Fev 24

 

Week: 9 Day: 55

Ave. Sky Cover:  95% Visibility: 600 yards

Local Temp:   22°\ 10°

Wind: 7mph\ Gusts: 12mph

Verry Low risk of fire

Active fire: 346mi. \ Lightning: 922mi.

Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days w/moisture)

 

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Weekly Observations

 

19-26  

National FFA Week Link 

 

 

20-26  

National Sauna Week Link   
Bird Health Awareness Week  
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Build A Better Trade Show Image Week
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 
National Engineers Week
National Justice for Animals Week 
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Through With The Chew
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22-24 

International Petroleum Week Link

23-26

American Birkenbreiner Race

 

Daily Observations

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

The snow arrived and is still falling from the sky. Probably a good 8” so far. Hard to tell due to the wind moving all the snow. The snow crew was here before 8am, but their work was recovered with snow by 9am. I went out about 10am and cleared off my vehicle. It too is covered again. The Flag schools and local universities are closed. Most city and county offices were on a two-hour delay. The city trash collectors have been reassigned to snowplows. Looks like trash pickup will be delayed a couple of days.

Mary and Mike went to Phx for the weekend…they are still there until the snow stops. They are getting rained on. Tuba, where it seldom snows has a couple of inches. I’m just staying home.

Our country is in a big dilemma. Climate change costing us millions. The US has stopped some pipelines that could increase the amount of oil/gas available but only exacerbate the negative environmental problems. The EU has stopped the Russian pipeline. This means gas prices are higher and that is pushing up inflation on most goods that are not from the local area. The right is claiming there is no proven evidence that the pipelines are harmful. The left is saying to ‘just live with it’ to protect democracy here and around the world. There are certainly no easy or clear decisions to get out of this dilemma.

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A bit of Humor

Why did the surgeon wear a tuxedo in the operating room?

He preferred formal openings.

Trivia

Q: If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur, what would grow?

 

Q: Who penned the words, 'Hubble, bubble toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble'?

 

Question: How do sea otters keep from drifting apart while they sleep?

 

Question: What animal is known by the nickname “sea cow?”

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Trees

Answer 2: William Shakespeare

Answer 3: They hold hands

Answer 4: Manatees

Historical Events

W                 1582 – Gregorian Calendar: Pope Gregory XIII issued a new, more accurate calendar that the Julian, which had been used for 1500 years. #intergravissimas

W                 1863 – Arizona was organized as a United States territory.

W                 1868 – Andrew Johnson became the first US President to be impeached by the House of Representatives. He was later acquitted in the Senate.

W                 1970 – The National Public Radio was founded in the US.

W                 1980 – The United States Olympic Hockey team completed its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4 – 2 to win the gold medal.

W                 1981- The engagement of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer was announced

W                 1982 – The U.S. Supreme Court voted 8-0 to overturn the $200,000 settlement awarded to the Reverend Jerry Falwell for his emotional distress at being parodied in Hustler, a pornographic magazine. Basically, the Supreme Court ruled that you can mock public figures.

W                 1989 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa and offers a $3 million bounty for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.

W                 2011 – The final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103)

Birthdays Today

@94 – Abe Vigoda, American character actor (died in 2016)

@74 – Homer Winslow, American illustrator (d. 1910)

@73 – James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012; long illness)

71 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress

66 – Paula Zahn, American journalist

@56 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc., Pixar (d. 2011; cancer)

56 – Billy Zane, American actor

45 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer

 

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