Aug 6

 

Aug 6, 2021 Week: 32 Day: 218

Ave. Sky Cover:  5%\Visibility: 10 miles

Local Temp:   85°\ 51° Wind: 4mph\ Gusts: 13mph

Extreme risk of fire Active fire: 132mi. \ Lightning: 263mi.

Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 days w/moisture) 

Today’s Quote

  

Weekly Observations

 

XXXII Olympic Games (postponed from 2020):	7/23-8/8
Gallop International Tribal Indian Powwow	7/31-8/9
Gold Panning Week:  Link  Cancelled	2-7
National Bargain Hunting Week Single Working Women's Week Link	2-8
National Environmental Services Week: Link	2-20
International Tree Climbing Days Link Cancelled	6-8
Sturgis Rally: Link	6-15

 

Daily Oberservations

 

Fresh Breath Day Root Beer Float Day Wiggle Your Toes Day

 

Favorite Memes

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Dry heat has returned to our mountain town. The breeze is our only salvation. There is also a heavy haze from the Oregon/California fires. The weather guy says the monsoon will return sometime next week…can’t wait.

I watched some great diving and some good volleyball yesterday.

I had lunch with Andy and Faith at one of my favorite places. The cheesy bread is always the bomb. Good conversation and great food. Can’t beat that. Faith is settling into retirement nicely.

 

Historical Events

 

1774 Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY

1890 – The first electrocution as the death penalty was carried out in Auburn, NY. William Kemmler was executed for murdering his common-law wife, Matilde Ziegler.

August 6, 1921 Birthday (fictional) Lucy Ricardo, I Love Lucy, TV

1926 – Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel (14 hours, 31 minutes).

1945, August 6, 8:15 AM, an atomic bomb (Little Boy) was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, injuring or killing over 200,000 people.

1965 --The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed, designed to make voting easier for minorities.

1991 Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.

2020 US COVID-19 death toll could reach 300,000 by 1 December, about 70,000 lives saved if masks worn consistently, according to University of Washington study

 

Birthdays Today

 

@77 – Lucille Ball, American comedic actress and television producer (died in 1989)

@57 – Andy Warhol, pop artist (d. 1987; following surgery)

@6 – Jon Bonet Ramsey, murdered child (d, 1996)