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Flagstaff Today 92°: 55° Week 27 Day 181 Wind 4 mph Gusts 12 mph Active Fire: 169 miles away Risk of
Fire: Extreme Nearest lightning: 256 miles away Air Quality: Fair some clouds Sunshine Jun Averages: Temps: 70°\43° Moisture: 1 Day
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Weekly Observations
National Marina Days: 19-9/1 Link
National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness: 27 -7/4
World Police and Fire Games: 27-7/6 Link
National Tom Sawyer Days: 28-7/5 Link
Fireworks Safety Week: 28-7/4
National Wildland Firefighter Week of Remembrance: 30-7/6
Daily Observations
Asteroid Day
California Avocado Day Link
Ice Cream Soda Day
International Day of Parlimentarism
Leap Second Time Adjustment Day
Mai Tai Day
Meteor Watch Day
National Meteor Watch Day
National Outfit Of The Day Day Link
Please Take My Children To Work Day
NOW (National Organization For Women) Day
Social Media Day Link
Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
Thoughts for the day
A hot summer day to end June.
I have another long blood treatment on Monday, so I won’t be posting
tomorrow.
Our discussion group was very enlightening. While Climate Change is a
fearful subject, the group concluded that the answers are not in the
politicians, but in the everyday people from every community, doing what they
can to protect our earth. While it is
still daunting, it can be done.
The same seems to be true for the mess our country is in. The positivity
is going to come from the people, not the politicians.
Famous Historical Myths That People Still Believe Today
The Titanic Sank Due to an Iceberg Alone ©R. Welch on
Wikimedia Commons
The Titanic's collision with an iceberg was a major factor in
its sinking, but it was not the only cause. Weak rivets, poor-quality steel,
and design flaws also contributed to the disaster. If the ship had been built
with better materials, it might have stayed afloat longer.
Random Thoughts…
Pennsylvania has a region known as the “Potato Chip Belt” where Herr’s,
Utz, Martin’s, Bon Ton, Bickels’, and Snyder’s of Hanover call home.
The act of hitting something until it works is called “Percussive maintenance.”
You’d think if a sophisticated race of ancient aliens came to earth to build pyramids and stuff, they’d have someone who’d be able to draw more than stick figures in a cave.
The word Crusade comes from the Latin word crociata, which means “to mark with a cross.”
Robert E. Lee and Douglas MacArthur had the second, and third, highest scores respectively at graduation in the history of the United States Military Academy. The highest scorer, Charles Mason, resigned from the US Army two years after graduating from West Point.
There’s no official word for a group of Koalas because they are solitary animals.
Americans spend more money on slot machines than on movies, baseball, and theme parks combined.
Historic Events
Click here for 30 June
history
Birthdays
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69 – David Alan Grier, American comedic actor
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@92 – Lena Horne, American singer (d. 2010)
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…The End for today…
