Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 25 Day: 164 \ Ave. Sky Cover: 10% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff
Today 85° \51°
Wind: 13mph \ Gusts: 33mph
Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 5mi \ Nearest
Lightning: 344mi
June Averages for Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° (1 day of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Weekly
Observations
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Thru Sep.5 National Marina
Days (From Memorial Day to Labor Day) Link |
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11-19 US Police and Fire
Championships Link |
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12-18 National Automotive
Service Professionals Week |
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13-20 National Hermit Week |
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13-19 Meet A Mate Week |
Daily Observations
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Windy, hot,
and a forest fire about 5 miles from my place. Lots of smoke coming over the mountain.
Very depressing to see our forest on fire. Lots of help on the way. Right now,
at noon, there is on air tanker, 1 dozer, a hot shot crew, and local fire department.
On the way are 4 more air tankers, a helicopter, and more fire crews. The fire
is on Shultz Pass Road, the road to Snowbowl Ski area. Residents in the area
were put on GO status about 15 minutes after the fire started. A Louisiana
tourist has been detained. I’m not in danger.
As part of
the Yellowstone Park’s 150th anniversary, officials announced the
10,551 high peak formerly called Mount Doane is now First People’s Mountain. It
was previously named for an army officer who attacked many local Indians and
slaughtered women and children. That’s good news.
Favorite Memes
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Everyday Phrases
with a Dark Meaning
Taken aback
This
expression is often used when one is caught off guard, not expecting something.
It's origins are also quite dark.
It comes from
the idea of attacking someone from behind. The element of surprise usually
makes it an effective way to conduct an attack.
Riddle of the Day
I can break, I can be clogged, I can be attacked, I can be given, I can be kept, I can be crushed, yet I can be whole at the same time.
What am I?
Historical Events
Ë 1373 – Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between
England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest
international agreement in the world which is still in force.
Ë 1525 – Ex-Catholic priest Martin Luther
married Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman
Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
Ë 1774
– Rhode Island became the first of Britain’s North American colonies to ban the
importation of slaves.
Ë 1886 – Great Vancouver Fire destroyed
much of the Canadian city.
Ë 1927 – Aviator Charles Lindbergh received
his famous ticker-tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
Ë 1962 – Stanley Kubrick’s controversial
Lolita was released.
Ë 1966 – The United States Supreme Court
ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their
rights before questioning them.
Ë 1967 – President Lyndon B. Johnson
nominated Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice
on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ë 1971 – The New York Times began
publishing The Pentagon Papers.
Ë 1983 – Launched in 1972, Pioneer 10
crossed the orbit of Neptune and became the first man-made object to leave our
Solar System.
Ë 1994 – A jury in Anchorage, Alaska,
blamed recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez
disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.
Birthdays Today
@85 – Mary Wickes, American character actress (d. 1995)
@75 – Basil Rathbone, South African-born British-American actor
(d. 1967; heart attack)
71
– Richard Thomas, American actor
69
– Tim Allen, American comedic actor
@55 – Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (d. 1982; heart
attack)
41
– Chris Evans, American actor
36
– Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen, child actresses, fashion designers, vbusinesswomen
34
– Cody Walker, American actor
32
– Aaron Taylor-Johnson, English actor
