Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 25 Day: 169 \ Ave. Sky Cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff
Today 85° \53°
Wind: 9mph \ Gusts: 12mph Air
Quality: Moderate
Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 5mi \ Nearest
Lightning: 124mi
June Averages for Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° (1 day of moisture)
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Daily Observations
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
The breeze
is back, keeping the firefighters busy. Both fires are burning and a little
over 40% contained. The smoke is blowing away from Flagstaff. Local authorities
are only giving once a day update.
I check on
Colorado news every few days, just to see what’s happening. Yesterday there was
an article about Jeffco, my elementary and high school district. It seems that
both Covid and population change is forcing the district to make some big decisions.
Many of the elementary school are operating way below capacity and some will
have to be closed and students and staff moved to other schools. As a teacher
and a former administrator, I do not envy their position. Lots of people will
agree that money will be better spent and resources better used…as long as it
doesn’t affect MY neighborhood school.
Kansas lost
thousands of cattle due to the heat. Horrific.
Favorite Memes
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Earth’s Secrets
Earth Is
Radioactive
In total,
Earth generates as much as 40 terawatts of heat, half of which comes from
radioactive decay in its core, according to a 2011 study. Scientists measured
particles called antineutrinos that streamed up from Earth's core and found
that half of Earth's heat is generated through the radioactive decay of certain
elements.
Tom
Crafford, a Mineral Resources Program Coordinator at the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) tells Popular Mechanics: "Most of the internal heat that keeps
Earth a living, vibrant planet comes from the radioactive breakdown of elements
like thorium, uranium, and potassium."
US Flag Myths
Myth #8: The
flag should never be flown at night
Although
it's customary to display the American flag from sunrise to sunset, the flag
can be displayed 24 hours a day as long as it is illuminated through the night,
according to the Flag Code.
"What
we've taken that to mean is that it must have sufficient light that the average
passerby can readily identify it as the flag of the United States,” Hendricks
said.
Historical Events
Ë 1812
– The United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom was signed by
President James Madison, starting The War of 1812.
Ë 1815 – Napoleon defeated at Waterloo, in
Belgium.
Ë 1873 – Susan B. Anthony was fined $100
for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
Ë 1923 – Checker Taxi put its first taxi on
the streets of Chicago.
Ë 1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart became the
first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean, as a passenger.
Ë 1948 – Columbia Records introduced the
long-playing (33 1/3) record album at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York
City.
Ë 1940 – Winston Churchill. gave his
“Finest Hour” speech.
Ë 1979 – SALT II was signed by the United
States and the Soviet Union.
Ë 1983 – The space shuttle Challenger
launched into space on its second mission, with Dr. Sally Ride, making her the
first American woman in space.
Ë 1984 – Conservative talk radio host Alan
Berg – “the man you love to hate” – was gunned down and killed in the driveway
of his home in Denver, Colorado.
Birthdays Today
@84 – E.G. Marshall, American character actor (died in 1998)
80
– Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter
@71 – E.W. Scripps, American publisher, founded the E.W. Scripps
Company (d. 1926)
@70 – Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter
(d. 2013; cancer)
70
– Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
@63 – Richard Boone, American actor (d. 1981; throat cancer)
46
– Blake Shelton, American singer-songwriter
