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March 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 9 Day 61 \ Ave. Sky Cover 100% \ Visibility 1 miles Flagstaff Today 26° \20°  Wind 5mph \ Gusts 10mph 
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 251mi \ Nearest Lightning 943mi
Mar. Averages for Flagstaff: 51° \ 23° \6 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

In Navajo: Woozhch’iid--first cry of baby eaglets’
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Month Link
Deaf History Month (3/13 to 4/15)
Developmental Disabillities Awareness Month  Link
Employee Spirit Month
Endometriosis Month Link
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science & Engineering Month Link
Honor Society Awareness Month Link
Humorists Are Artists Month

Weekly Observations

  22-4/8
  Lent
  26-3/4 
  Telecommuter Appreciation Week
  28 - 3/2 
  International Energy Week Link
  1-7
  Hearing Awareness Week Link
LGBT Health Awareness Week Link
National Cheerleading Week
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Invest in a Veteran Week  Link
National Pet Sitters Week Link
Return The Borrowed Books Week
Universal Human Beings Week: Link
Will Eisner Week Link
World Hearing Awareness Week
2-5
  American Association For The Advancement of Science Week Link
  National Money Show

Daily Observations

Banana Cream Pie Day
Dr. Seuss’s Birthday
National Hospitalist Day Link
NEA's Read Across America Day
Old Stuff Day
Read Across America Day World Book Day Link 
World Teen Mental Illness Day  
World Teen Mental Illness Day  Link 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

The snow has arrived. It is still falling and there is about 8” of NEW snow on the ground. It looks like I’ll be here at home for a few days. Cable TV is getting ‘iffy’ as it cuts out every so often. This storm was to end tonight, but now has been updated to end sometime tomorrow afternoon.

Flag school are closed again as is the local university. At 11 days of closure, kids will have to make up these days somehow. Glad I’m retired.

The government are still trying to figure out where the COVID virus came from. Conspiracy theories abound, but still no definitive answers. I, for one, would like an answer so that the science guys can be better prepared next time a virus appears. It is too bad that China continues to forbid outside groups to study the whole area.

Enjoy…

Facts…

Estimated minimum number of word families someone needs to know to be fluent in a language: 800

Number of languages 1943’s “Le Petit Prince” has been translated into, the most of any book except the Bible: 500+

Year Cherokee polymath Sequoyah created the Cherokee written language: 1821

Number of letters in the Khmer (Cambodian) alphabet, the longest alphabet in the world; 74 

A Look back in time…Baby Boomers life

#4 No Car Seats for Children

Children were often not required to be in car seats, and many parents simply held their children on their laps while driving.

Today, car seats are mandatory for children of all ages, and failing to use one can result in severe penalties. CDC data shows that a car seat significantly reduces the risk of injury to children in crashes by 71-82%, compared to using the seat belt alone. That statistic alone is convincing for any parent to use car seats.

Beauty in our 50 states…

 47. Indiana

At its top edge, Dunes National Lakeshore offers a crackling little playground and views of Lake Michigan. Near its southern border, Indiana's hilly contours give towns like Bloomington an idyllic feel. In between, though? There's not a lot to recommend, aside from summertime drives, and discovering the soothing, almost hypnotizing allure of watching corn flash past your window at 60mph.

Historical Events

1925 – Highway numbers were introduced in the United States.
East/West are even numbered, North/South are odd-numbered
1943 – The Battle of Bismarck, Ally victory in South Pacific
March 2, 1961 – (fictional) Baltian made first contact with humans on Earth, Men in Black, Comics/Film

Birthdays Today

@91 – Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
@87 – Theodor Seuss “Ted” Geisel “Dr. Seuss”, children’s book writer, poet, illustrator (d. 1991)
@80 – John Irving, American novelist, screenwriter
@70 – Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas (d.  1863)
“It is a matter of great satisfaction to me to hope that my children will be in circumstances to receive a good education. Mine was defective and I feel the inconvenience, if not the misfortune of not receiving a classical education. Knowledge is the food of genius, and my son, let no opportunity escape you to treasure up knowledge.”– Sam Houston
70 – Russ Feingold, American lawyer, politician
@69 – Desi Arnaz [Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III], Cuban-American actor, singer, producer (d.  1986)
61 – Jon Bon Jovi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actor
“Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate. The world doesn’t need any more gray. On the other hand, we can’t get enough color. Mediocrity is nobody’s goal and perfection shouldn’t be either. We’ll never be perfect. But remember these three P’s: Passion + Persistence = Possibility.”– Jon Bon Jovi
55 – Daniel Craig, English actor
52 – Method Man, American rapper and record producer
46 – Chris Martin, English singer-songwriter
“Life is beautiful in all its colors, even the darker ones, they’re here for a reason.”– Chris Martin
43 – Rebel Wilson, Australian actress
“I stay fat because it just wouldn’t be fair to all the thin people if I were this good-looking, intelligent, funny, and thin. It’s a public service really.”– Rebel Wilson
42 – Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
35 – Laura Kaeppeler, Miss America 2012
@32 – Karen Carpenter, American singer (d.  1983; anorexia)
26 – Becky G [Rebbeca Marie Gomez}, American singer