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]

LOL!

The one kid of mine that would come, no matter what, lives too far away. The other one can’t be bothered, even though she lives 12 miles away.

Still, Mother’s Day was good!

[Monkey Face]

Since nausea is overtaking me, and I have the chills and the wobblies, I’m going to bed. See you all tomorrow.

[RedMDer]

Maybe I should work on some moves of my own when my girls and granddaughters take me out to dinner tonight :)

[RedMDer]

I hope you feel better soon.

[Tax-chick]

I hope you feel better tomorrow.

[ThomasThomas]

IT won't fit so I edited.

[GeronL]

Another short story

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http://flscifi.blogspot.com/2015/06/short-story-orbital-pd.html

[Tax-chick]

[Covenantor]

Good morning

[Monkey Face]

Thanks. It’s just CFIDS. I’m in a “small” relapse, and it puts me in bed for a day or two. It’s too bad I’m used to it!

I appreciate the sentiments, anyway. :o]

[Tax-chick]

“I told you that would happen.”

[Monkey Face]

Pretty kitteh.

I don’t know how this day will go, but I’m not enthusiastic.

What I have to do now it make sure I have enough ice and cold water to get me through the day. Anything else can wait.

[Monkey Face]

“See? If you had listened!”

[Tax-chick]

I let the boys sleep in this morning, but we all have to get moving pretty soon. Frank has swimming lessons in the morning, this week and next week.

[Monkey Face]

I got the ice cube trays filled, and the water bottles are in the fridge, and while I still don’t have the chills, I’m going to do the dishes.

No telling how the rest of this day will go, but I may not get dressed. I was going to do laundry, but I think that’s too much. I will see how I feel in about 90 minutes.

[Tax-chick]

I plan to go to Walmart before the pool. We don’t have to be there until 9:45.

[NicknamedBob]

Just wear your swimsuits to Walmart. It will save time, and no one will notice.

[ArGee]

Baby steps.

You know how you eat an elephant, right?

[ArGee]

There’s a good point in there. People should take Wal-Mart lessons before just diving in.

[Monkey Face]

I surprised myself. I did the dishes then got dressed and went out and swept the patio. The day is early yet, and the sun hasn’t quite made it over the mountains.

Since CFIDS sometimes leaves my brain less than functional, I play games like crosswords and trivial pursuit and other word or shape-matching games like mah jhong to get a feel for how well I’m functioning.

However, I can’t do the crossword puzzle as the puzzle doesn’t recognize the keystrokes. I get this message: fbconnect library is missing (sdk.js)

What do I have to do to correct that?