Aug 19, 2021 Week: 34 Day: 231
Ave. Sky Cover: 80%\Visibility:
10 miles
Local Temp: 69°\ 52° Wind: 9mph\ Gusts: 12mph
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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National Environmental Services Week: Link |
2-20 |
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National
Aviation Week |
15-21 |
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Minority
Enterprise Development Week |
18-24 |
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National Little League Week Link |
19-29 |
Daily Oberservations
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Aviation
Day Bow
Day Potato
Day Soft
Ice Cream Day World
Humanitarian Day World
Photo Day |
Favorite Memes
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My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Yesterday’s storm was bigger than I realized. Parts of our mountain got 3” of rain in less than an hour…a ‘100-500-year event’. Unfortunately, the heaviest hit area was a burn scare from our last big fire. This led to a torrent of flash flooding hitting several areas of Flagstaff. This summer flash floods are not uncommon. What was unusual was a loud, beeping text alert soon after I posted yesterday’s blog on my phone. It said to ‘stay in place, do not travel’. Right after that, Facebook was showing lots of rushing water videos throughout East Flagstaff. On the East side of town, the main drag, Rt. 66, was also blocked at many points by rushing water. One elementary school has been closed due to flooding in the hallways and classrooms of their building. No problems in our compound. More rain is expected today.
Today
is cool, windows and door closed.
TGIR…the
Gov. of AZ has issued a proclamation that any school district that requires the
wearing of masks inside any school will mean that their share of $163 million
in Covid Federal relief aid will be held and not distributed to them. His
reasoning <?> is that mask wearing by children is a parental decision,
not a government decision. Before the proclamation, numerous school districts,
through elected school boards, required mask wearing. Time and the courts will
decide who is right. It appears the boards will keep the mask wearing until the
courts decide. Crazy.
Texas
schools are having similar problems and they think they got around the order by
simply changing their dress code to include mask wearing. Hmmm.
Sticking
with schools, there is a small school, Cove Day School, on the Navajo
Reservation, that educates K-3 and has 13 Bureau employees. It has been
indefinitely closed and children in the community will get their education online.
It was recently discovered high levels of radiation in the classrooms and
buildings. It is believed this is from uranium mining from decades ago. No word
on where staff will be living or how the online learning will be available
since the school is off limits. Sack lunches will come from a nearby public
school. Scary for sure.
Historical
Events
1692 Five more people hanged for witchcraft (19 in all) in Salem, Massachusetts
1791
Benjamin Banneker sends a copy of his Almanac and writes a letter to Thomas
Jefferson criticizing his pro-slavery stance and requesting justice for African
Americans using language from the Declaration of Independence
1812
– American frigate USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere
off the coast of Nova Scotia, earning the nickname “Old Ironsides”.
1887 Dmitri Mendeleev makes a solo ascent by
balloon to an altitude of 11,500 feet (3.5 km) above Klin, Russia to observe an
eclipse
1893
– Frank Wisner invented the Root Beer Float.
1934
– The first All-American Soap Box Derby was held in Dayton, Ohio.
1993
Mattel & Fisher Price toy companies merge
2020
Apple becomes the 1st US company to be valued at $2 trillion, just 2 years
after it reached $1 trillion valuation
Birthdays
Today
@87 – Coco Chanel, founded the Chanel Company (d. 1971)
87
– Renée Richards, American tennis player, and ophthalmologist
@80 – [Peter Edward] Ginger Baker, drummer,
and songwriter (d. 2019)
@76 – Orville Wright, American engineer, pilot, co-founded the
Wright Company (d. 1948)
75
– Bill Clinton, 42nd President
74
– Gerald McRaney, American actor
@68 – Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971; Chron’s disease)
@70 – Malcolm Forbes, publisher, politician (d. 1990; heart attack)
@70 – Gene Roddenberry, screenwriter, producer (Star Trek) (d.1991;
stroke)
58
– John Stamos, actor
52 – Matthew Perry, actor
