2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 34 Day 223 Ave. Sky Cover 75%\ Visibility  15mi. Flagstaff Today  78° \ 57a° 
Wind  6mph \ Gusts  11mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest Lightning:  271mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 6 days Cloudy 
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link
18-24
Minority Enterprise Development Week
20-26
Brake Safety Week Link
World Water Week Link
World Princess Week Link 
21-25
21-25
National Safe at Home Week
21-27
National Composites Week Link

Daily Observations

Brazilian Blow-out Day Link Internat’l Day of Remembrance and Tribute To The Victims of Terrorism Internet Self-care Day  National Spumoni Day Link Poet's Day Senior Citizen's Day Spumoni Day

Today’s Thoughts

Cloudy from Hurricane Hilary. No measurable moisture yesterday. Looks like there might be some later today. Our little mountain town is on the border of getting lots of moisture. It is cooler today, so that is nice.

Spain won the Women’s World Cup for the first time. Bravo!

Yesterday in pre-season play, Broncos lost to 49er’s, Cards lost to Chiefs. Not a great day for my teams.

Enjoy

 

Unique National Treasures for the US …

A Prairie Home Companion

Chris Thile, the 36-year-old host of A Prairie Home Companion, says that 2.6 million weekly listeners—himself included—think of the long-running public radio show made famous by Garrison Keillor as an American treasure.

“It’s a place for us to take our cares and woes and hold them out at arm’s length for examination and even celebration,” he says of the 43-year-old show. “It brings us together and makes us feel more alive.”

Thile, a Grammy-winning mandolin virtuoso who made a splash with the trio Nickel Creek and the band Punch Brothers before taking the helm at APHC last year, says the show’s purpose is to mirror the American experience and to help people find common ground.

“What I hope the show does—this is what it did for me—is to offer the opportunity to connect with the country at large every Saturday,” he says.

Random Trivia…

14 years before the infamous Titanic sank, author Morgan Robertson wrote the novella Futility. It was about the large unsinkable ship "Titan" hitting an iceberg in the Northern Atlantic. What’s even weirder is the Titanic and the fictional Titan did not have enough lifeboats for the thousands of passengers on board—coincidence?

Historic Events

• 1911 – The Mona Lisa was stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee. It was returned to the Louvre on January 4, 1914. Peruggia served six months in prison for the crime.
• 1939 – 5 young African-Americans were denied library cards at the Alexandria, VA Library and arrested after sitting down and reading books. The civil disobedience was one of the earliest in the American Civil Rights Movement.
• 1961 – Motown released what would be its first #1 hit, Please Mr. Postman by The Marvelettes.
• 1986 – The Lake Nyos, Cameroon disaster resulted in the deaths of 1800 people when a volcano suddenly burst with a wave of carbon dioxide.

Birthdays with some quotes

@85 – William Murdoch, Scottish engineer, and inventor, created gas-powered lighting (d. 1839)
@82 – Blossom Rock, American actress (d. 1978)
@79 – William James ‘Count’ Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984; cancer)
“Learn to deal with the valleys and the hills will take care of themselves.”
” If you play a tune and a person don’t tap their feet, don’t play the tune.”
@63 – Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (d. 1999; heart disease)
“It is said that good things come to those who wait. I believe that good things come to those who work.”
@81 – Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2020)
” I’ve always said music should make you laugh, make you cry or make you think.”
82 – Jackie DeShannon (Sharon Lee Myers), American singer-songwriter
@74 – Hugh Wilson, American actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2018; lung cancer)
67 – Kim Cattrall, English-Canadian actress
@57 – Stephen Hillenburg, marine biologist, animator, SpongeBob Squarepants (d. 2018; ALS)
56 – Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress
44 – Kelis Rogers, American singer-songwriter
” As a child, I’d help my mum cook, and it was ridiculous – she had the correct gadget or utensil for everything. ‘Stop! Don’t use that, I have exactly the right utensil.’ After I left home, I survived on cup-a-meals and never saw myself as being like her. Now I’ve become her.”
36 – Usain Bolt, runner
35 – Kacey Musgraves, American singer-songwriter
34 – Hayden Panettiere, American actress 

…The End for today…