Jul 1

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 27 Day 182 \ Ave. Sky Cover 55% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 69° \54° 
Wind 4mph \ Gusts 9mph  Air Quality
Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 12mi \ Nearest Lightning 16mi
Jul Averages for Flagstaff: 82° \ 51° (8 days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote 

Monthly Observations

July in Navajo: Ya’iishjaashtsoh, means Planting of the Late Crops

Air-Conditioning Appreciation Days (7/3 to 8/15)  Link
Alopecia Month for Women
Bereaved Parents Awareness Month
Bikini Month  Link
Bioterrorism/Disaster Education & Awareness Month
Cell Phone Courtesy Month  Link
Dog Days (7/3 to 8/11)   Link
Eye Injury Prevention Month Link 
Family Golf Month
Fireworks Safety Month
Fragile X Awareness Month Link
Fuel Safety Month  Link

Weekly Observations

Thru Sep.5 National Marina Days (From Memorial Day to Labor Day)  Link

26-7/2  Windjammer Days Link

27 -7/4 National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness

27-7/3   National Tire Safety Week  Link

1-3  Roswell UFO Days Link

1-4 Beer Pong Days  Link

1-7 National Independent Living Week National Unassisted Homebirth Week

1-24 Tour de France  Link

Daily Observations

Jul 1…
American Zoo Day
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Day
Canada Day
Devotion to Duty Day
Drug Enforcement Administration Day
Early Bird Day
Estee Lauder Day
International Chicken Wing Day
Medicare's Birthday
National Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day
National Gingersnap Day
National Postal Workers Day /U.S. Postage Stamp Day
Second Half of the New Year Day
National GSA Employee Day
Resolution Renewal Day
Slurpee Day or 7-11's Birthday-11 
U.S. Postage Stamp Day
Zip Code Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

The monsoon continues to bring rain. Sadly, it is also bringing some flooding in the burn scars. One resident said that he tried to get flood insurance in early May but was told he was not in a flood prone area, so couldn’t be insured. He tried again when the fires started. He was told the same thing. Now he has a couple of inches of water in his home and he must pay the whole bill.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Biden can end the ‘stay in Mexico’ status of asylum seekers.

Then they overruled the EPA is setting carbon emission standards…which ultimately could affect many other Agency’s directives. Oops.

Back in the day, the Supreme Court grew so there would be one judge for each circuit district. That hasn’t happened since FDR. Now there are 11 circuits, so maybe it is time to have 11 court justices.

Favorite Memes

Earth’s Secrets

There Are a Billion Microbes in a Teaspoon of Soil

"The number of microbes in a teaspoon of soil is estimated to be roughly equivalent to the number of humans currently living in Africa (one billion)," biologist Dianne Newman of Caltech tells Popular Mechanics.

Trivia

In the United States, it is estimated that every adult unconsciously consumes one pound of insects each year due to garden produce, poor restaurant and home hygiene, and commercial foods for which the USDA allows a certain amount of insect fragments. Peanut butter, for example, is allowed to have 30 insect fragments per 100 grams.   

Historical Events

          1847 – The first US postage stamps were issued (Ben Franklin 5 cents & George Washington 10 cents)
          1848 – The first publication of a photograph in a newspaper, in L’illustraion Journel Universel
          1862 – The Internal Revenue Service was established
          1874 – The Philadelphia ‘America’s Oldest’ Zoo opened
          1874 – The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, went on sale.
          1898 – The Battle of San Juan Hill was fought in Santiago de Cuba. (Spanish-American War)
          1903 – The first Tour de France bicycle race began.
          1916 WWI – The Battle of Somme began, lasting until November 13
          1941 – The first TV commercial aired. Bulova Watches paid for the 10-second spot, shown before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbits Field.
          1941 – NBC became broadcasting from the Empire State Building, NYC
          1963 – The US Zip (Zone Improvement Plan) Codes were inaugurated
          1968 – Medicare went to effect (USA)
             1971 – The Post Office Department (1792 – 1971) became the United States Postal Service
             1972 – The first Gay Pride march in England took place.
             2007 – Smoking in England was banned in all public indoor spaces.

Birthdays Today

@104 – Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress (d. 2020)
@95 – Estée Lauder [Josephine Esther Mentzer], co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (d. 2004)
88 – Jamie Farr, American actor
81 – Twyla Tharp, American dancer and choreographer
@80 – Thomas Green Clemson, founded Clemson University (d. 1888)
77 – Debbie Harry, American singer-songwriter, actress
@74 – Karen Black, American actress (d. 2013; cancer)
72 – David Duke, American white supremacist
70 – Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor, screenwriter
54 – Pamela Anderson, Canadian-American model and actress
@36 – Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 1997; auto accident)