22 July 2023
Flagstaff
Almanac
Week 29 Day 203 Ave. Sky
Cover 30%\ Visibility 27mi.
Flagstaff
Today 90°
\ 57°
Wind 4mph \
Gusts 10mph Nearest active fire: 17miles
Nearest Lightning:
16mi
Air Quality: Moisture Days this month: 1 days
Risk
of fire: Extreme July Averages: Temps
82° \ 51° Moisture 8 Days
Sunshine High Heat Warning
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
1-24
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19-22
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Daily Observations
Be A Good Teammate Day |
National Mango Day Link National Penuche Fudge Day Spooners Day |
Today’s Thoughts
And
the heat wave continues. Ready for some moisture. About 1:30 this afternoon the
breeze picked up, then the clouds came in, then the thunder started. By 2pm it had
cooled off to 79° and our parched land was getting sprinkles. Hope the monsoon
sticks around for a while.
I
had a good checkup with my PCP this morning. My Bell’s Palsy may have been the
rhino virus or it may have been the two dose Shingles vaccine about a month before
I got the Bell’s. Dr. says we will never know which. I stopped at Dunkin’ and
brought the Dr. Office staff a dozen donuts. They have been so good during this
time, always fitting me in when I call. They were very appreciative.
Flagstaff
residents have a not-to-good relationship with land developers. There are way
too many multi-story apartments since the University is trying to get out of
the dorm business. I saw this on Facebook: Developers is pronounced Devil
Lopers.
RFK,
Jr. certainly has name recognition. His recent Congressional testimony was off
the rails. He denied ever saying things
that can be easily found on tape. He has conspiracy theories long debunked and
now he claims he never said any of that. We don’t need a liar in the White
House again.
The
Feds are investigating Texas as it appears they are putting razor-wire a little
under the water on the river that the illegals use to enter the US. Sad
commentary on humanity.
Tony
Bennett gave us some great music. RIP at 96.
Enjoy
Hoaxes…NEW
The largest Ponzi scheme in world history
In a case that shook world stock markets to
their core, investment adviser and financier Bernie Madoff confessed to the
largest Ponzi scheme in world history, and the largest financial fraud in US
history. Madoff's criminal activities defrauded thousands of investors of
billions of dollars. In 2009, the disgraced financier was sentenced to 150
years in prison, where he died in April 2021.
True Conspiracy Theories…
The
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The
1964 attack on the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin was used as a pretext for
US involvement in the Vietnam War. Declassified documents later revealed that
the attack never happened.
Random Trivia…
President
Zachary Taylor died from a cherry overdose! Zachary Taylor passed away after
eating way too many cherries and drinking milk at a Fourth of July party in
1850. He died on July 9th from gastroenteritis. The acid in cherries, along
with the milk, is believed to have caused this.
Historic Events
- 1342 – The St. Mary Magdalene’s
flood in central Europe killed thousands of people.
- 1376 (?) The Pied Piper of
Hamelin musically took the children from the town when they refused to pay
a debt. It may have happened in 1284. It probably never happened.
- 1587 – The second group of English settlers
arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted
colony. #croatoan
Birthdays with some
quotes
@104 |
– Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist
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(d. 1995) |
@98 |
Bob Dole, American soldier and politician |
(d. 2021) |
91 |
Tom Robbins, American novelist |
|
@91 |
Orson Bean, American actor |
(d. 2020) |
@84 |
Edward Hopper, American painter and etcher
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(d. 1967) |
@82 |
– Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American
fashion designer
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(d. 2014) |
82 |
George Clinton, American singer-songwriter and producer |
|
@80 |
Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show
host
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(d. 2020) |
80 |
Kay Bailey Hutchison, American politician |
|
80 |
Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter |
|
77 |
Danny Glover, American actor |
|
76 |
Albert Brooks,
American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
|
|
74 |
Alan Menken, American pianist and composer |
|
75 |
S.E. Hinton,
American author
|
|
68 |
Willem Dafoe, American actor |
|
@66 |
Amy Vanderbilt, American author
|
(d. 1974; fall, suicide<?>) |
63 |
John Leguizamo, Colombian-American actor |
|
59 |
David Spade, American actor |
|
51 |
Colin Ferguson,
Canadian actor
|
|
50 |
Rufus Wainwright,
American-Canadian singer-songwriter
|
|
31 |
Selena Gomez,
American singer and actress
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…The End for today…