Hit
August 4, 1958 - August 17, 1958: Ricky Nelson - Poor Little Fool
1973 - #1 Hit
August 4, 1973 - August 17, 1973: Maureen McGovern - The Morning After
1977 - US
President Jimmy Carter signed legislation creating the United States Department
of Energy.
1987 - The
Federal Communications Commission rescinded the Fairness Doctrine, which had
required radio and television stations to present controversial issues
"fairly".
1990 - #1 Hit
August 4, 1990 - August 31, 1990: Mariah Carey - Vision Of Love
August 4, 1997
(fiction) Skynet was activated, The Terminator, Film
2001 - #1 Hit
August 4, 2001 - August 17, 2001: Destiny's Child - Bootylicious
Highlighted Birthdays Today
1792 Percy Shelley (Poet)(d. 1822@29: drowned)
1900 Elizabeth (Queen Mother of Britain)(d.
2001@101)
1955 Billy Bob Thornton (Actor)(64)
1961 Barack Obama (US President)(58)
1962 Roger Clemons (Baseball Player)(57)
1971 Jeff Gordon (Nascar Driver) (48)
1992 Dylan and Cole Sprouse (Twin actors)(27)
Puzzle answer:
1. Hot and COLD
2. Lock and KEY
or Lock and LOAD
3. Black and WHITE
or Black and BLUE
4. Scream and SHOUT
5. Body and SOUL
6. Left and RIGHT
7. Bacon and EGGS
8. Cat and MOUSE
9. Up and DOWN
10. Burgers and
FRIES
