Sept 5

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 36 Day 248 Ave. Sky Cover 10%\ Visibility  22mi. Flagstaff Today  72° \ 48° 
Wind  9mph \ Gusts  17mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest Lightning:379mi
Air Quality: Moderate Fair     Moisture Days this month: 3 days Sunshine 
September Averages: Temps: 74° \ 42° Moisture 5 Days   

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

Mesothelioma Awareness Month Link Mold Awareness Month Nat’l Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month National Americana Month  Link National Bake & Decorate Month

National Be A Food Hero Month National Campus Safety Awareness Month Link National Cheese Month  Link National Chicken Month Link National Child Awareness Month Link

Weekly Observations

3-9 National Waffle Week 4-8 National Payroll Week

4-10 Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week International Air Ambulance Week International Air Ambulance Week  Link 5-9 Play Days

Daily Observations

Another Look Unlimited Day Be Late for Something Day Cheese Pizza Day

International Day of Charity Link Jury Rights Day  Link

Today’s Thoughts

 A nice late summer day.

Nevada’s Burning Man Festival, an avant-garde music festival, was drenched with rain on the sand and clay ground. Up to 70,000 participants were stuck in the sticky mud after a huge sandstorm followed by lots of rain this weekend. The crowd remained calm, and today are getting out. Most of those interviewed said they ‘definitely’ or ‘probably’ return next year after being told Saturday to ‘shelter in place’.

This morning I learned that ‘Coconino’, the county I have lived in since 1971, is what the Hopi tribe calls the Havasupai, the tribe that lives in the Grand Canyon. All I can say is ‘I’m always learning’.

Enjoy

Unique National Treasures for the US …

Crayons

 

What American kid doesn’t remember the first time he or she opened a box of Crayola crayons and got busy coloring the world blue green, burnt orange or magenta? Thank Pennsylvania’s Binney & Smith company, which introduced the American version of the wax marking crayon to the world in 1903. School kids and grownups (check out Pinterest) still love to color, and through August 2, there’s a place to recycle your broken, unwanted crayons courtesy of a partnership between A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts stores and The Crayon Initiative, a nonprofit that collects unwanted colors and donates them to art programs in children’s hospitals to keep them out of landfills.

Random Trivia…

Sure, we’ve all heard of the Boston Tea Party but what about the Boston Molasses Disaster? On January 15, 1919, a 90-foot-wide cast-iron tank filled to the brim with sticky molasses exploded and spilled 2.5 million gallons of crude molasses into the streets of Boston. The brown stuff ran through the streets like a tsunami, with 15-foot-high waves reaching speeds of 35 miles per hour. The molasses demolished everything in its path, toppling buildings, drowning horses, and eventually killing 21 and injuring 150.

Historic Events

• 1774 – The First Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia, PA.
• 1881 – Michigan’s Great Fire of 1881 killed at least 125 people. It was the first disaster that the American Red Cross assisted with.
• 1914 – Babe Ruth hit his first professional Home Run.
• 1972 – 11 members of the Israeli Olympic Team were assassinated at the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany.
• 1975 – Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme attempted to assassinate US President Gerald Ford.

Birthdays with some quotes

93 – Bob Newhart, American comedian, actor
@85 – Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (d. 2007)
“There isn’t anything in the world that can’t be made better.”
84 – Claudette Colvin, American nurse, and  Civil rights activist
84 – George Lazenby, Australian actor, James Bond #2
@82 – Raquel Welch, American actress, and sex symbol (d. 2023)
“Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts – only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do.”
@82 – Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst, founded ACNielsen (d. 1980)
@77 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American director, producer and screenwriter (d. 1979; pneumonia)
77 – Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter
@72 – Ralston Crawford, American painter, lithographer, and photographer (d. 1978; cancer)
71 – Michael Keaton, American actor
“Work hard, don’t quit, be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful, also to never whine ever, never complain, and, always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.”
@60 – Buddy Miles, American singer-songwriter, drummer (d. 2008; heart disease)
50 – Rose McGowan, American actress
“Why should I downplay myself to make someone else more comfortable?”
@45 – Freddie Mercury, Lead singer of Queen, (d. 1991, AIDS)
@34 – Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882; shot by friend)

…The End for today…