Jul 28

 

Jul  28, 2021 Week: 31 Day: 209

Ave. Sky Cover: 30%\Visibility: 10 miles

Local Temp:   76°\ 52° Wind: 1mph\ Gusts: 4mph

Low risk of fire Active fire: 58mi. \ Lightning: 92mi.

Jul Averages: 82°\51° (9 days w/moisture) 

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Weekly Observations

 

XXXII Olympic Games (postponed from 2020):	23-8/8
RAGBRAI: Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa Women in Baseball Week	25-31

  

Daily Oberservations

Buffalo Soldiers Day

National Hamburger Day

National Milk Chocolate Day

National Waterpark Day

World Hepatitis Day

World Nature Conservation Day 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

I helped out my neighbor yesterday, taking him back to the Rez. Great day to travel…cloudy. Visiting a part of the Rez I haven’t seen for years was nice. It is obvious why people live there.

I have tried for a couple of months to get my new TV to do what I want it too. It took a call to the help line to figure out the sleep timer. This morning it was to have the TV be on the cable channel, as opposed to all the choices of streaming services when it is first turned on. The call  was successful after a 10 min hold to talk to a human, then another 15 minutes for him to figure out the answer. I sure don’t understand their logic. I get going to settings and display but what logic says to then choose ‘power’ so that it turns on to cable TV? I guess it is complicated cause it took the tech a long time to figure it out.

Over the weekend, I was alerted on my TV and my phone of ‘areal flooding’ in the area. I had never heard of that, so I looked it up. It has nothing to do with air, nothing to do with Disney’s Ariel, but is a real thing regarding flooding. A flash flood comes quickly during and after a rain as water finds a lower place to go. Areal flooding happens when the ground is saturated, and water flows up to 8+ hours after a heavy rain. I’m old-er and still learning…thank goodness.  Yes, our burn area did cause quite a bit of areal flooding this past weekend.

I read today that AZ is 3^rd in job recovery after the pandemic shutdowns. That is good news.

My old school, Tuba City Boarding, has come out with its plan for reopening school next week. Parents were polled a few months ago about a choice of ‘hybrid’ learning, ‘online only learning, and regular school. Turns out they never asked the staff…duh. Seeing the comments from parents, many are not happy with the decision. So here goes: School starts August 2, 2021 in a Hybrid class model.

• Group A: Students with last names that start with A-M will attend school, IN PERSON, on Mondays and Tuesdays, and virtually on Thursdays and Fridays.

• Group B: Students with last names that start with N-Z will attend IN PERSON, on Thursdays and Fridays, and virtually Mondays and Tuesdays

• Wednesday will continue to be half-days VIRTUALLY for ALL students. All I can say is TGIR...thank goodness I’m retired.

Tokyo Olympics continues with unexpected news stories. Simone Biles has dropped out of some competition. The story changes hourly as to why. Team USA had a great race for swimmer Lydia Jacoby taking the Gold for 100M Breaststroke. Lydia is the first ever medal for an Alaskan. As a former competitive swimmer, it was a great race.

I am also seeing quite a few of articles as to why the Olympics has run its course and needs to stop. The myth that host-cities make money is not now true if it ever was. It has added too many new ‘athletic events’. It now costs about $20billion for the host city…and no one knows where the money gathered at the events really goes. The IOC has become more of a carnival barker than caring about athletes and competition. I still enjoy them, but I certainly am beginning the understand the negativity.

 

Historical Events

 

1854 – The USS Constellation, the last ‘all sail’ warship built by the United States Navy, was commissioned.

1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.

1896 – The city of Miami, Florida was incorporated.

1933 – The first Singing Telegram was delivered, to Rudy Vallee for his 32nd birthday.

1945 – A US Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, killing 14 and injuring 26.

1973 – Nearly 600,000 people attended the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.

1996 – The remains of the prehistoric Kennewick Man were discovered near Kennewick, Washington.

2002 Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, were rescued after 77 hours underground.

2017 General John Kelly appointed new Chief of Staff by US President Donald Trump

2018 Longest "blood moon" eclipse of the 21st century, lasting 1 hour 43 minutes

 

Birthdays Today

 

@84 – Rudy Vallée, American actor, singer (d. 1986)

@77 – Beatrix Potter, English children’s book writer/illustrator (d.1943)

@64 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 37th First Lady (d. 1994; cancer)

@58 – Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (d. 2013; cancer)

57 – Lori Loughlin, American actress