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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: ArGee; dalereed; Monkey Face; Tax-chick

Naaah.
Let him wonder some more.


3,421 posted on 07/29/2015 11:06:01 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: ArGee; dalereed
The Lower Levels will have a Welcoming Committee for him as soon as he steps off the elevator.

I'm sure he will endure enjoy his time there. Actually, time will seem to stand still...

3,422 posted on 07/29/2015 11:22:54 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
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To: dalereed; Monkey Face; Tax-chick; Darksheare

OK.

Does anyone have a copy of that disclaimer we sign in case his head explodes?


3,423 posted on 07/29/2015 11:24:18 AM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NoCmpromiz; null and void; Darksheare; GeronL; Gefn
So I get this email from my health insurance company that starts like this:

We wanted to make you aware that you will soon be receiving some very important information regarding your health insurance billing process

So I'm thinking there's no WAY this is going to go well if they have to alert me that they'll be telling me something.

3,424 posted on 07/29/2015 11:27:34 AM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: ArGee; Darksheare; dalereed

It won’t matter. The Dust Bunnies will mop up the pickings so even the Zombies and the Dwarves will only have to remove the what’s left of the body.


3,425 posted on 07/29/2015 11:34:36 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
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To: ArGee

That’s doesn’t sound good. Wear your best armor before you open the envelope.


3,426 posted on 07/29/2015 11:35:30 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
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To: Monkey Face

That’s what I was thinking. Except that after 3 years of Obamacare envelopes my best armor is much the worse for wear.

If we’re switching to that billing company that uses the rotating knives I’m not gonna be happy.


3,427 posted on 07/29/2015 11:55:56 AM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: dalereed

Hey...good to see you Dale.
How you keeping?


3,428 posted on 07/29/2015 11:57:56 AM PDT by moose07 (Islam and the New Stone age: A book i've not yet written.)
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To: ArGee

I’ve always loved that joke! LOL!


3,429 posted on 07/29/2015 12:00:51 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
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To: ArGee

That’s because we didn’t go to NY state. :)


3,430 posted on 07/29/2015 12:00:53 PM PDT by moose07 (Islam and the New Stone age: A book i've not yet written.)
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To: moose07

Waddup, Moosie?


3,431 posted on 07/29/2015 12:13:17 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
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To: KC_Lion; a fool in paradise; Tax-chick; Monkey Face
I made this about 12 years ago...

I could throw a title on that, lol.

3,432 posted on 07/29/2015 12:14:05 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

Lego?


3,433 posted on 07/29/2015 12:15:33 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Monkey Face

Howdy, ‘Face.


3,434 posted on 07/29/2015 12:21:06 PM PDT by moose07 (Islam and the New Stone age: A book i've not yet written.)
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To: GeronL

In desperation, I will try Chrome, though I have avoided that like the plague. Nothing I have done has allowed the Flash Player, and I really need it.

As for passwords, so many sites have such different requirements that I have a notebook full of URLs and the matching passwords. I can’t remember them from site to site. And I hate being locked out of a site for 24 hours.


3,435 posted on 07/29/2015 12:24:50 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
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To: GeronL

Flying Dunce Caps!!!


3,436 posted on 07/29/2015 12:25:56 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
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To: moose07

It’s nice and warm here, at 100, with 9% humidity and E @ 2 mph. (My Celsius converter isn’t working today for some reason.) This is MY kind of weather!

I’m like a lizard on a rock!


3,437 posted on 07/29/2015 12:29:42 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
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To: Monkey Face

33C and as happy as can be!
There is rain near San Bernadino, so keep a look out. :)
We hit an earth shattering 26c today.


3,438 posted on 07/29/2015 12:49:56 PM PDT by moose07 (Islam and the New Stone age: A book i've not yet written.)
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To: Monkey Face

The DSNY Commissioner visited today. Of course that meant we had to clean the place up so that it looks like nobody works here. But we got pizza so that was good.

She came on a pretty hot day (for us). They’re actually opening up the cooling centers for those who pay rent over A/C bills (which is a lot of us but not the ArGee family).

Having been raised in Mickey Mouse Town and having spent 11 years in Houston, TX it’s hard to call 92 degrees with 38% humididididididity (I have trouble with that word) and a 14 mph breeze hot.


3,439 posted on 07/29/2015 1:01:40 PM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: Tax-chick

It was an early version of Blender 3D


3,440 posted on 07/29/2015 1:06:52 PM PDT by GeronL
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