Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 26 Day: 170 \ Ave. Sky Cover: 35% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff
Today 72° \50°
Wind: 12mph \ Gusts: 22mph
Air Quality: FAIR
June Averages for Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° (1 day of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Weekly
Observations
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Daily Observations
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Much cooler
today as the fire continues. Moisture is in our future. So far today there have
been 2 very light showers…just enough to dirty the windshields of the vehicles.
Still appreciated.
Here is the
latest on Flag’s two fires: 1100+ firefighters on the line, 14 hotshot crews, 9
water tankers, 18 hand crews, 68 engines, 11 dozers, 9 helicopters. The combined area of the fires is 32,000
acres.
There is
another big fire near Tucson threatening the world-famous Kit Peak Observatory
as well as the Tohono O’odham Nation. This fire is 12,000 acres and growing.
This is a
very tough time for the drought-stricken Southwest.
Happy Father’s
Day to all the fathers and those single moms filling in for an absentee father.
My dad passed at 80 years old and is still missed.
Favorite Memes
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Earth’s Secrets
Life Below
the Seafloor
"The
sediments underlying Earth's oceans are home to approximately 2.9 x 10^29
microorganisms, existing at depths as great as 2.5 km below the seafloor. The
majority of this deep subseafloor biosphere grows extremely slowly relative to
life in the surface world, with estimates of cell division once every 10-1000+
years," Caltech's geobiologist Victoria Orphan tells Popular Mechanics.
Scientists
are finding new sources of microbial life deeper and deeper below the seafloor
than ever before. In March, a team of scientists revealed that they had found
traces of bacteria (try 10 billion bacterial cells) in rocks 400 feet below the
seafloor—deeper than ever before.
US Flag Myths
Myth #7: A
flag that touches the ground must be destroyed
According to
the Flag Code, the American flag should never touch anything beneath it,
including the ground, the floor, or the water. “People have taken that to mean
that if it ever does that, then it should be destroyed,” said Jeff Hendricks,
deputy director of Americanism at the American Legion.
However,
that's not necessarily the case. Flags should be destroyed only when they are
no longer in good enough condition to be displayed. If touching the ground
didn't render the flag unfit for display, then it shouldn't be destroyed. Once
a flag is unfit for display, burning it is the preferred method of destruction.
Historical Events
Ë 1586(?) – English colonists leave Roanoke
Island and disappeared. The only clue found was the word “CROATOAN” carved into
a tree.
Ë 1846 – The first officially recorded,
organized baseball game was played under Alexander Cartwright’s rules on
Hoboken, New Jersey’s Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating
the Knickerbockers 23-1.
Ë 1862 – The U.S. Congress prohibited
slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
Ë 1867 – The first running of the Belmont
Stakes horserace in the US, the oldest of the three American horse races that
constitute the Triple Crown.
Ë 1910 – The first Father’s Day was
celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
Ë 1941 – Cheerie Oats, later renamed Cheerios,
was invented.
Ë 1953 – Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were
executed for spying for the Soviet Union, at Sing Sing, in New York.
Ë 1960 – The first NASCAR race was held at
Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Ë 1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was
approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
Ë 2012 – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
requested asylum in London’s Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the
US after the publication of previously classified documents.
Birthdays Today
@89 – Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward VIII (d. 1986)
74
– Phylicia Rashad, American actress
@72 – Moe Howard, American comedic actor, Stooge (d. 1975;
stroke)
68
– Kathleen Turner, American actress
59–
Paula Abdul, singer
57
– Boris Johnson, world leader
39
– Macklemore, American rapper
38
– Paul Dano, American actor
@37 – Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (d. 1941; ALS)
