Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 25 Day: 165 \ Ave. Sky Cover: 30% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff
Today 83° \48°
Wind: 8mph \ Gusts: 20mph
Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 5mi \ Nearest
Lightning: 446mi
June Averages for Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° (1 day of moisture)
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Daily Observations
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Warm and
windy.
As the sun
rises tomorrow, the family American Flag will be flying at my house for Flag
Day.
As of 11am
there are now 3 separate fires near Flagstaff. The largest is 4500 acres [Pipeline],
another is 1500 acres [Haywire], and the third is 500 acres [Double]. All are
0% contained. My place is NOT in danger, but lots of evacuations just 5 miles
north of my place. The largest one is now larger than the first fire of the
season. Highway 89 to the north is closed and expected to stay closed
throughout the week. The wind will continue a few more days. Some moisture may
happen about Friday. The wind is keeping the smoke out of my neighborhood.
Wildlife is being impacted. Tuba City is 92° and the transmission lines have
stopped working due to the fire.
Wrongful
Detainees are American citizens being held in foreign prisons on made-up
charges. Countries use them leverage for prisoner exchanges. They also are used
to get the US to drop sanctions against the country if they are released. As of
today, there are at least 40 Americans in the category of ‘wrongful detainees’.
Yet, few Americans, outside their families, know they are being held. Our
government needs to do more to get these innocent citizens released.
Favorite Memes
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Everyday Phrases
with a Dark Meaning
Got gypped
This phrase
is used when a person in scammed, such as being cheated out of money or the
quality of a product, for instance.
The origins
are based on prejudice against Romani people (i.e. gypsies).
Riddle of the Day
What do you call two Italian ants?
Answer: Romance.
Historical Events
Ë 1158
– Munich (in what is now Germany) was founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of
the river Isar.
Ë 1775 -The Continental Army was
established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States
Army.
Ë 1777 – The Stars and Stripes was adopted
by Congress as the Flag of the United States. Today, June 14 is the official
‘Flag Day’ in the United States.
Ë 1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize was
first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon
because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Ë 1834 – The first sandpaper was patented
(#X08244, #X08245, #X08246, #X08247) and issued to Isaac Fisher, Jr., of
Springfield, Vermont
Ë 1884 – New York was the first state in
the US to enact legislation requiring the burying of utility wires.
Ë 1900 – Hawaii became a United States
territory.
Ë 1938 – Dr. Benjamin Gruskin of
Philadelphia, Pa. patented (#2,120,667) chlorophyll as a “therapeutic agent for
the use in the treatment of infection” of the bloodstream, infected parts, and
for open cuts and wounds.
Ë 1949 – Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rode a
V-2 rocket to an altitude of 83 miles (134 km), thereby becoming the first
monkey in space.
Ë 1954 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower
signed a bill into law that placed the words “under God” into the United States
Pledge of Allegiance.
Ë 1959 – Disneyland Monorail System, the
first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opened to the
public in Anaheim, California.
Ë 1962 – The European Space Research
Organisation (now European Space Agency) was established in Paris.
Ë 1966 – The Vatican announced the
abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (“Index of Prohibited Books”),
which was originally instituted in 1557.
Ë 1967 – The People’s Republic of China
tested its first hydrogen bomb.
Birthdays Today
@85 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (died
in 1896)
76
– Donald Trump, businessman, television personality, 45th President
61
– Boy George, English singer-songwriter
53
– Steffi Graf, German tennis player
@51 – Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist, neuropathologist (d.
1915; rheumatic fever)
@39 – Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban guerrilla leader
(d. 1967; shot)
34
– Kevin McHale, American actor, radio personality
33
– Lucy Hale, American actress
