Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 21 Day: 141 \ Ave. sky cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 74° \38°
Wind: 15mph \ Gusts: 33mph
Extreme risk of fire
\ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ nearest Lightning: 798mi
May Averages for Flagstaff: 68° \ 34° (3 days of moisture)
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Daily Observations
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
The wind has
returned. Red Flag warning and high
winds kinda mess up the day. Not exactly unexpected here. At least there is no snow.
I have no
plans for the weekend. I’m guessing the wind will keep me inside.
I just got a
call that a friend and Native Artist is in the hospital. He is well-known for
his art. He has Covid and then had a heart attack. He is my age. He is now on a respirator. So sad.
Favorite Memes
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Humor
What do you
call a cow with a twitch?
Beef jerky
Trivia
v Nikola Tesla died in January 1943. Tesla
is considered America's greatest electrical engineer, credited with inventing
radio, and for whom the tesla (unit of magnetic flux density) is named. The
impact of his work is felt by everyone, every single day.
v Sometimes known as the father of modern
electricity, Nikola Tesla was a Croatian-born immigrant who revolutionized the
production and transmission of electricity with his alternating current motor
and systems. Up until around 1900 electricity was dominated by Thomas Edison's
direct current systems.
v The first hydro-electric power plant in
the U.S., installed at Niagara Falls, was designed by Tesla. The current from
the hydro-electric power plant was used to power the city of Buffalo, New York.
This achievement made the use of alternating current quite famous throughout
the world.
Historical Events
Ø 1881 – The American Red Cross was
established by Clara Barton in Washington, DC.
Ø 1863 – Organization of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Ø 1917 – The Great Atlanta fire of 1917
caused $5.5 million in damages, destroying some 300, displacing about 10,000
people but leading to only one fatality (a heart attack).
Ø 1955–
George B. Hansburg of Walker Valley, N.Y. was issued a patent (#2,793,036) for
his invention of an improved pogo stick.
Ø 1972 – Michelangelo’s Pietà in St.
Peter’s Basilica in Rome was damaged by a mentally disturbed Hungarian, Laszlo
Toth.
Ø 2001 – French Taubira law officially
recognized the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
Ø 1980 – President Jimmy Carter declared a
state of emergency at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York – a toxic dumping
site for Hooker Chemicals and Plastics.
Ø 1999- All
My Children actress Susan Lucci finally received an Emmy award for her
role as Erica Kane. She had been previously nominated a record 18 times with no
win.
Ø 2005 –
The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opened at Six Flags Great
Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
Ø 2017 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey Circus performed their final show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
It was announced 5/22 that they are returning without any animals.
Birthdays Today
@76 – Raymond Burr, Canadian-American
actor (d. 1993; renal cancer)
71
– Al Franken, American comedic actor, screenwriter, politician
70
– Mr. T [ Laurence Tureaud], actor
42
– Gotye, Belgian-Australian singer-songwriter
@39 – Fats Waller, American
singer-songwriter, pianist (d. 1943; pneumonia)
37
– Alison Carroll, English gymnast, model, actress
@24 – Notorious B.I.G. [Christopher
George Latore Wallace], rapper
(d. 1997, shot)
