Posted on 06/09/2015 5:58:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The cause of an early morning fire north of San Diego was an electrocuted bird falling from an active power line
A bird carrying a snake in its talons struck power lines north of San Diego, sparking a hillside fire just west of The Merge.
San Diego Police arrived to the location on Dunhill Street near the intersection of Interstates 5 and 805 just before 6 a.m.
Flames were burning very close to businesses including the General Atomics building, officials said.
Officers called in San Diego Fire-Rescue crews who contained the fire within an hour.
Fire officials initially told NBC 7 a bird with a snake in its mouth was electrocuted on a power line and fell to the ground, sparking the fire. A photo released by officials later shows the snake in the hawk's grasp.
"A hawk that hit the high voltage power line, caught fire, and fell to the ground," SD Fire-Rescue spokesperson Lee Swanson said in a written release.
There were no structures damaged and no evacuations ordered.
This area of San Diego is home to many companies in the region's biochemical industry.
He has only been on dialysis about four months now, and unless things have improved all the way around, the life expectancy of a dialysis patient is about ten years from the onset. With his other health problems, this is not a good situation.
These shorts are like slices of longer stories, if the mood hits or there is some sort of demand I’d write them longer and slap a 99 cent price on them.
(I think 10k is an absolute minimum length for the 99 cents, and even that might but me... getting 35 cents a sale would be kind of a bug too, though)
my sister doesn’t read
but having a smart phone or tablet with pre-downloaded movies and twitter helps
Maybe he’ll do better after the surgery.
We had choir practice. We have a new song for tomorrow, and this was our first chance to practice together. We’ve all been listening to it on Youtube, so it went pretty well.
That's how a lot of Darksheare's writing is, too.
I hope so. He’s a nice guy. And funny, too.
Other than the time I spent outside with the neighbors, this has been a dull day...I REALLY wanted to get that drawer frame fitted and at least get started on filing all the stuff that is waiting for me to hide.
I don’t even know who to ask for help. *sigh* Busdaddy could do it, as he has the tools, but that’s not even a remote option. He was my go-to guy for so many things. :o[
Is Crazy Frank any good at putting things together?
I don’t need it put together, I need the bars shortened. Crazy Frank could probably do it, but he has no vice, nor is there a good solid, stable surface to brace the bars on while they are being shortened. (His apartment is just like mine.)
A vice is ideal as it could grip the bars right next to the score I need and then the extra length could be snapped right off, with a little extra muscle involved.
Putting it together is the least of my worries, at the moment. Just a simple screw to tighten the grips around the bar.
Hmph. If only you had Tom ...
Iknowhuh?
Unfortunately for me, inspiration petered out.
:-(
I could use Tom’s height for about 24 hours. I have several things that require at least 7-1/2 foot reach!
OH, too bad. Maybe it will come back.
Inspiration ran out the side door with a stacatto laugh, hopped on a hovercycle, twitched ears, then sped off into the distance.
Darn rabbits.
too bad!
I wish I knew about self-publishing online years ago.
My mother was that way with me...I seemed to be her favorite kitchen implement. ;o]
Life as a short person is full of trials.
That is true.
As is the corollary: "People who have a clean desk are liable to be weird in other ways also."
They could have tidy lawns, too.
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