24 June 2023
Flagstaff
Almanac
Week 25 Day 175 Ave. Sky Cover 5%\
Visibility 32mi. Flagstaff Today 75° \ 37°
Wind 5mph \
Gusts 14mph Nearest active fire: 21miles
Nearest Lightning:
492mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture
Days this month: 5days
Risk
of fire: Extreme June Averages: Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° June Average: 1 Day of moisture
Sunshine
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
18-24
Animal Rights Awareness Week Link Link
18-24
Greencare For Troops Awareness Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week Link
Old Time Fiddlers Week
National Mosquito Control Awareness Week
Old Time Fiddlers Week
National Mosquito Control Awareness Week Link
National Play Catch Week
Universal Father's Week
19-25
National Play Catch Week
Universal Father's Week
19-25
Learning Disabilities Week Link Link
National Pollinator Week Link
19-25
19-25
National Insect Week
20-24
Royal Ascot Link
22-25
Watermelon Thump Seed Spitting Week Link
Water Ski Days
Water Ski Days Link
Daily Observations
ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Field Day Link
Celebration of the Senses Link
Creamy Pralines Day
Great American Backyard Campout
International Fairy Day or Faerie Day Link
National Haskap Berry Day
National Take Back The Lunch Break Day Link
Polar Bear Swim (Nome,AK) Link
Stonewall National Monument Day Link
Swim a Lap Day
World Bike Naked Day Link Link
World UFO Day Link
Today’s Thoughts
I
had a check up for my cold. All good. I’m improving every visit. I got to walk
around the office for 6 minutes. Oxygen stayed within all parameters the entire
time.
The
Navajo Nation has been fighting for decades to get access to the Colorado River
water. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court
5-4 vote ended any hope of their water rights of Colorado River water.
The
weather guy says to expect a hot week ahead. Flag will be in the 80’s. I’m not
complaining but am concerned about what is next for fire…right now it has been
at extreme for several weeks. The chart only has ‘Very extreme’ left. Not a
good sign as we await the real monsoon.
The
media is getting blowback for the difference in coverage of the ‘Adventurers’ visiting
the Titanic and the coverage of the many boats of refugees that have sunk
around the world. Several governments are also getting blowback as the missing wealthy
are getting more resources than the refugees when they is a an at-sea disaster.
Commentary
History revisited
Neil
Armstrong was probably misquoted on the moon.
Astronaut
Neil Armstrong is recorded as saying, "That's one small step for man, one
giant leap for mankind," when he first stepped onto the moon in 1969, but
he was probably misquoted.
Armstrong
told reporters after the Apollo 11 mission that he actually said, "that's
one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." That missing
"a" would make a lot more sense, because without it, Armstrong is
repeating himself and saying "That's one small step for man," as in
all of mankind, and then "one giant leap for mankind."
According
to Space.com, computer programmer Peter Shann Ford analyzed audio of the
transmission from the moon in 2006, and found that there was a pause between
"for" and "man," and the radio just may not have
transmitted the "a."
Historic Events
- 1950 – In South
Africa, the Group Areas Act was passed, formally segregating races
(Apartheid).
- 1957 –
In Roth v. United States, the
U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First
Amendment.
Birthdays with some quotes
@96 – Al Molinaro, American character actor (d.
2015)
@87 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer (d. 1983)
“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.”– Jack
Dempsey
@86 – Fred Hoyle, English astronomer, author (d.
2001)
@78 – Jeff Beck, English guitarist (d. 2023)
“Things turn out better by accident sometimes. But you
can’t organize accidents.”– Jeff Beck
76 – Mick Fleetwood, English-American
drummer
“If you were to ask me, ‘What the hell does a musician have
in common with a restaurant?’I would say a huge amount. It’s showtime every
day, it’s a team of people, like, running a circus, which is running a
rock-and-roll band.”– Mick Fleetwood
@75 – Thomas Blanchard, American inventor (d.
1864)
@71? – Ambrose Bierce, American short story
writer, essayist, journalist (d. 1914; disappeared)
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech
youc will ever regret.”– Ambrose Bierce
“Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have
for lunch.”– Ambrose Bierce
77 – Robert Reich, American economist, politician
“No economy can continue to function when the vast middle
class and everybody else don’t have enough purchasing power to buy what the
economy is capable of producing without going deeper and deeper into debt.”–
Robert Reich
73 – Nancy Allen, American actress
@67 – Chuck Taylor, American basketball player sneaker
salesman (d. 1969; heart attack)
57 – Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter
