Sep 2

 

Sep 2, 2021 Week: 36 Day: 245
Ave. Sky Cover:  10%\Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   72°\ 50° Wind: 7mph\ Gusts: 11mph
Low risk of fire Active fire: 36mi. \ Lightning: 68mi.
Sep Averages: 74°\32° (5 days w/moisture) 

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

 

Childrens' Good Manners Month Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Link Cholesterol Education Month Link Classical Music Month  Link Co-op Awareness Month (9/24-10/31) College Savings Month Craniofacial Acceptance Month  Link Eat Chicken Month Fall Hat Month

 

Weekly Observations

 

Paralympic Games	24-9/5
US Open Tennis Championships	30-9/12
International Enthusiasm Week National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link Self-University Week Link	1-7
Chuckwagon Races Golden Onion Week	2-5

 

Daily Observations

 

Bison Ten Yell Day Blueberry Popsicle Day

 

Favorite Memes

 

 

A quick smile!

 

What font is alphabet soup in? Times New Ramen

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

There was a big rainstorm last night then a gentle rain through much of the night. Nice! The forest is celebrating. The Lake Tahoe fire as placed 33,000 structures in danger. This is huge fire that continues to grow. There is a fear that there will be major damage at the ski resort. Sad. All the National Parks in CA are now closed to visitors. I am very glad that our troops are out of Afghanistan. I am very unhappy about how we withdrew. We did not protect our Afghan allies. We did not get out all the Americans who wanted out.  I want to believe that the Biden Administration will correct that ASAP. I am saddened that the internet continues to put out fake news and that some news organizations have people on the air that perpetrate those falsehoods. One false story is that the military left behind service dogs. The military denies the report and the pictures. Sadder still is that some animal rights groups (PETA) believed the story and prepared to save the service dogs. Distrubing! In today’s world it is getting harder and harder to know which stories are real and which are false.

 

Historical Events

 

1666 – Great Fire of London

1789 – The Us Treasury Department was established.

1807 – The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rocket to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.

1864 – Union General William Sherman took Atlanta, Georgia in the Civil War.

1901 Theodore Roosevelt advises "Speak softly & carry a big stick"

1945 – Japan’s formal surrender from World War II was signed aboard the USS Missouri.

1987 – Donald Trump takes out a full-page NY Times ad lambasting Japan

2015 – US President Barack Obama becomes the first president to visit the Arctic Circle at Kotzebue, Alaska

 

Birthdays Today

 

84 – Peter Ueberroth, American businessman

@79 – Liliuokalani of Hawaii (died in 1917)

74 – Terry Bradshaw, American football player, sportscaster, and actor

70 – Mark Harmon, American actor

69 – Jimmy Connors, American tennis player, and sportscaster

57 – Keanu Reeves, Lebanese-Canadian actor

56 – Lennox Lewis, English-Canadian boxer

@55 – Hugo Montenegro, American composer, conductor (d. 1981; emphysema)

55 – Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress

50 – Katt Williams, American comedic actor

@37 – Christa McAuliffe, American educator, astronaut (d. 1986; Challenger)