Today, the Winnipeg Jets take on the Winnipeg Jets? Okay, let me rephrase that, the Winnipeg Jets 2.0 take on the Winnipeg Jets 1.0 (aka Phoenix Glendale Tempe Arizona Coyotes) in a game at the tiny Mullett Arena at 3:00pm CDT. The 2.0 Jets are coming off of a 5-2 defeat at the hands of the Stanley Cup Champion Vegas Golden Knights, while the 1.0 Jets (aka Desert Dogs) beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in their last game. Winnipeg is currently 4-4-2 on the season, while Arizona has a record of 5-4-1. Can Scott Arniel and the rest of the coaching staff turn our lowly special teams around? Will Nikolaj Ehlers get his groove back? Has El Nino finally turned the table and is ready to explode? Will @sipowicz remember to change his clock tonight before bedtime? The answers to these riveting questions and more await us in today's GDT...
In a previous GDT from last season, we learned about some of the facts about Arizona, but this time we will look at some interesting factoids about the Greater Phoenix area in the latest instalment of...
Phoenix’s earliest inhabitants were the Hohokam Indians. This tribe thrived in the region until about 1450 A.D. There is no record of the Hohokam after that, although they are believed to be ancestors of the Pima Indians. In the Pima language “hohokam” means “those who have gone.”
Initially the Hohokam people occupied the Phoenix Area for 2,000 years and during the time they made their best effort to make the land arable by making 135 miles of irrigation canals. However, according to the available record, the period of drought between 1300 and 1450, led to the Hohokam civilization’s abandonment of the region...
The region was settled as an agricultural community in 1867 near the confluence of the Salt and Gila Rivers and was incorporated as a city in 1881, finally becoming the capital of Arizona territory in 1889. The city’s name was proposed by an Englishman, Phillip Darrell Duppa, who lived the last half of his life in the Arizona Territory. Duppa’s suggested moniker reflected that a new city was rising from ashes of the Hohokam civilization, like the Phoenix sunbird of Greek mythology. Duppa also founded the town of New River (35 miles north of downtown Phoenix) as a stagecoach stop...
With an average of over 100 days where temps sit at 100°F or above (late May-early September), it’s an understatement to say Phoenix is hot. According to the National Climatic Data Center, Phoenix is sunnier than any other major metropolitan area in the US, with 334 days of sunshine a year. The hottest temperature ever recorded was 122°F at Sky Harbor International Airport on June 26, 1990. Even in the winter, temps hover around 67 degrees and rarely dip below freezing. And, you can ditch your umbrella—it only rains about eight inches annually.
The tradeoff for the warm desert weather is wind/dust/sand storms called haboobs, which can last up to three hours. According to the National Weather Service, Phoenix experiences about three of these large, dangerous storms a year, usually between June and September when it’s super dry...
While we usually associate the term “desert” with dry, barren wastelands, those aren’t universal characteristics. Greater Phoenix is located in one very notable exception – the Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is home to a surprising number of endemic plants and other wildlife. This vibrancy is the result of the roughly 3 to 15 inches of rain the Sonoran Desert gets each year. So if you’ve ever wondered why Phoenix is home to so many lush plants, now you know...
Going hand in hand with tourism, hospitality is another major industry in Greater Phoenix, with its many Five Star/Five Diamond, Four Star/Four Diamond resorts. There are nearly 500 hotels and more than 40 resort properties with over 62,000 guest rooms to house the 22+ million people who visit metropolitan Phoenix each year. Each winter 400,000 “snowbirds” hibernate in the Phoenix heat, from Oct/Nov-April/May. Some of the locals don't seem to care for them...
Anthem Veterans Memorial comes to life briefly at 11:11 am on 11th of November each year. The monument is designed such that the light through the elliptical openings of its five pillars, that each represent an arm of the U.S. military, slants downward and illuminates the Great Seal of the United States. The memorial has 1750 red paved stones that are engraved with the names of the veterans. The pillars are arranged in Department of Defense order of precedence: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. The red stones, white pillars and blue sky represent the colors on the American flag. And interestingly, the monument itself is copyrighted, thus it cannot be produced anywhere else...
Did you know that the Hall of Flame Museum in Phoenix is home to firefighting equipment and technology dating back to 1725? The museum houses some restored fire trucks that served as early as 1865 to late 1950s. Also, there are a plenty of antique firefighting helmets in the museum that are sourced from other countries to tell the story of the bygone era. To honor the sacrifices of the firefighters who lost their lives while on duty since 1800, the museum also has the Hall of Heroes which has walls with the names of such heroes emblazoned on them...
Step into Phoenix’s Mystery Castle and see what you can find out!
The story goes that the man, named Boyce Luther Gulley, took his daughter to build sandcastles in Seattle one day, where she asked him if he’d make her a castle the water couldn’t wash away. Later on, the man disappeared leaving his wife and daughter behind, to create Mystery Castle.
The castle is reported to be crafted of a variety of found materials and items like stones, automobile parts, and telephone poles adhered together with a blend of goat milk, cement, and mortar. The unusual castle also ended up having 18 rooms, 13 fireplaces, and an impressive array of what now would be considered antiques.
In 1945 when Mr. Gulley passed on unexpectedly, his family was notified and his daughter, who was an adult then, went to live in the castle. She gave tours of it until her death in 2010. It’s been featured in the New York Times, the National Inquirer, the show ‘Strange as it Seems’, and more...
You can eat at Mel’s Diner — located at 1747 Grand Avenue in Phoenix – that was featured in the 1976-1985 CBS television sitcom Alice. The diner’s sign with the giant coffee cup was in the show’s opening credits. It was “Chris’ Diner” but the owner agreed to permanently change the name to “Mel’s” for the television show...
In what some refer to as the most famous “UFO” sighting known to the world, the residents of Phoenix braced themselves in mid-March 1997 as the sky behaved in ways unseen before.
While witness reports are countless already, every year more people gain the courage to come forward and share what they saw that night. Some report a series of lights arranged in the shape of a boomerang sitting still in the sky, while others state they saw an enormous, beautiful, triangle-shaped slow-moving aircraft that flew over their homes and was so mesmerizing they couldn’t take their eyes off it. Additionally, V-shaped formations were noticed flying above Phoenix.
However, according to a CBS news report, the lights were nothing special at all. In fact, the report says that “the U.S. military maintains those lights were part of a training session involving flares dropped over the Barry M. Goldwater Range near Gila Bend, Arizona.” The problem is that no one requested the Federal Aviation’s radar information before it was automatically deleted two weeks later -- so we’ll probably never know exactly what it was without any doubt...
Something is out there, let's hope it's a win for the away team! Go Jets Go!
Thanks to: 10 Fun Facts About Phoenix, Arizona, 5 Interesting Facts About Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix Facts, https://arizonareport.com/phoenix-arizona-fun-facts-trivia/, 40 Interesting Facts About Phoenix (Arizona) - The Fact File, Fun Phoenix Area Trivia – 17 Curious Facts and You are being redirected...
In a previous GDT from last season, we learned about some of the facts about Arizona, but this time we will look at some interesting factoids about the Greater Phoenix area in the latest instalment of...
Phoenix’s earliest inhabitants were the Hohokam Indians. This tribe thrived in the region until about 1450 A.D. There is no record of the Hohokam after that, although they are believed to be ancestors of the Pima Indians. In the Pima language “hohokam” means “those who have gone.”
Initially the Hohokam people occupied the Phoenix Area for 2,000 years and during the time they made their best effort to make the land arable by making 135 miles of irrigation canals. However, according to the available record, the period of drought between 1300 and 1450, led to the Hohokam civilization’s abandonment of the region...
The region was settled as an agricultural community in 1867 near the confluence of the Salt and Gila Rivers and was incorporated as a city in 1881, finally becoming the capital of Arizona territory in 1889. The city’s name was proposed by an Englishman, Phillip Darrell Duppa, who lived the last half of his life in the Arizona Territory. Duppa’s suggested moniker reflected that a new city was rising from ashes of the Hohokam civilization, like the Phoenix sunbird of Greek mythology. Duppa also founded the town of New River (35 miles north of downtown Phoenix) as a stagecoach stop...
With an average of over 100 days where temps sit at 100°F or above (late May-early September), it’s an understatement to say Phoenix is hot. According to the National Climatic Data Center, Phoenix is sunnier than any other major metropolitan area in the US, with 334 days of sunshine a year. The hottest temperature ever recorded was 122°F at Sky Harbor International Airport on June 26, 1990. Even in the winter, temps hover around 67 degrees and rarely dip below freezing. And, you can ditch your umbrella—it only rains about eight inches annually.
The tradeoff for the warm desert weather is wind/dust/sand storms called haboobs, which can last up to three hours. According to the National Weather Service, Phoenix experiences about three of these large, dangerous storms a year, usually between June and September when it’s super dry...
While we usually associate the term “desert” with dry, barren wastelands, those aren’t universal characteristics. Greater Phoenix is located in one very notable exception – the Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is home to a surprising number of endemic plants and other wildlife. This vibrancy is the result of the roughly 3 to 15 inches of rain the Sonoran Desert gets each year. So if you’ve ever wondered why Phoenix is home to so many lush plants, now you know...
Going hand in hand with tourism, hospitality is another major industry in Greater Phoenix, with its many Five Star/Five Diamond, Four Star/Four Diamond resorts. There are nearly 500 hotels and more than 40 resort properties with over 62,000 guest rooms to house the 22+ million people who visit metropolitan Phoenix each year. Each winter 400,000 “snowbirds” hibernate in the Phoenix heat, from Oct/Nov-April/May. Some of the locals don't seem to care for them...
Anthem Veterans Memorial comes to life briefly at 11:11 am on 11th of November each year. The monument is designed such that the light through the elliptical openings of its five pillars, that each represent an arm of the U.S. military, slants downward and illuminates the Great Seal of the United States. The memorial has 1750 red paved stones that are engraved with the names of the veterans. The pillars are arranged in Department of Defense order of precedence: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. The red stones, white pillars and blue sky represent the colors on the American flag. And interestingly, the monument itself is copyrighted, thus it cannot be produced anywhere else...
Did you know that the Hall of Flame Museum in Phoenix is home to firefighting equipment and technology dating back to 1725? The museum houses some restored fire trucks that served as early as 1865 to late 1950s. Also, there are a plenty of antique firefighting helmets in the museum that are sourced from other countries to tell the story of the bygone era. To honor the sacrifices of the firefighters who lost their lives while on duty since 1800, the museum also has the Hall of Heroes which has walls with the names of such heroes emblazoned on them...
Step into Phoenix’s Mystery Castle and see what you can find out!
The story goes that the man, named Boyce Luther Gulley, took his daughter to build sandcastles in Seattle one day, where she asked him if he’d make her a castle the water couldn’t wash away. Later on, the man disappeared leaving his wife and daughter behind, to create Mystery Castle.
The castle is reported to be crafted of a variety of found materials and items like stones, automobile parts, and telephone poles adhered together with a blend of goat milk, cement, and mortar. The unusual castle also ended up having 18 rooms, 13 fireplaces, and an impressive array of what now would be considered antiques.
In 1945 when Mr. Gulley passed on unexpectedly, his family was notified and his daughter, who was an adult then, went to live in the castle. She gave tours of it until her death in 2010. It’s been featured in the New York Times, the National Inquirer, the show ‘Strange as it Seems’, and more...
You can eat at Mel’s Diner — located at 1747 Grand Avenue in Phoenix – that was featured in the 1976-1985 CBS television sitcom Alice. The diner’s sign with the giant coffee cup was in the show’s opening credits. It was “Chris’ Diner” but the owner agreed to permanently change the name to “Mel’s” for the television show...
In what some refer to as the most famous “UFO” sighting known to the world, the residents of Phoenix braced themselves in mid-March 1997 as the sky behaved in ways unseen before.
While witness reports are countless already, every year more people gain the courage to come forward and share what they saw that night. Some report a series of lights arranged in the shape of a boomerang sitting still in the sky, while others state they saw an enormous, beautiful, triangle-shaped slow-moving aircraft that flew over their homes and was so mesmerizing they couldn’t take their eyes off it. Additionally, V-shaped formations were noticed flying above Phoenix.
However, according to a CBS news report, the lights were nothing special at all. In fact, the report says that “the U.S. military maintains those lights were part of a training session involving flares dropped over the Barry M. Goldwater Range near Gila Bend, Arizona.” The problem is that no one requested the Federal Aviation’s radar information before it was automatically deleted two weeks later -- so we’ll probably never know exactly what it was without any doubt...
Something is out there, let's hope it's a win for the away team! Go Jets Go!
Thanks to: 10 Fun Facts About Phoenix, Arizona, 5 Interesting Facts About Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix Facts, https://arizonareport.com/phoenix-arizona-fun-facts-trivia/, 40 Interesting Facts About Phoenix (Arizona) - The Fact File, Fun Phoenix Area Trivia – 17 Curious Facts and You are being redirected...
Desert dogs eh ? Well we have a dancing cat and are going to kick ass today.
