Good morning, Whitewater. A new month begins, with partly cloudy skies and a high of seventy-one. Sunrise is 6:52 AM and sunset 6:36 PM. We’ll have a first quarter moon this afternoon. On this day in 1890, an act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park: Yosemite National Park … is a United States National Park…

Good morning, Whitewater. We will have a one-third chance of afternoon thunderstorms on a day with otherwise sunny skies and a high of eighty-three. Sunrise today is 5:48 AM and sunset is 8:13 PM. The moon is in its first quarter today. For the FW Friday poll, about whether extraterrestrial beings or bratty German kids…

Good morning, Whitewater. Wednesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny, with a high in the low seventies, and north winds of about five mph. The Community Development Authority’s Seed Capital Screening Committee meets at 3:30 PM, and the CDA Board at 4:30 PM. Image via Hose’s Civet & Small Carnivore Project, Borneo http://hoscap-borneo.org Not all…

Good morning. Tuesday in the Whippet City will bring a high of sixty-one, and a fifty-fifty chance of scattered showers. The city’s Parks & Recreation Board meets this afternoon at 5:30 PM. Adam Ellis of BuzzFeed has 15 Charts That Perfectly Illustrate How To Properly Pet Animals (“Learn how to interact with animals and you’ll…

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater offers a probability of showers in the morning, and a high of sixty-nine. On this day in 1860, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, co-inventor of the gyroscope, is born. His work greatly aided navigation: To navigate using a magnetic compass requires constant adjustment because of the difference between true north and magnetic…

Good morning. We’ll have a sunny and hot day in Whitewater, with a high of ninety, a heat index of ninety-six, and a ten percent chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1945, the first atomic bomb was successfully tested in New Mexico: …at 5:29:45 a.m., the…

Good morning. It’s a lovely day in store for Whitewater, with sunny skies and a high of eighty-seven. Someone sent me a video of a small dog eating a watermelon, and I’ve embedded the video below. At least, I think it’s a dog: it’s small, extremely fluffy, and looks much (perhaps, too much) like a…

Good morning. Rain – we’ve had much of it, and we’ll have more today in Whitewater. The high will be about fifty-seven, with southeast winds at 5 to 10 mph. Total rainfall today may amount to between a half and three quarters of an inch. It’s a gift: rainy days are often among the most…

Good morning. Friday brings rain to Whitewater, with a high of thirty-five. Today was, in 44 B.C., an especially bad day for Julius Caesar: Julius Caesar, the “dictator for life” of the Roman Empire, is murdered by his own senators at a meeting in a hall next to Pompey’s Theatre. The conspiracy against Caesar encompassed…

Good morning. A sunny Wednesday with a high of thirty-six is ahead for whitewater. On this day in 1945, the tragic loss of a torpedo-bomber squadron led to decades of fanciful speculation about the so-called Bermuda Triangle: At 2:10 p.m., five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers comprising Flight 19 take off from the Ft. Lauderdale Naval…

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny, with a high of seventy, and a thirty percent chance of showers in the late afternoon. On this day in 1974, Pres. Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former Pres. Nixon. Also on this day, in 1664, New Amsterdam became New York: Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders…