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Jul.
23, 2019 Week: 30 \ Day: 204
86004: H 87° \ L 59° \ Average Sky
Cover: Smokey
Nearest
wildfire: 3mi. Nearest lightning: 132mi
Wind: 7mph\Gusts:
7mph
Visibility:
8 mi
Record
High: 92°[1996] Record Low: 37°[1987]
Jul Averages: 82°\542° (8 day with rain)
Today’s Quote
Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants
you will ever encounter. Denis Leary
Random Tidbits
The United
States has 71,862 tons of nuclear waste. Waste can stay dangerous for tens of
thousands of years. The industry's nuclear pile of waste is growing about 2,200
tons a year. Some waste sites contain four times the amount of spent fuel they
were designed to handle.
The first
nuclear-powered surface vessel was the Russian icebreaker Lenin. The largest
nuclear powered surface ship is the 1,100-foot-long USS George H.W. Bush, the
most recent of the Nimitz Class carriers which was commissioned in 2009.
The U.S.S.
Nautilus was the first nuclear-powered submarine and was put to sea in December
1954. Named after the submarine in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea, she was the first vessel to travel submerged under the North Pole, on
August 3, 1958. She was decommissioned in 1980 and has been preserved as a
National Historic Landmark.
Observances This Week
6-28
Tour de France
Tour de France
18-25
Restless Leg
Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week
20-24
20-24
20-28
21-27
RAGBRAI
Observances for Today
Gorgeous Grandma Day
Hot Enough For Ya Day
Official* Hot Dog Day
My Rambling Thoughts
On the top of my
mind today is this 1000+ acre fire on the mountain near my place. Yesterday I
learned about the ‘Ready, Set, Go’ program. First text message said ‘Get READY
for an evacuation. Gather important papers, meds, cell phone and charger and
pets, and know where you can go. This morning the text said, ‘Get Set’, have
your papers, meds, phone, charger, pets and plan SET for evacuation. I’ve lived
around here for many years. Good to know our town is prepared. I have faith I
won’t have to evacuate the area but am prepared if that happens. The trash man
just made his daily run, a good sign.
Today, in 1914,
my father was born. He and his sister were raised by a single mom after his
father had a heart attack on Christmas Eve when he was only 5 years old. He was
in both the Navy (volunteered) and the Army (drafted after Pearl Harbor) He
married my mom in 1939 and lived 80 good years. He worked as an accountant. He and
my mom raised two adopted sons. They provided a good life for the family. He
passed in 1994 and is still missed.
More on the
fires…planes are finally back in the air. Seems there are idiots in our area
who keep flying drones over the fire area. When a drone is spotted, all air traffic
ceases. I am getting numerous messages to report any drone to 911. There are
200 firefighters on the line, numerous aircraft dropping water when they can
fly.
Holy crap…local
police are going door to door in my complex. Telling me to tie a white shoestring
on our door if I evacuate, so they won’t
break down the door trying to save me.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of this page
I was born in
the 18th century, yet still live on today. Appearing on TV when I have
something to say. Called everything from "honest" to a dirty rotten
"crook", I used to wear a wig, but have had several looks. I've
always had a party, but never disturb the neighbors. I've been shot at many
times - major stories for the papers. What am I?
Today’s Highlighted Historical Events
1700’s
1798 Napoleon
captures Alexandria, Egypt
1800’s
1829 William
Austin Burt patents America's first "typographer" (typewriter)
1900’s
1900 The
Canadian government reviews immigration policy, prohibiting criminals and
paupers from landing in Canada
1904 Ice cream
cone created during St Louis World Fair - the 1st cone reputedly by Charles E.
Menches
1937 Isolation
of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University)
1946 Menachem
Begin's Zionist militant group Irgun bombs the King David Hotel, the then
British administrative headquarters for Palestine
1967 First
successful liver transplant, on 19 month old Julie Rodriguez by Dr Starzl at
the University of Colorado
1973 US
President Richard Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in
the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation
1982
International Whaling Commission votes for total ban on commercial whaling
(starting 1985)
1994 Goodwill
Games open in St Petersburg
2000’s
2014 20th
Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow, Scotland
2015 NASA's
Kepler mission announces discovery of the most Earth-like planet yet -
Kepler-452b, 1,400 light years from Earth
2018
International Monetary Fund predicts inflation of 1 million percent in
Venezuela by end of 2018
Highlighted Birthdays Today
0’s
1892 Haile
Selassie
[Ras Tafari
Makonnen],
Emperor of
Ethiopia (1930-74), born in Ejersa Goro, Ethiopian Empire (d. 1975: @83)
1894 Arthur
Treacher,
English TV
announcer (Merv Griffin Show), born in Brighton, England (d. 1975: @81)
1967 Philip
Seymour Hoffman,
American actor
(Capote, Moneyball), born in Fairport, New York (d. 2014: @46: accidental suicide
)
58- Woody
Harrelson,
American actor
(Woody Boyd in Cheers), born in Midland, Texas
54- Slash
[Saul Hudson],
English-American
rock guitarist & songwriter (Guns N' Roses-Sweet Child o' Mine), born in
London, England
46- Monica
Lewinsky,
American White
House intern (improper relationship with Bill Clinton), born in San Francisco,
California
30- Daniel
Radcliffe,
English actor
(Harry Potter in the Harry Potter series of movies), born in London, England
Highlighted Historical Obits Today
90’s
@93-2010 Daniel
Schorr,
American
broadcast journalist (CBS)
@92-2001 Eudora
Welty,
American
novelist (Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973)
70’s
@73-1948 D.W.
Griffith,
American
director and producer, dies of cerebral hemorrhage
60’s
@67-1951 Robert
Flaherty,
American
filmmaker and the father of documentary film (Nanook of North)
@63-1885 Ulysses
S. Grant,
18th US
President (1869-77) and Union general, dies of esophageal cancer
@61-2012 Sally
Ride,
American
astronaut and 1st American woman in space, dies of pancreatic cancer
20’s
@27-2011 Amy
Winehouse,
British singer
songwriter, dies from alcohol poisoning
Puzzle answer:
The Office of
the President of the United States.
