Flaming Hawk With Snake in Its Talons Sparks Fire Near La Jolla

NBC Bay Area ^ | Tuesday, Jun 9, 2015 | R. Stickney

[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.

[Covenantor]

No, I believe that the R5 was the last imported here. Very poor distributor chain, poor quality control of service techs.

I admit to lusting after the R5 Turbo at the time. Grew fond of those little Q-ships.

The Lotus model name doesn’t stick in memory, just recall reading the ad in the local paper. Seem they were all E something models then.

[Covenantor]

That’s funny.

[Gefn]

I wonder how many people actually got the joke.

Btw, he’s a very talented actor.

[Gefn]

Check out the kitty here.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3309464/posts

So cute.

[Covenantor]

Good morning.

Kitties better beware of fledermaus.

[Gefn]

I thought I was the only one who called it flerdermousie.

[Tax-chick]

[Covenantor]

I thought I was the only one who called it flerdermousie.

Well, that one might be called a fleur-de-maus.

Grand ma saw me reading Batman comics which she called Fledermausmann...

[Covenantor]

TOL, you might find this hi tech Viking Kittie gif useful.

[Tax-chick]

Seems like overkill for a few flying rodents ...

[Covenantor]

It’s for her role in zotting trolls on FR

;>)

[Covenantor]

...and so is this

[Tax-chick]

That’s very good. I wonder if Pat can do that, yet, with his several programming languages.

[Covenantor]

New take on the Schrödinger's cat problem.

What happens when there is a second cat as an observer?

According to String Theory what will happen if a piece of string is added to the interior box?

[Covenantor]

[Tax-chick]

Awww.

[ArGee]

Wouldn’t a bicycle have been more efficient?

I still remember the one time Mrs. ArGee and I traveled overseas. We went to London and attended Church at Trinity South Brompton. On the way we were suddenly interrupted by a large gang of riders on scooters. We watched for almost 10 minutes as they rode by. I thought of the USA and its “Rolling Thunder.” I thought to myself, “Well, London has Rolling Fart.”

[Monkey Face]

What IS that car? It looks really foreign. *erm* I mean, it looks really small!

[Gefn]

Is today’s kitty a house cat or a wild cat? Why do I think it might be a hybrid?

The markings are gorgeous.

[Covenantor]