March 2023
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 9 Day 61 \ Ave. Sky Cover 100% \ Visibility 1 miles Flagstaff Today 26° \20° Wind 5mph \ Gusts 10mph
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 251mi \ Nearest
Lightning 943mi
Mar. Averages for Flagstaff: 51° \ 23° \6
Days of moisture
Today’s
Quote
Monthly
Observations
In Navajo: Woozhch’iid--first cry
of baby eaglets’
Deep Vein
Thrombosis (DVT) Month Link
Deaf History Month (3/13 to 4/15)
Developmental Disabillities Awareness Month Link
Employee Spirit Month
Endometriosis Month Link
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science & Engineering Month Link
Honor Society Awareness Month Link
Humorists Are Artists Month
Weekly
Observations
22-4/8
Lent
26-3/4
Telecommuter Appreciation Week
28 - 3/2
International Energy Week Link
1-7
Hearing Awareness Week Link
LGBT Health Awareness Week Link
National Cheerleading Week
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Invest in a Veteran Week Link
National Pet Sitters Week Link
Return The Borrowed Books Week
Universal Human Beings Week: Link
Will Eisner Week Link
World Hearing Awareness Week
2-5
American Association For The Advancement of
Science Week Link
National Money Show
Daily Observations
Banana
Cream Pie Day
Dr. Seuss’s Birthday
National Hospitalist Day Link
NEA's Read Across America Day
Old Stuff Day
Read Across America Day World Book
Day Link
World Teen Mental Illness Day
World Teen Mental Illness Day Link
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
The
snow has arrived. It is still falling and there is about 8” of NEW snow on the
ground.
It looks like I’ll be here at home for a few days. Cable TV is getting ‘iffy’ as
it cuts out every so often. This storm was to end tonight, but now has been
updated to end sometime tomorrow afternoon.
Flag
school are closed again as is the local university. At 11 days of closure, kids
will have to make up these days somehow. Glad I’m retired.
The
government are still trying to figure out where the COVID virus came from.
Conspiracy theories abound, but still no definitive answers. I, for one, would
like an answer so that the science guys can be better prepared next time a
virus appears. It is too bad that China continues to forbid outside groups to
study the whole area.
Enjoy…
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Facts…
Estimated
minimum number of word families someone needs to know to be fluent in a
language: 800
Number of
languages 1943’s “Le Petit Prince” has been translated into, the most of any
book except the Bible: 500+
Year
Cherokee polymath Sequoyah created the Cherokee written language: 1821
Number of
letters in the Khmer (Cambodian) alphabet, the longest alphabet in the world; 74
A Look
back in time…Baby Boomers life
#4 No Car Seats for Children
Children were often not required to be in
car seats, and many parents simply held their children on their laps while
driving.
Today, car seats are mandatory for
children of all ages, and failing to use one can result in severe penalties.
CDC data shows that a car seat significantly reduces the risk of injury to
children in crashes by 71-82%, compared to using the seat belt alone. That
statistic alone is convincing for any parent to use car seats.
Beauty in
our 50 states…
47. Indiana
At its top edge, Dunes National Lakeshore
offers a crackling little playground and views of Lake Michigan. Near its
southern border, Indiana's hilly contours give towns like Bloomington an
idyllic feel. In between, though? There's not a lot to recommend, aside from
summertime drives, and discovering the soothing, almost hypnotizing allure of watching
corn flash past your window at 60mph.
Historical
Events
1925 – Highway numbers were introduced in
the United States.
East/West are even numbered, North/South
are odd-numbered
1943 – The Battle of Bismarck, Ally
victory in South Pacific
March 2, 1961 – (fictional) Baltian made
first contact with humans on Earth, Men in Black, Comics/Film
Birthdays
Today
@91 – Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize
laureate
@87 – Theodor Seuss “Ted” Geisel “Dr. Seuss”, children’s book
writer, poet, illustrator (d. 1991)
@80 – John Irving, American novelist, screenwriter
@70 – Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 1st President of
the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
“It
is a matter of great satisfaction to me to hope that my children will be in
circumstances to receive a good education. Mine was defective and I feel the
inconvenience, if not the misfortune of not receiving a classical education.
Knowledge is the food of genius, and my son, let no opportunity escape you to
treasure up knowledge.”– Sam Houston
70
– Russ Feingold, American lawyer, politician
@69 – Desi Arnaz [Desiderio Alberto
Arnaz y de Acha III], Cuban-American actor, singer, producer (d. 1986)
“Nothing
is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be
passionate. The world doesn’t need any more gray. On the other hand, we can’t
get enough color. Mediocrity is nobody’s goal and perfection shouldn’t be
either. We’ll never be perfect. But remember these three P’s: Passion +
Persistence = Possibility.”– Jon Bon Jovi
55
– Daniel Craig, English actor
52
– Method Man, American rapper and record producer
46
– Chris Martin, English singer-songwriter
“Life
is beautiful in all its colors, even the darker ones, they’re here for a
reason.”– Chris Martin
43
– Rebel Wilson, Australian actress
“I
stay fat because it just wouldn’t be fair to all the thin people if I were this
good-looking, intelligent, funny, and thin. It’s a public service really.”–
Rebel Wilson
42
– Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
35
– Laura Kaeppeler, Miss America 2012
@32 – Karen Carpenter, American singer (d. 1983; anorexia)
26
– Becky G [Rebbeca Marie Gomez},
American singer
