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.
How funny!
from the source, they were watching a stray kitty eating food they had set outside.
AH. No wonder the cat was so interested! Thanks!
I dreamed about a disaster with the music at Mass this evening, which I know was because I haven’t learned the psalm yet. Then I dreamed I ate a tomato hornworm. Then I got up!
It stormed again here last night; fortunately, the cats were in.
lol
I had a hankering for a BLT, and I wanted to check out the car wash that’s across the freeway from here, and I wanted to check out Filtrete filters, to see if they were “affordable.”
I headed for the car wash first, and it’s like the one in Vegas that I was going to with Busdaddy. Prices are the same, but here, they have pavilion tents for the drying and detailing. I will go but not yet. Maybe payday. The truck really needs to be cleaned inside and out and I can’t do it in this heat. Otherwise, I’d go down the street to the “quarter car wash,” which is just a bay.
Then I headed for Walmart and got a head of lettuce and saw a guy in produce, stocking vegetables. I asked him where the tomatoes were. He said they were out. I said, “So am I.” I put the lettuce back and walked out the door. I DID price the Filtrete filters, and they were $17 for the size I need.
Anyway, I went across the street to what used to be Albertson’s but is now Haggen’s and found everything I needed, (as I thought I would) and even found the thick sliced bacon at two pounds for $6. One pound would have been $5.
The trip wasn’t a total loss, but now I want a cold beer.
Know the ‘year’ must begin but do not know when. Anticipate will be July ... Stay Safe All!
I hate when that happens.
You stay safe, too. I hope you’re going someplace nice!
I’ve learned the psalm. Now I’m having a small Pink Drink.
My voice isn’t what it should be, after a week of barking commands at Cub Scouts. “Den 4, Den 4! Pick up, move out! Sense of urgency!”
Thank You ... Prayers for US all, TC
I just poured a beer, after being outside doe 30 minutes, waiting for the mail.
I’m sorry for your voice. Maybe it will feel better tomorrow.
And tomorrow is the day I will make the BLT, in honor of my dad...he liked them...
So did mine.
I got the little pine tree relocated to the community room, and there is a note on it that says it belongs to the site...so hands off. The people in here will steal any and everything that isn’t chained down or glued in place.
Oh, golly! I just remembered I have to get a tie and tie tack for my youngest grandson who will be 14 in September!
(So many things need my financial attention, I’m feeling overwhelmed.)
And I need to get a new sun shade for the truck. The one that’s in there is three years old and is limp to the point of just covering the dash instead of being stiff enough to meet the top and bottom of the windshield.
(I hate to ramble about this stuff, but believe it or not, “writing” it down helps me to remember. I’m sorry, Ganag.)
Oh, I do the same thing.
Survived the English Mass. The psalm wasn’t great, but it was a crummy arrangement to start with, but the only one I could find for today’s lectionary.
Good morning. Happy Midsummer!
I believe it
Can’t let food go to waste.
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