Jul 21

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 30 Day 202 \ Ave. Sky Cover 35% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 92° \57° 
Wind 5mph \ Gusts 12mph  Air Quality Moderate
High Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 9mi \ Nearest Lightning 5mi
Jul Averages for Flagstaff: 82° \ 51° (8 days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

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

1-24 Tour de France  Link

15-21 Rabbit Week

17-23   Captive Nations Week Everybody Deserves A Massage Week Link  National Independent Retailers Week Link  National Zoo Keeper Week  Link    International Lace Week Link

18-25 Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week

20-23  National Baby Food Week Link

21-23    Hemingway Look-Alike Days Link World Body Painting Day

21-24 Comic Con International

Daily Observations

Invite an Alien to Live with You Day
Legal Drinking Age Day
National Be Someone Day
National Junk Food Day
National Tug-Of-War Tournament Day
No Pet Store Puppies Day
Take a Monkey to Lunch Day
Get to Know Your Customers Day
Legal Drinking Age Day
Lowest Recorded Temperature Day (-128.6F Antarctica)
National Be Someone Day 
No Pet Store Puppies Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another hot day.

Europe is also experiencing extreme hot weather, and wildfires. Temps are over 100°F where it is usually 75°F. To add to the heat, most Europeans do not have A/C.

I saw video of the Hoover Dam transformer that burst into flame yesterday. Luckily no one was hurt, and no customers lost electricity.

I had adventures with Focus Travel Club, one in China and one in Taiwan. Both countries had great people, beautiful sites, and delicious food. When Nancy Pelosi recently announced a trip to Taiwan, the Chinese government warned they would take ‘strong measures’ if she makes the trip. Times have sure changed since I visited either of these areas.

Favorite Memes

Trivia

During World War II two aircraft carriers were stationed on the Great Lakes as training ships. Originally built as commercial paddle steamers, both ships were purchased by the navy in 1942 and converted into carriers. They trained over 17,800 pilots. One of them was future president George H. W. Bush.

USS Theodore Roosevelt was the first aircraft carrier to be assembled using modular construction. Having the modules pre-built and welded together saved an amazing 16 months on the construction.   

Historical Events

·        356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was destroyed by arson.
·        1865 – In Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt, in what is considered as the first western showdown.
·        1861 – Confederate troops defeated the Union at the (1st) Battle of Bull Run.
·        1873 – Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang held the first successful train robbery in the American West.
·        1925 – Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
·        1902 – Willis Carrier showed his air conditioner concept in Buffalo, New York.
·        1918 – German submarine attacked Orleans, Massachusetts, hitting a tugboat and four barges, as well as striking the beach with shells. This was the only time that the continental United States was shelled during World War I.
·        1925 – In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution in class, and fined $100.
·        1949 – The United States Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.
·        1961 – Gus Grissom piloting, Liberty Bell 7, became the second American to go into space.
·        1979 – Jay Silverheels became the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
·        1983 – The world’s lowest temperature in an inhabited location was recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica (-128.6 °F, -89.2 °C).
·           2011 – NASA’s Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.

Birthdays Today

@83 – Paul Burke, American actor (d. 2009)
@82 – Paul Reuter, German-English journalist, founded Reuters (d. 1899)
@81 – Don Knotts, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2006)
74 – Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), English singer-songwriter and guitarist
74 – Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist
@71 – Janet Reno, American lawyer, politician (d. 2016; Parkinson’s)
@61 – Jean Picard, French astronomer (d. 1682)
@61 – Ernest Hemingway, novelist, short story writer, journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961; suicide)
@63 – Robin Williams, actor, comedian (d. 2014; suicide)
65 – Jon Lovitz, American comedic actor
53 – Godfrey [Godfrey C. Danchimah, Jr.], American comedian and actor
@49 – John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, critic (d. 1982; motorcycle accident)
44 – Josh Hartnett, American actor