Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 22 Day: 142 \ Ave. sky cover: a% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 75° \37°
Wind: 8mph \ Gusts: 14mph
Extreme risk of fire
\ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ nearest Lightning: 621mi
May Averages for Flagstaff: 68° \ 34° (3 days of moisture)
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Daily Observations
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Cooler
today, but I’m not complaining as the horrific wind is also gone. Yesterday’s
highest wind was 54 mph.
A male who
started a wildfire that killed 12 endangered condors has been given 24 years in
prison. I have seen condors, in the wild, outside Page, AZ. They are
magnificent birds.
Trump paid
the $110,000 fine for contempt after he didn’t release documents. His lawyers say
they have now done so.
A Catholic
bishop has notified Nancy Pelosi that she can no longer receive communion within
the parishes he oversees in San Francisco until she repents for her stance on
abortion and retracks her comments in public. A while back the Pope told US
Catholic leaders not to get involved in politics when there was a discussion of
preventing Biden from receiving communion for the same reason. It seems a
little hypocritical since the bishop’s statement does not preclude Pelosi from receiving
communion in say DC where she spends most of her time. I wonder what the Pope
is going to say about this. Also, if the church can stop someone from receiving
communion for their political beliefs, shouldn’t the church be taxed?
Favorite Memes
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Humor
I wanted to
take pictures of the fog this morning but I mist my chance. I guess I could dew
it tomorrow!
Trivia
v Noted for making incredible claims, Tesla
claimed that he invented a death ray that could send concentrated beams of
energy through air with the capability of bringing down a fleet of 10,000 enemy
airplanes at a distance of 250 miles. He believed his death ray, if it were
ever accomplished, would end war as we know it.
v When Tesla died in the year of 1943, the
Office of Alien Property took his stuff. Most of his things were given to his
family, and many were taken to the Tesla Museum in Belgrade. However, some documents
still remain classified by the U.S. Government.
Historical Events
Ø 1455 – England’s War of the Roses began
when the Yorkists defeated King Henry VI’s Lancastrian forces at St. Albans.
Ø 1762 – Trevi Fountain was officially
completed and inaugurated in Rome.
Ø 1804 –Lewis and Clark Expedition
officially began, from St. Charles, Missouri.
Ø 1807 – A grand jury indicted former Vice
President of the United States, Aaron Burr, on a charge of treason.
Ø 1819 – SS Savannah left port at Savannah,
Georgia, United States, starting a voyage to become the first steamship to
cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Ø 1849 – US President #16 Abraham Lincoln
was the first U.S. President to receive a patent, on his floating drydock, US
patent #6469.
Ø 1906 – The Wright brothers were granted
US Patent (#821,393) for their “Flying-Machine”.
Ø 1964 – Lyndon B. Johnson launched The
Great Society.
Ø 1990 – Microsoft Windows 3.0 was
released.
Ø 1992 – Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight
Show for the last time
Ø 2017 – Twenty-two people were killed at
an Ariana Grande concert in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.
Birthdays Today
84
– Richard Benjamin, American character actor and director
@71 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British
writer (d. 1930; heart attack)
@69 – Richard Wagner, German composer (d.
1883; heart attack)
@65 – Quinn Martin [ Irwin Martin Cohn], screenwriter, producer (d. 1987; heart attack)
56
– Johnny Gill, American singer-songwriter
52
– Naomi Campbell, English model
@48 – Brody Stevens, American comedic
actor (d. 2019; suicide)
35
– Novak Djokovic, Tennis playere
