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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; Monkey Face; Gefn; moose07
Centenarian attributes her health and longevity to her daily breakfast Guinness.
2,681
posted on
07/18/2015 4:21:35 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who 4refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Tax-chick
LoLoL
Sounds familiar...
Morning, TC.
2,682
posted on
07/18/2015 4:57:56 AM PDT
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moose07
(Islam and the New Stone age: A book i've not yet written.)
To: Covenantor; Monkey Face
Guinness for breakfast .....
Excuse me a moment, just need to pop outside for some air....
2,683
posted on
07/18/2015 5:03:16 AM PDT
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moose07
(Islam and the New Stone age: A book i've not yet written.)
To: Tax-chick
Believe it or not, I slept through the night. I woke up at 2130 for about 30 minutes, but then slept until 0505. YAY!!!
Wow. I forgot how good that feels! :o]
2,684
posted on
07/18/2015 5:21:18 AM PDT
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Monkey Face
(I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
To: moose07
2,685
posted on
07/18/2015 5:28:50 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
To: Monkey Face
I slept a little more than usual, too. Might have slept until 7:00, if Jake hadn’t jumped up and said “Mao!” DP was up, but he doesn’t think about feeding catz for the first thing.
Choir practice at 10:00, and then some boys are going to a neighbor’s birthday party.
2,686
posted on
07/18/2015 5:31:46 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
To: Tax-chick
85 degrees and 43%. I can see the clouds building up in the SE, and it’s hard for me to breathe, so it looks like a hot, wet weekend. *blech*
I thought I had plans for this weekend, but I don’t know if I feel up to executing them or not. Like changing sheets and mopping two floors...
2,687
posted on
07/18/2015 6:06:38 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
To: Monkey Face; Tax-chick
The 11th Commandment
Thou shalt not do house work.
Raining cats and dogs here. Lots of thunder boomers. Thor must be working overtime.
2,688
posted on
07/18/2015 6:11:16 AM PDT
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Gefn
(Books, ice cream, FRiends,, Free Republic, and kitties. Things I'm grateful for.)
To: Gefn; Monkey Face
I mopped yesterday.
We could use a rain of cats and dogs. Everything is brown here.
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07/18/2015 6:23:40 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
To: Gefn; Tax-chick; Monkey Face; moose07; Darksheare
Bowling the kitty way....
2,690
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07/18/2015 6:38:34 AM PDT
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Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who 4refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
If I hadn’t seen it, I wouldn’t believe it.
2,691
posted on
07/18/2015 6:43:49 AM PDT
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Monkey Face
(I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
To: Monkey Face
liquidikitty...they all have it!
2,692
posted on
07/18/2015 6:46:45 AM PDT
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Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who 4refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
2,693
posted on
07/18/2015 6:59:00 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
To: Covenantor; Slings and Arrows
See 2690.
Very talented bowling kitty.
I think kitty is a genius.
KittyIQ genius.
Kitty version of Mensa.
2,694
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07/18/2015 7:19:51 AM PDT
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Gefn
(Books, ice cream, FRiends,, Free Republic, and kitties. Things I'm grateful for.)
To: Monkey Face; Covenantor
That kittie must be black belt escape artist.
2,695
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07/18/2015 7:33:33 AM PDT
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moose07
(Islam and the New Stone age: A book i've not yet written.)
To: moose07
2,696
posted on
07/18/2015 8:05:14 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
To: Tax-chick; Gefn
I definitely enjoy the kitten, but it had to wait until I came out of my coma...my pain had me awake all night and I finally passed out sometime in the wee hours of the morning.
...thank you for the cutie!!!
2,697
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07/18/2015 8:33:10 AM PDT
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trussell
(I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
To: trussell
I’m very sorry you’re not well. I’ll pray that you’re better soon!
2,698
posted on
07/18/2015 8:38:38 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
To: Gefn
:^) Bowling kitty indeed.
2,699
posted on
07/18/2015 9:31:26 AM PDT
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Slings and Arrows
(My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face
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