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Today 64°/34° Wind 21 mph Gusts 41 mph
Active
Fire: 56 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 859 miles away
Air
Quality: Moderate Sunshine Very Windy Breezy Snowy Red Flag Warning
April
Averages: Temps: 60°\35°
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Weekly Observations
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17-23 National Pet ID Week Link Link National Park Week Link 18-23 Police Officers Who Gave Their Lives In
The Line of Duty Week 18-24 Cleaning For A Reason Week National Library Week Link Craft Brewers Week Link Financial Practice Week Mule Days 21-5/2 Sky Awareness Week Festival of Ridvan American Quilters Society Week Link |
Daily Observations
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Celebrate
Teen Literature Day Link |
Today’s Quotes
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Today’s Memes
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Today’s Thoughts
Today is the first Red Flag Warning
this season. APS has been sending out alerts since Monday stating the high
winds and fire danger; they will be working on preventing fires through a program
called PSPS: Public Safety Power Shutoffs. This morning around 9am they have
turned off the power to many East of Flagstaff city limits. The power outage
could be from a couple of hours to 24 hours, depending on the issues they find.
I live right on the city border, and my place is not affected. I called Andy
and his place is without power. I told him I was glad he had solar backup. For
some reason, the backup didn’t work so they are without power. He also has ‘big
wind’ so there’s that too.
Someone needs to inform the President that
day-to-day politics is much like finding out how sausage is made. Very few, if
any, want to see it daily.
I have my annual Medicare physical
tomorrow. I am hoping that he can give me a remedy for the thin, easily bruised
skin on my hands. About 90% if the time the bruises just show up and I have no
idea why. I was showering the other day and accidentally forgot to dab the
bruise while I was showering. I simply scrubbed it like the rest of my body. I
tore off the thin tissue layer of skin on the bruise, followed by some
bleeding. I finished my shower, cleaned the wound, and used liquid bandage to
stop the bleeding. It’s not a big deal, just frustrating.
How well do you know the U.S. states?
Arizona is home to
one of the best-preserved meteor craters
Arizona’s desert landscape holds
one of the most famous impact sites on Earth: Meteor Crater. This massive
depression, measuring about 3,900 feet across and more than 500 feet deep, was
formed around 50,000 years ago when a large iron meteorite struck the ground
with unimaginable force. It’s so well preserved that scientists have used it to
study planetary impacts for decades.
Colorado contains the highest paved road in North America.
California has the tallest, largest, and
oldest trees
California is home to some incredible tree-based records. On the northern coast, redwoods grow routinely over 300 feet and represent the tallest tree species on Earth. In addition, giant sequoias hold the record for the largest trees by volume, and bristlecone pines in eastern California are among the oldest living trees on the planet, some reaching more than 4,800 years of age.
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Random historical facts you didn’t
know
George Washington opened a whiskey
distillery
After his presidency, Washington opened a whiskey distillery. By 1799 it was the largest distillery in the United States, producing 11,000 gallons of un-aged whiskey.
An all-black regiment called the Harlem
Hellfighters fought during World War I
The 369th New York regiment fought longer than any other unit during the war. Sadly, although many Hellfighters hoped that their service would improve race relations, they returned home to find racist Jim Crow laws still in place.
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Birthdays Today
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Lee Majors [Harvey
Lee Yeary], American film and TV actor ($6,000,000 Man, The Fall Guy), born
in Wyandotte, Michigan (87 years old) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Joyce DeWitt,
American actress (Janet Wood-Three's Company), born in Wheeling, West
Virginia (77 years old) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Valerie Bertinelli
(66 years old) American actress (One Day
at a Time - "Barbara"; Hot in Cleveland - "Melanie"), and
Food Network personality, born in Wilmington, Delaware ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ George Lopez,
Mexican-American actor and comedian, born in Mission Hills, Los Angeles (65
years old) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ John Lutz,
American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (30 Rock, Saturday Night Live,
Late Night with Seth Meyers), born in Pipestone, Minnesota (54 years old) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ American professional
wrestler, rapper and actor (The Marine),
born in West Newbury, Massachusetts ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ English comedian (The
Daily Show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver), born in Birmingham, West
Midlands ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ American actor (Dr. Lawrence
Kutner-House, The Namesake) and civil servant, born in Montclair, New Jersey ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ English actor (Slumdog
Millionaire, Lion), born in London, England ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ American snowboarder (Olympic
Gold 2018), born in Torrance, California ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ |
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Gone but not forgotten William
Shakespeare (1564-1616; @52) English poet
and playwright (Romeo
and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet), born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ William Penn, English admiral and
politician, father of the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, born in
St. Thomas Parish, Bristol (d. 1670; @73) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ James Buchanan (1791-1868; @77) 15th US President (1857-61),
born in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Stephen A. Douglas, American
politician, US senator from Illinois (Lincoln-Douglas debates), born in
Brandon, Vermont (d. 1861; @48, typhoid fever) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Granville Woods, American inventor,
1st post civil war African American mechanical and electrical engineer,
invented telegraph for railways, born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1910; @53, stroke)
╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Max Planck, German physicist, father
of Quantum Physics (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918), born in Kiel, Duchy of
Holstein (d. 1947; @89) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Duncan Renaldo, Spanish actor (The
Cisco Kid, The Gay Amigo), born in Oancea, Romania (d. 1980; @76, lung cancer) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Shirley Temple Black (1928-2014; @85) American actress, famous 1930s
child star (Bright Eyes, Heidi) and diplomat,
born in Santa Monica, California ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Halston [Roy Halston Frowick],
American fashion designer (1972 Hall of Fame), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d.
1990; @57, AIDS) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Jim Fixx, American jogger and writer
(Jim Fixx on Running), born in New York City (d. 1984; @52, heart attack) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Roy Orbison (1936-1988; @52,
heart attack) American
rock singer-songwriter ("Pretty
Woman"; "Only The Lonely"; Traveling Wilburys - "Handle
With Care"), born in Vernon, Texas ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ David Birney,
American stage and screen actor (Serpico, Bridget Loves Bernie, St
Elsewhere), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2022; @83) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Sandra Dee
[Alexandra Zuck], American actress (Gidget, Imitation of Life), born in
Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 2005; @62, kidney disease) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Hervé Villechaize,
French-American actor (Fantasy Island - Ze plane! Ze plane!), born in Paris
(d. 1993; @50, suicide) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Jan Hooks,
American comedienne and actress (SNL, 1986-94; Designing Women, 1991-93; 3rd
Rock from the Sun, 1996-2000), born in Decatur, Georgia (d. 2014; @57, throat
cancer) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ |
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