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Flaming Hawk With Snake in Its Talons Sparks Fire Near La Jolla
NBC Bay Area ^
| Tuesday, Jun 9, 2015
| R. Stickney
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.
TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: crispycritters; electricity; fire; hawk; koalaoil; lajolla; molassesmiasma; monkeyfacerules; napl; penguinhumor; powerlines; thefirebird; undeadthread; undeadthreadhere
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To: Tax-chick
My bed is calling. Maybe I will have more to say tomorrow...Maybe.
1,861
posted on
07/06/2015 3:07:38 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I cannot brain today. I have the dumb. {Stolen from the meme})
To: NicknamedBob
Hey! With a virtual keyboard, virtually anything can happen and suddenly, there you are, one fine mess.
1,862
posted on
07/06/2015 3:09:56 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
The flaring of the nostrils is a nice touch.
1,863
posted on
07/06/2015 3:24:39 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
("Australia: Every animal is one of three types: Dangerous, Poisonous, or sheep." Rorschach's Blot)
To: NicknamedBob; Covenantor
I once found three wheat pennies in one day.
I took it as a sign to buy a lottery ticket and my dollar ticket won five,
1,864
posted on
07/06/2015 3:28:45 PM PDT
by
Gefn
(Books, ice cream, FRiends,, Free Republic, and kitties. Things I'm grateful for. (Cruz in 16))
To: NicknamedBob
yeah, except...I intended that for the Tesla thread.
1,865
posted on
07/06/2015 3:34:47 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Gefn; NicknamedBob; Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Darksheare
You were lucky to escape being carded.
1,866
posted on
07/06/2015 3:37:34 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
Carded eh?
All I remember from Alice is shoes and ships and ceiling wax, cabbages and kings.
1,867
posted on
07/06/2015 4:24:29 PM PDT
by
Gefn
(Books, ice cream, FRiends,, Free Republic, and kitties. Things I'm grateful for. (Cruz in 16))
To: Tax-chick
That’s really good news about Anoreth...very glad she is going to be okay.
1,868
posted on
07/06/2015 4:25:42 PM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
(("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
To: Gefn; Covenantor
"I took it as a sign to buy a lottery ticket and my dollar ticket won five," My mother said the best way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.
I don't play Lotteries. Actually, I define it this way: "I don't play games in which even the winners lose."
1,869
posted on
07/06/2015 4:35:44 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
("Australia: Every animal is one of three types: Dangerous, Poisonous, or sheep." Rorschach's Blot)
To: CatherineofAragon
Thanks. It was a rough introduction to a new neighborhood, but at least now she knows some people.
At last report, she was at the seaside in a bar, where the staff were feeding snacks to Dog.
1,870
posted on
07/06/2015 4:59:46 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Be proud you're a Rebel.)
To: NicknamedBob
I buy two or three tickets a year. One on my birthday, and when those mega lottery gets in the millions. It’s silly I know, but I look at it as cheap entertainment.
It’s like when I went to AC. I had ten dollars in quarters. I left after it was all gone from the slot and spent the rest of the day walking around in the boardwalk. I saw it as entertainment, not gambling.
1,871
posted on
07/06/2015 5:01:09 PM PDT
by
Gefn
(Books, ice cream, FRiends,, Free Republic, and kitties. Things I'm grateful for. (Cruz in 16))
To: Tax-chick; CatherineofAragon
1,872
posted on
07/06/2015 5:01:47 PM PDT
by
Gefn
(Books, ice cream, FRiends,, Free Republic, and kitties. Things I'm grateful for. (Cruz in 16))
To: Gefn; CatherineofAragon
Dog is very popular in bars, I’ve been told.
1,873
posted on
07/06/2015 5:08:33 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Be proud you're a Rebel.)
To: Monkey Face
Hey ‘face!
Weatherbug says Dangerous Thunderstorm Alert in your neck of the woods...
1,874
posted on
07/06/2015 5:14:39 PM PDT
by
null and void
(She who uses rope to contain reporters during her candidacy will use rope to hang them when in power)
To: Tax-chick; Gefn
"Dog is very popular in bars, Ive been told." An ice-breaker is always a plus.
1,875
posted on
07/06/2015 5:20:02 PM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
(("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
To: CatherineofAragon
1,876
posted on
07/06/2015 5:24:27 PM PDT
by
Gefn
(Books, ice cream, FRiends,, Free Republic, and kitties. Things I'm grateful for. (Cruz in 16))
To: null and void; Monkey Face
"Hey face! Weatherbug says Dangerous Thunderstorm Alert in your neck of the woods..." It's thundering here. (Radar map available on my home page.)
Must be a big storm.
1,877
posted on
07/06/2015 5:39:22 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
("Australia: Every animal is one of three types: Dangerous, Poisonous, or sheep." Rorschach's Blot)
To: Gefn; Tax-chick
Yep! Like this one for the guys...
1,878
posted on
07/06/2015 5:46:54 PM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
(("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
To: CatherineofAragon; Gefn
Anoreth’s dog is very friendly.
1,879
posted on
07/06/2015 6:11:49 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Be proud you're a Rebel.)
To: Tax-chick; ArGee
Me, too.
1,880
posted on
07/06/2015 6:25:46 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(Mind your atomic bonds.)
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