28 May

 

May 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 22 Day 148	Ave. Sky Cover 5%\ Visibility  28mi.	Flagstaff Today  74° \ 33°
Wind  4mph \ Gusts  12mph	Nearest active fire: 26miles	Nearest Lightning:  307mi
Air Quality: Moderate Risk of fire: Extreme	May Averages: Flagstaff: 68° \ 34° May Average: 3 Days of moisture	Sunshine

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

22-6/4   Nat’l Seat Belt Reinforcement Week Link 23-28  Mule Days  Link   24-30 Fleet Week 25-31 Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories

26-29 Old-Time Player Piano Weekend  Link Mudbug Madness Days   National Polka Weekend Link  28-6/3  Black Single Parents Week 28-6/4 National African Violet Week

Daily Observations

Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day (ARMAD) Link  Brisket Day Hamburger Day

Cellophane Tape Day Joe Cool Day Link Julia Pierpont Day   National Learn To Swim Day   Link

Today’s Thoughts

A nice day to begin the Memorial Day Weekend. Doors and Windows open. Fresh air is nice.

More proof I live in the middle of a National Forest. Yesterday morning an adult Black Bear was seen trying to cross I-40 within the city limits. It took officials from AZ Game and Fish, County animal control and several county and state police to wrangle the bear back into the wild. There were lots of video on social media to show the successful results.

There are now THREE slow moving fires within 25 miles of Flagstaff. Fire crews are busy at all three sites to prevent them from growing. I’m sure glad there is no big wind as they fight these fires. No word yet on what started them.

The Secretary of Treasury has been saying for weeks that June 1 is the projected day for default if the debt ceiling isn’t raised. Yesterday Congress fled DC for the long weekend, claiming they are still meeting by zoom to reach a compromise. As the vacationing legislators continued to grow, the Secretary of the Treasury said that the ‘new’ default deadline in now June 5^th. I am disappointed that a 3-day weekend is more important than default. I have several younger working friends who have told me that inflation and gas prices are keeping them home over the long weekend. How crazy.

Enjoy

Ocean Trivia

Clam is often used as the common name for several kinds of bivalve mollusks? Typically, this word is only used when the mollusk is edible.

Origins of State Names

Tennessee

It’s an unfortunate truth that sometimes details get lost in the annals of history. While that’s the case with regards to Tennessee’s naming origins, one agreed-upon fact is that Spanish explorer Juan Pardo was the first to record the name in 1567. He and his crew are believed to have traveled through a Cherokee village called Tanasqui, or, potentially Tanasi. The meanings of those words are not known, but have been theorized to be derivations of "winding river" and "river of the great bend." With both the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers winding through its borders, it’s very possible if not likely that they could have inspired the state’s name.

Historic Events

• 1830 – President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which denied Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocated them.
• 1934 – In Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets were born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne
• 1936 – Alan Turing published On Computable Numbers.
• 1961 – Peter Benenson’s article The Forgotten Prisoners was published in several internationally read newspapers.

Birthdays with some quotes

@94 – Lou Duva, American boxer, trainer, and manager (d. 2017)
“He’s a guy who gets up at 6 a.m. regardless of what time it is.”– Lou Duva
“You can sum up this sport (boxing) in two words: You never know.”– Lou Duva
85  – Jerry West, Laker’s Basketball
79 – Gladys Knight, Soul Singer
79 – Rudy Giuliani, American lawyer, politician
“My father used to say to me, ‘Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an emergency, become the calmest person in the room and you’ll be able to figure your way out of it.”– Rudy Giuliani
@65 – Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player, coach (d. 1953; heart failure)
@59 – James Michael Tyler, actor (Gunther on Friends) (d. 2021; cancer)
@56 – Ian Fleming, English journalist and author (d. 1964; heart disease)
55 – Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, and actress
“Hindsight is illuminating but not always what we want to see.”– Kylie Minogue
46 – Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American talk show host and author
“Nobody’s life is ever all balanced. It’s a conscious decision to choose your priorities every day.”– Elisabeth Hasselbeck
45 – Jake Johnson, American actor
40 – Roman Atwood, American YouTuber
28 – Lukas Gage, TV actor
@20 – Cameron Boyce, American actor (d. 2019; seizure)