27 Sep

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 40 Day 270 \ Ave. Sky Cover 30% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 73° \40° 
Wind 4mph \ Gusts 7mph  Air Quality  Moderate
High Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 102mi \ Nearest Lightning 104mi
Sep Averages for Flagstaff: 74° \ 42° (5days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

19-30 International Women's Commerce Days

25-10/1  Banned Books Week National Chimney Safety Week  National Fall Foliage Week   National Keep Kids Creative Week  Remember to Register to Vote Week  Sea Otter Awareness Week World Hearing Aid Awareness Week

Daily Observations

Ancestor Appreciation Day
Chocolate Milk Day
Corned Beef Hash Day
Crush A Can Day  Link
Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day   Link
Google's Birthday
National Scarf Day  Link
National Woman Road Warrior Day 
Rabi'-al-Awwal Link [Islamic holiday]
Saint Vincent De Paul Feast Day
World Tourism Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Fall is here. Morning lows just keep getting lower.

Yesterday the AZ Cards lost…Broncos beat the 49ers is a good game.

Hurricane Ian is causing pre-havoc on much of Florida. I hope my friends and readers in Florida are all doing well. Anytime there is a mandatory evacuation notice, residents are worried.

After Roe v Wade was overturned, AZ went to court. Now an 1864 Abortion Law is being enforced in AZ. It was 1912 when AZ became a state. I find this unbelievable. Reminds me of an early flight I took from Denver to Phoenix, in the early 1970’s. As we were landing at the tiny airport in Phoenix, the captain said: “…we will be landing in about 15 minutes. Fasten your seatbelts and set your clocks back ten years.”

The last time a meteor hit near Flagstaff was about 50,000 years ago. That fear has not been on my list of fears…even after seeing several movies that was about asteroids crashing into our planet. Tonight, the US will attempt to change the orbit of a small moon that is attached gravitationally to an asteroid far from the earth’s orbit. If it succeeds, all is good. If it fails, more testing will be done.  There will be live camera on the probe and should be interesting to watch, until the screen goes black, and scientists know it was a hit. Then in a couple of days they will be able if they changed the orbit of the tiny moon. They are expecting a 10 minute change in the orbit. WOW!

Favorite Memes

Superstitions

Black Cat Crossing Your Path

Many cultures throughout history regarded all cats as good luck omens, but black kitties got a bad rap in the Middle Ages when they were associated with witchcraft and actually viewed as demons. That demon thing snowballed into an idea that if a black cat crossed your path, they were blocking your connection to God and path to heaven. 

US Facts

Alaska and Rhode Island

Although Alaska is 429 times larger than the state of Rhode Island, it has a significantly lower population.

Historical Events

1540 – Pope Paul III approved the charter for the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
1888 – The first letter from Jack The Ripper was received by London’s Central News Agency.
1903 – The Wreck of the Old 97, a real-life American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular dirge.
1905 – Albert Einstein’s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?”, introducing the equation E=mc² was published.
1908 – Model T #0001 came out of Henry Ford’s car factory today.
1912 – W C Handy published The Memphis Blues, the first Blues Song
1937- The first Santa Claus training school opened in Albion, New York.
1962 – Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring was published.
1964 – The Warren Report, regarding the assassination of JFK was released.
1998 Google launched its li’l Search Engine.

Birthdays Today

@95 – Jayne Meadows, American actress (d. 2015)
“There is only one secret. To love what you are doing.”– Jayne Meadows @85 – Wilford Brimley, American actor (d. 2020)
@81 – Samuel Adams, American philosopher, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1803)
“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.”– Samuel Adams
@80 – Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)
@75 – Don Cornelius, American television host (Soul Train) (d. 2012; suicide)
“I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school.”– Don Cornelius
@74 – Meat Loaf [Marvin Lee Aday], American singer-songwriter (d. 2022; Covid)
64 – Shaun Cassidy, American actor
@62 – Greg Morris, American actor (d. 1996; brain tumor)
50 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
48 – Carrie Brownstein, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
“I will say, as a woman when you put a mustache on, you find out a lot of things about yourself.”– Carrie Brownstein
40 – Lil Wayne, American rapper
38 – Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter