Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 27 Day 183 \ Ave. Sky Cover 40% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 80° \51°
Wind 6mph \ Gusts 12mph Air Quality Fair
Jul Averages for Flagstaff: 82° \ 51° (8 days of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Monthly Observations
Get Ready For Kindergarten Month
Grange Month Link
Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month Link
Herbal/Prescription Interaction Awareness Month
Independent Retailer Month Link
International Blondie and Deborah Harry Month
International Group B Strep Awareness Month Link
International Women with
Alopecia Month
International Zine Month
National Anti-Boredom Month
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month Link
National Baked Beans Month Link
Weekly Observations
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Daily Observations
My Sometimes-Long-Winded
Thoughts
Monsoon rain
here is usually in the early afternoon. Yesterday it rained about 2pm, again at
9pm, again at midnight. We need the moisture for the forest, and there was only
minor road flooding.
The airlines
have made traveling a real hassle. Most of the problems are caused by the
airlines themselves. Overbooking flights, not ensuring that they have pilots,
planes, and crew for their flights. Yes, Covid messed everything up. I thought the
computer knew when and where their planes were, that it knew who would fly the
planes, and what crew were assigned to a flight. If the computer ‘sees’ there
are 10 flights at 10am and that they only have 5 pilots available, they would only
book 5 flights. I understand there may be a pilot or crew that can’t make a
flight. It happens…but not in the numbers it is happening now. It is just a excuse
for poor management. Yet the higher ups are taking no blame and they still get
paid. It is crazy.
Back in the
day we used to take our 8th grade students to Medieval Times in LA
on their class trip. They loved it. Times have changed and the employees of MT
are trying to set up a union, saying that crowds have become too rowdy and
there is not enough security, so the actors have to deal with people jumping
into the arena, throwing things into the arena, and trying to grab the falcons
as they fly over the crowd. If the union idea fails, here is an idea…the customers
seem to like being in Medieval times, so if the misbehave or get too rowdy,
have them be given Medieval punishments. No more making them leave; have them
put in a stockade or a dungeon for 24 hours or so. Just an idea.
Favorite Memes
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Earth’s Secrets
The Earth
Isn't Exactly Round
Planet Earth
is shaped more like a oblate spheroid which looks like a flatter circle. But
it's definitely not flat.
Trivia
The vast destruction
of WWII left two superpowers standing: the United States and the Soviet Union,
both with conflicting ideas of how to restore international order.
The resulting Cold War lasted 40 years, during which time the United States and the Soviet Union tried to control as many countries as possible, even if those countries were not very valuable economically or strategically.
Historical Events
W 1698 – Thomas Savery patented the first
steam engine.
W 1776 – The Continental Congress adopted a
resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain, although the final
wording of the formal Declaration of Independence was not approved until July
4.
W 1788 – The US Constitution went into
effect
W 1839 – 53 African slaves took over the
slave ship Amistad.
W 1890 – The US Congress passes the Sherman
Anti-Trust Act.
W 1897 – Guglielmo Marconi obtained his
patent for radio in London.
W 1937 – Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred
Noonan were last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the
first equatorial round-the-world flight.
W 1937 – The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
has been guarded every minute since midnight July 2, 1937
W 1962 – The first Wal-Mart store opened in
Rogers, Arkansas.
W 1964 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson
signed the (Republican-written) Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit
segregation in public places.
W 1964 – The US Civil Right Act was signed
into law
W 2002 – Steve Fossett traveled around the
world in a balloon, 19,400 miles between June 18 and July 2nd.
W 2005 – The Live 8 benefit concerts – more
than 1,000 musicians performed and were broadcast on 182 television networks
and 2,000 radio networks.
Birthdays Today
@98 – Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 2020)
93
– Imelda Marcos, Filipino politician;, shoe collector
@92 – René Lacoste, French tennis player, invented the polo
shirt (d. 1996)
85
– Polly Holliday, American actress
85
– Richard Petty, American race car driver, sportscaster
@85 – Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, painter,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
@84 – Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court 1967-1991 (d. 1993)
75
– Larry David, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
@74 – Ken Curtis, American actor (d. 1991; heart attack)
@74 – Brock Peters [George Fisher], American actor (d.
2005; cancer)
@62 – Ron Silver, American actor, director, political activist (d.
2009; cancedr)
58
– Jose Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player
37
– Ashley Tisdale, American actress, singer
36
– Lindsay Lohan, American actress
