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.

[Monkey Face]

I could channel her...

[ArGee]

If you channel someone who is talking to someone who is not there you might get caught in metaphysical space and be uanble to get back to physical space.

[Monkey Face]

Oh. OK. Then I’ll have my daughter do it... ;o]

[NoCmpromiz]

my youngest being a pathological liar

Well then... how long before she runs for president? Or NY Assembly? Or NYC Mayor?

Seems to possess one of the major qualifications of late..

[ArGee]

She was planning to skip all that and declare herself Queen of the World.

I told her she’d never get elected.

She told me Queens don’t get elected.

I asked her who was going to crown her.

She told me there was nobody with a higher authority so she’d crown herself.

I’m still trying to figure out if she *might* have been telling me the truth for once.

[Tax-chick]

He was a cute kitten!

[NoCmpromiz]

planning to skip all that and declare herself Queen of the World.

She best watch her back then...

She does that and a whole gaggle of flaming ones from the Village will beset her with hateful verbiage..

[NicknamedBob]

"She was planning to skip all that and declare herself Queen of the World."

You do realize that Anoreth was only slightly injured in the recent accident, don't you?

[Scoutmaster]

She told me Queens don’t get elected.

I asked her who was going to crown her.

She told me there was nobody with a higher authority so she’d crown herself.

Poppycock.

I could crown her in my capacity as Benevolent World Dictator. Although coronations are mostly ceremonial affairs, I still see to it that they're done properly and with a minimal amount of insurrection.

Have her sycophant email my sycophant and we'll arrange the details.

[Tax-chick]

You could crown Queens of the World on a regular basis, as long as they don’t know about one another. Just don’t post the pictures online.

[Tax-chick]

[Darksheare]

Lol, cats would say that..

[Gefn]

Caturday’s cat is Grumpy!

Tax Chick, can you add Trussell to the daily kitty picture ping? She’s going through a bad patch and I think she’d like a daily kitty.

[Gefn]

Your darling fur ball wouldn’t. Would she?

[Covenantor]

[Gefn]

Aww. Love Victorian kitties.

[Covenantor]

Good morning

[Tax-chick]

Good morning, trussell! Gefn suggests you would enjoy a kitten between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m., EST.

[Tax-chick]

It’s too early for Siamese.

[Gefn]

Did kitty drink too much coffee?

Engaging butt wiggle in 3, 2, 1....