2 Oct
Weather Expectations Week
40 Day
275 Today 71°/47°
Wind
14mph Gusts 21mph Air
Quality: Fair Sunshine Breezy
Risk
of fire: Moderate Active
Fire: 47 miles away
Nearest
Lightning: 598
miles away Humidity: 44%
Oct
Averages: Temps: 64°\32° 3 days with rain
Today’s Observances:
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Audiophile Day Link Manufacturing Day Link |
National Produce Misting Day Link |
Weekly Observances:
Sukkot [Jewish]: 26-10/2
National Fall Foliage Week: 27-10/3
Trichotillomania, Skin Picking & Related BFRB Awareness
Week: 1-5 Link
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week:
1-7
National Walk Your Dog Week: 1-7 Link Link
Universal Children's Week: 1-7
National Dance Week: 2-11 Link
National Storytelling Weekend: 2-4
Monthly Observances:
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Employee Ownership Month Link |
Feral Hog Month or Hog Out Month Link |
Fresh Quotation:
Today’s Reflection:
The sky is finally blue again. A nice warm day.
The ‘water year’ is measured from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30. This year our
little town got 22.01” of moisture. The annual average is 20.52”. That’s nice
to see. The weather guy says the weekend will also be warm and dry.
I had a good lunch with Andy and Faith today at Wildflower. Very
good conversation and great food. They are going to go to the hacienda with me
sometime after I get my passport. All good.
Historical events
Cool to know:
The world’s oldest
wooden wheel has been around for more than 5,000 years
Talk about one old
tourist attraction! This wheel was found in 2002, approximately 12 miles
south of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, and is now housed in the city’s
museum. Radiocarbon dating was used to determine the wheel’s age, which is
somewhere between 5,100 and 5,350 years old.
Picture of the Day:
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ansharphoto/Shutterstock
What happens when a man
once left out of the picture becomes part of its most important frame? Look to
London"s Parliament Square, where Nelson Mandela stands among monuments to
political giants. Sculpted by Ian Walters and unveiled in 2007, the bronze
statue has a remarkable connection to Mandela"s history. In 1962, Mandela
and Oliver Tambo visited Parliament Square and noticed that no Black person was
represented among its monuments. Decades later, Mandela took his place there.
Interesting Space Facts:
Due to the Sun and
Moon’s gravitational pull, we have tides.
This is because the
Moon’s tidal force causes the Earth – and the water on it – to bulge out on the
side closest to the Moon.
These bulges are what
cause the world’s high tides.
Harper’s Index from 2024:
Portion of Republicans
who say that it would be a good idea to let Trump be a dictator for the first
day of a second term: 3/4
• Source: University
of Massachusetts Amherst
Portion of Americans who
say they would not vote for a presidential candidate who has been charged with
a felony: 2/3
Source: Gallup
(Washington)
Percentage change since
2020 in the portion of Americans who say they would vote for a Muslim
presidential candidate: +8
Today’s Birthdays:
Mahatma Gandhi Civil
Rights Leader [1869-1948]@78
Birthplace Portbandar, India
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Sting (Gordon Matthew
Thomas Sumner) Rock Singer
75 years old
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Kelly Ripa TV Show Host
56 years old
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Ian McNeice Movie Actor
76 years old
Birthplace Basingstoke,
England
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John Morris Movie Actor
42 years old
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That’s All for Now
