Jun 3

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Jun 3, 2020 Week: 23 Day: 155

86004: H 85° \ L 49° \ Average Sky Cover: 30%

Wind: 4mph\Gusts: 8mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 135mi.; Nearest active fire: 123mi.

High Risk of Fire

Record High: 88°[1947] Record Low: 7°[1915]

Jun Averages: 80°\43° (3 days with rain)

Today’s Quote

"If life were predictable

it would cease to be life and be without flavor."

-Eleanor Roosevelt

Random Tidbits

Albert Einstein was offered the position as president of Israel

When Israel’s first president Chaim Weizmann passed away in 1952, Albert Einstein was offered the role by Ambassador Abba Eban. The offer was upon the request of the Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. Einstein would have had to relocate to Israel and accept Israel as his nationality but would be free to pursue his scientific endeavors. He replied that due to his inexperience working with people, he isn’t qualified to fulfill a role in a high office.

Have a smile

True conversations while flying

Tower: "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"

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O'Hare Approach Control to a 747: "United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, three miles, Eastbound."

Observations This Month

June is Lane Courtesy Month Link
June is Perennial Gardening Month
June is Turkey Lovers Month Link
Men's Health Education and Awareness Month
Migraine Awareness Month

Observations This Week

Black Single Parents Week: 28-6/3

Hemp History Week: 1-7 Link

Observations for Today

Chimborazo Day
Global Running Day Link  Link 
National Chocolate Macaroon Day

National Egg Day

National Stuffed Shrimp Scholars Day Link
Repeat Day (I said "Repeat Day")

Wonder Woman Day Link  Link
World Bicycle Day Link
World Clubfoot Day  Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Some dark clouds helping to keep temperature down, still warm. Hoping for moisture. Only a HIGH fire danger today. It's been EXTREME for well over a week.

I watched Trump's tough guy speech, I watched the tear gas hitting peaceful protesters a few hundred yards away, I watched him and his dutiful entourage walk to the historic Episcopal church, I watched him be handed a bible and hold it up saying it was his torch. I was stunned by his actions and his words. This is the first time he has ever walked to the church, and the last time he attended the church was near Christmas. Thankfully today, the religious community in our country is speaking out about the absurdity of his photo op. This is not the country I grew up in.

A local AZ judge has upheld the state's position that it will not release any numbers regarding COVID19 positive cases or deaths in long term care facilities in AZ. News organizations had sued for the information. Again, I'm shocked.

The head of AZ education has released a 41 page plan/guidelines for opening schools this fall. She is not asking for more money to implement these changes. She said it was up to each district elected boards to find the money needed intheir current budgets. Not the support the districts were hoping for.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

A man was driving his black truck over the speed limit down a country road. He didn’t have his lights on and the moon was not out. Without looking, a lady crossed the road just in front of him. How was the man able to see the lady in time to avoid her?

Historical Events

1539 Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain

1540 Hernando de Soto crosses the Appalachian Mountains, 1st European to do so

1621 - The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland (now eastern US) and the Caribbean.

1888 - The poem Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was published in the San Francisco Examiner.

1889 - The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States was completed, 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.

1948 - The 200-inch reflecting Hale telescope at the Palomar Mountain Observatory in California was dedicated.

1956 - Santa Cruz, CA authorities announced a total ban on rock and roll at public gatherings, calling the music "Detrimental to both the health and morals of our youth and community."

1965 - Major Edward White II, a Gemini 4 crew member, performed the first American spacewalk.

1968 - Valerie Solanas attempted to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.

1976 US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta

1992 - Presidential candidate Bill Clinton appeared on the Arsenio Hall Show and played the saxophone.

1996 - Zenith introduced the first HDTV-compatible front projection TV in the U.S.

1989 - The government of China sent troops to force protesters out of Tienanmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.

2010 - Long suspected of his involvement in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, Joran van der Sloot was arrested for the murder of Stephany Flores in Lima, Peru.

2014 President Obama announces his plan for a $1 billion fund to increase deployment of US troops to Europe

2017 The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum opens in Springfield, Massachusetts

2019 US President Donald Trump begins a three-day visit to the UK by calling London Mayor Sadiq Khan "a stone cold loser" after Khan called Trump's language that of a 20th century fascist

Birthdays Today

@87-Game show Chuck Barris (d. 2017)

@85-Actor Tony Curtis [Bernard Schwartz ] (d. 2010)

@57-Musician Curtis Mayfield (d. 1999; diabetes)

53-News Host Anderson Cooper

49-Director Tony Giglio

Puzzle Answer

It was daytime.