Flash Bang Boom

1. Passing thunderstorms should be down to just clouds this morning, clearing for sun in the afternoon. It's hot and humid again, unfortunately, with a high temperature of 80 degrees and humidity of 72 percent. Sunrise is 5:24 a.m., sunset is 8:23 p.m.

2. No, Benedict Arnold or the Hurricane of 1938 isn’t destroying Bank Street again. If you hear a bunch of bangs and see a lot of flashing from the riverfront, that’s just the going up, with launch scheduled for 9:20 p.m. You should be there, of course, and earlier in the day you can check out the tall ship tours, downtown vendors, craft fair, amusement rides, and other attractions.

3. If a giant downtown festival isn’t your thing, there’s always a quiet tour of the . This historic reproduction will be open to visitors from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in this first open house day, and these will repeat every other Saturday for the rest of the summer.

4. Each Saturday, Christine Woodside discusses environmental issues in the state of Connecticut in her column, . This week’s topic is the summer’s mountain lion sightings, and it will be available for your perusal at 5 a.m.

5. On this day in 1850, Millard Fillmore became the 13th President of the United States following the death of President Zachary Taylor at the age of 65. To date, Fillmore’s legacy is largely limited to a conservative duck in the funny pages.