2023
Flagstaff Almanac
Week 36 Day
248 Ave. Sky Cover 10%\ Visibility 22mi. Flagstaff Today 72° \ 48°
Wind 9mph \
Gusts 17mph Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk
of fire: Moderate Nearest
Lightning:379mi
Air Quality: Moderate Fair Moisture Days this month: 3 days Sunshine
Today’s Quote
Monthly Observations
Mesothelioma Awareness Month Link
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National Be A Food Hero Month
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Weekly Observations
3-9 National Waffle Week |
4-10 Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week 5-9 Play Days |
Daily Observations
Another Look Unlimited Day
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International Day of Charity Link
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Today’s Thoughts
A nice late summer day.
Nevada’s
Burning Man Festival, an avant-garde music festival, was drenched with
rain on the sand and clay ground. Up to 70,000 participants were stuck in the
sticky mud after a huge sandstorm followed by lots of rain this weekend. The
crowd remained calm, and today are getting out. Most of those interviewed said
they ‘definitely’ or ‘probably’ return next year after being told Saturday to ‘shelter
in place’.
This
morning I learned that ‘Coconino’, the county I have lived in since 1971, is
what the Hopi tribe calls the Havasupai, the tribe that lives in the Grand
Canyon. All I can say is ‘I’m always learning’.
Enjoy
Unique National Treasures for the US …
Crayons
What American kid doesn’t remember the first
time he or she opened a box of Crayola crayons and got busy coloring the world
blue green, burnt orange or magenta? Thank Pennsylvania’s Binney & Smith
company, which introduced the American version of the wax marking crayon to the
world in 1903. School kids and grownups (check out Pinterest) still love to
color, and through August 2, there’s a place to recycle your broken, unwanted
crayons courtesy of a partnership between A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts stores
and The Crayon Initiative, a nonprofit that collects unwanted colors and
donates them to art programs in children’s hospitals to keep them out of
landfills.
Random Trivia…
Sure,
we’ve all heard of the Boston Tea Party but what about the Boston Molasses
Disaster? On January 15, 1919, a 90-foot-wide cast-iron tank filled to the brim
with sticky molasses exploded and spilled 2.5 million gallons of crude molasses
into the streets of Boston. The brown stuff ran through the streets like a
tsunami, with 15-foot-high waves reaching speeds of 35 miles per hour. The
molasses demolished everything in its path, toppling buildings, drowning
horses, and eventually killing 21 and injuring 150.
Historic Events
- 1774 – The First
Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia, PA.
- 1881 – Michigan’s Great
Fire of 1881 killed at least 125 people. It was the first disaster that
the American Red Cross assisted with.
- 1914 – Babe Ruth hit
his first professional Home Run.
- 1972 – 11 members of
the Israeli Olympic Team were assassinated at the Olympic Village in
Munich, Germany.
- 1975 –
Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme attempted to assassinate US President Gerald
Ford.
Birthdays with some quotes
93
– Bob Newhart, American comedian, actor
@85 – Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film
rating system (d. 2007)
“There isn’t anything in the world that can’t
be made better.”
84
– Claudette Colvin, American nurse, and Civil rights activist
84
– George Lazenby, Australian actor, James Bond #2
@82 – Raquel Welch, American actress, and sex symbol (d. 2023)
“Once you get rid of the idea that you must
please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your
own instincts – only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and
when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do.”
@82 – Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst, founded ACNielsen
(d. 1980)
@77 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American director, producer and
screenwriter (d. 1979; pneumonia)
77
– Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter
@72 – Ralston Crawford, American painter, lithographer, and
photographer (d. 1978; cancer)
71
– Michael Keaton, American actor
“Work hard, don’t quit, be appreciative, be
thankful, be grateful, be respectful, also to never whine ever, never complain,
and, always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.”
@60 – Buddy Miles, American singer-songwriter, drummer (d. 2008;
heart disease)
50
– Rose McGowan, American actress
“Why should I downplay myself to make someone
else more comfortable?”
@45 – Freddie Mercury, Lead singer of Queen, (d. 1991, AIDS)
@34 – Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882; shot by friend)
…The End for today…
