24 June

 

24 June 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 25 Day 175 Ave. Sky Cover 5%\ Visibility  32mi. Flagstaff Today  75° \ 37° 

Wind  5mph \ Gusts  14mph  Nearest active fire: 21miles Nearest Lightning:  492mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days this month: 5days
Risk of fire: Extreme June Averages: Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° June Average: 1 Day of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

18-24  
Animal Rights Awareness Week Link Link
18-24  
Greencare For Troops Awareness Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week Link 
Old Time Fiddlers Week
National Mosquito Control Awareness Week
Old Time Fiddlers Week
National Mosquito Control Awareness Week Link 
National Play Catch Week
Universal Father's Week
19-25  
National Play Catch Week
Universal Father's Week
19-25  
Learning Disabilities Week Link  Link
National Pollinator Week Link 
19-25  
19-25  
National Insect Week
20-24  
Royal Ascot Link
22-25  
Watermelon Thump Seed Spitting Week Link   
Water Ski Days 
Water Ski Days Link

Daily Observations

ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Field Day Link 
Celebration of the Senses Link
Creamy Pralines Day
Great American Backyard Campout
International Fairy Day or Faerie Day  Link
National Haskap Berry Day  
National Take Back The Lunch Break Day Link
Polar Bear Swim (Nome,AK) Link 
Stonewall National Monument Day  Link
Swim a Lap Day
World Bike Naked Day Link  Link 
World UFO Day Link

Today’s Thoughts

I had a check up for my cold. All good. I’m improving every visit. I got to walk around the office for 6 minutes. Oxygen stayed within all parameters the entire time.

The Navajo Nation has been fighting for decades to get access to the Colorado River water.  Unfortunately, the Supreme Court 5-4 vote ended any hope of their water rights of Colorado River water.

The weather guy says to expect a hot week ahead. Flag will be in the 80’s. I’m not complaining but am concerned about what is next for fire…right now it has been at extreme for several weeks. The chart only has ‘Very extreme’ left. Not a good sign as we await the real monsoon.

The media is getting blowback for the difference in coverage of the ‘Adventurers’ visiting the Titanic and the coverage of the many boats of refugees that have sunk around the world. Several governments are also getting blowback as the missing wealthy are getting more resources than the refugees when they is a an at-sea disaster.

Commentary

History revisited

Neil Armstrong was probably misquoted on the moon.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong is recorded as saying, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," when he first stepped onto the moon in 1969, but he was probably misquoted.

Armstrong told reporters after the Apollo 11 mission that he actually said, "that's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." That missing "a" would make a lot more sense, because without it, Armstrong is repeating himself and saying "That's one small step for man," as in all of mankind, and then "one giant leap for mankind."

According to Space.com, computer programmer Peter Shann Ford analyzed audio of the transmission from the moon in 2006, and found that there was a pause between "for" and "man," and the radio just may not have transmitted the "a."

Historic Events

• 1950 – In South Africa, the Group Areas Act was passed, formally segregating races (Apartheid).
• 1957 – In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.

Birthdays with some quotes

@96 – Al Molinaro, American character actor (d. 2015)
@87 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer (d. 1983)
“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.”– Jack Dempsey
@86 – Fred Hoyle, English astronomer, author (d. 2001)
@78 – Jeff Beck, English guitarist (d. 2023)
“Things turn out better by accident sometimes. But you can’t organize accidents.”– Jeff Beck 
76 – Mick Fleetwood, English-American drummer
“If you were to ask me, ‘What the hell does a musician have in common with a restaurant?’I would say a huge amount. It’s showtime every day, it’s a team of people, like, running a circus, which is running a rock-and-roll band.”– Mick Fleetwood
@75 – Thomas Blanchard, American inventor (d. 1864)
@71? – Ambrose Bierce, American short story writer, essayist, journalist (d. 1914; disappeared)
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech youc will ever regret.”– Ambrose Bierce
“Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.”– Ambrose Bierce
77 – Robert Reich, American economist, politician
“No economy can continue to function when the vast middle class and everybody else don’t have enough purchasing power to buy what the economy is capable of producing without going deeper and deeper into debt.”– Robert Reich
73 – Nancy Allen, American actress
@67 – Chuck Taylor, American basketball player sneaker salesman (d. 1969; heart attack)

57 – Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter