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August 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 31 Day 214 Ave. Sky Cover 30%\ Visibility  15mi. Flagstaff Today  79° \ 49° 
Wind  3mph \ Gusts  9mph  Nearest active fire: 17miles Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest Lightning:  17mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 1 days
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days
Sunshine 

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

Children's Eye Health & Safety Month Child Support Awareness Month Link Children's Vision & Learning Month Clear The Shelters Month   Link Get Ready for Kindergarten Month

Golf Month  Happiness Happens Month Link International EFT Tapping Month Motor Sports Awareness Month

Weekly Observations

28-8-6 World Police and Fire Games 30-8/5 National Exercise With Your Child Week Single Working Women's Week

1-7 Happiness Happens Week Link International Clown Week Link National Cleanse Your Skin Week  Link National Minority Donor Awareness Week Simplify Your Life Week World Breastfeeding Week Link

Daily Observations

Coloring Book Day Ice Cream Sandwich Day

National Coloring Book Day Link Take A Penny/Leave A Penny Day Link

Today’s Thoughts

 Augusts is starting our much cooler than July. Nice.

There was no need for my evap. cooler yesterday or today.

Maggie, from our discussion group, is in rehab after a couple of stokes. Today I went over to visit. We had a great visit. She is improving daily and hoping for release in the middle of this month. She is in a very nice facility on the same grounds as their bungalow home in the retirement community. Nice to see she is doing well at 81.

Enjoy

 

History you may not have learned in school…

There was a Great Molasses Flood in Boston in 1919.

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 was ta sticky situation with deadly consequences. United States Industrial Alcohol, which used the molasses to make liquor and in ammunitions manufacturing, had stored the molasses in a tank build after World War 1, according to History.com. One of the company's employees reportedly told them that the tank had been leaking and wasn't structurally sound, but they never took action to fix it.

On, Jan. 15, 1919, when it was warmer than usual, the tank burst and unleashed 2.3 million gallons of molasses, which rushed out onto Boston's streets. A 15-foot wall of molasses reportedly crashed down Commercial Street going 35 miles per hour. It was so strong that the Boston Globe wrote that it caused buildings to “cringe up as though they were made of pasteboard,” according to History.com. Overall, 21 people died and 150 were injured.

Hoax proved wrong…

Trumped!

Donald Trump kept fact-checkers busy after he took office in January 2017. For example, he claimed he had up to 1.5 million people in attendance for his inauguration, making it "the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period." This figure turned out to be a vast overestimate.

Random Trivia…

The most famous female serial killer was a Hungarian Countess, Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed. She was accused of torturing and killing over 650 young women. Most of them were between the ages of 10 and 14.

Historic Events

• 1776 – The official signing of The Declaration of Independence took place in Philadelphia.
• 1943 – A Japanese destroyer sank the US torpedo boat PT 109, Future president John F. Kennedy and 10 other crewmen survived.
• 1990 – Iraq invaded Kuwait, instigating the Gulf War.

Birthdays with some quotes

 

@93	Betsy Bloomingdale, American philanthropist, and socialite	(d. 2016)
@88   @81	Myrna Loy, American actress “Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.” Peter O’Toole, British-Irish actor Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.”	(d. 1993)   (d. 2013)
78 @76 @76	Joanna Cassidy (Joanna Virginia Caskey), American actress Wes Craven, director   Carroll O’Connor, American actor	(d. 2005) (d. 2001; heart attack)
@65 64 @60	Elisha Gray, American businessman, co-founded Western Electric Victoria Jackson, American comedic actress Jim Capaldi, English drummer and singer-songwriter (	(d. 1901)   d. 2005; stomach cancer)
@59   59 53	Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter    Mary-Louise Parker, American actress  Kevin Smith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter “In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least trying to accomplish all of your wildest dreams in life.”	(d. 2011; kidney cancer)
47	Michael Weiss, American figure skater

 

…The End for today…