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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

I need to go to Walmart and get more yogurt, but it will have to wait till tomorrow, when I go get the x-rays from the doctor’s office.

Maybe today, I can start on that paperwork, though it seems like an overwhelming task.


581 posted on 06/22/2015 5:43:16 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Sparkle taught me: No matter what life brings you, put some litter on that $*** and move on!)
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To: Monkey Face

According to my favorite answer man (google.com) you first try bypassing your cache and re-loading the Web page by pressing “CTRL + F5” or holding the shift key while pressing the reload button. That’s from Mozilla so it may not quite work in Chrome or IE.

If that doesn’t work, clear your cache. LMK what browser you’re using and I’ll send steps.

If that does’t work, clear any cookies associated with the site you’re trying to play in. Again, send your browser for instructions.

If you don’t want to ask me how to do things in your browser, you can ask my friend yourself. I won’t be offended. ;) But I’m happy to try.


582 posted on 06/22/2015 6:24:31 AM PDT by ArGee (Two roads diverged in the wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and now I am SOOOOOOOO lost.)
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To: Monkey Face

Belay that.

I just got the book crates unpacked and the books I want to keep are in the bookcase behind the door. I also found a crate of Christmas stuff that I was missing and some souvenier things from when I worked for the transportation company.

I’m SO glad I didn’t get rid of all the tubs! The Christmas stuff will go in the tub which will go in the closet behind the sofa. *happy dance*

Doing all that in the space of an hour made me all sweaty, and now I will need a shower before too much longer...

Now I’m hungry.

And I’m pretty sure I’m going to pay for this, long about Wednesday. It usually takes 24-72 hours to catch up with me and then I will be in bed again.


583 posted on 06/22/2015 7:23:22 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Sparkle taught me: No matter what life brings you, put some litter on that $*** and move on!)
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To: ArGee

Right now, I’m using IE, though it seems to stop working several times a day, and I’m not sure why. I want to change to Opera, but I will have to do that on a day when all my synapses are functioning correctly.

Please, send me the steps including how to “clear the cache.” I know I’m not doing that right, either, and my little escapade with the books has made me really dizzy, so my attention span is suffering.


584 posted on 06/22/2015 8:09:31 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Sparkle taught me: No matter what life brings you, put some litter on that $*** and move on!)
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To: Monkey Face

Drats.
Thread got the Bent and spindled treatment.


585 posted on 06/22/2015 9:45:07 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Monkey Face

RED ALERT! RED ALERT! All hands to general quarters. We will be launching Windows IE which will make us vulnerable to attack. Shields to maximum power. Set phasers to “obliterate.” Prepare to be boarded by viruses and spyware.

I’ll let you know how it goes.


586 posted on 06/22/2015 10:06:28 AM PDT by ArGee (Two roads diverged in the wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and now I am SOOOOOOOO lost.)
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To: ArGee

Ensign, get this virus off my back so I can type.

In IE click on the settings widget (looks like a gear) in the upper right Select “send personal information to ...”

Belay that! Ensign, get this spyware bot off my foot.

Select “Internet Options.” Find the tab at the top that says, “Share ...”

Ensign! Keep me free for just 2 more minutes. 2 minutes, TOPS.

Find the tab at the top that ays “General” and click the “Delete” button. In the next form simply choose “Temporary Internet files and website files.” It’s the second from the top. Leave the top box checked. Remove all other checkmarks and click “Delete” again.

When it’s done, you should be good.

Now, vile spyware goon, prepare to meet your maker!!!


587 posted on 06/22/2015 10:18:22 AM PDT by ArGee (Two roads diverged in the wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and now I am SOOOOOOOO lost.)
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To: Darksheare; Tax-chick; Monkey Face; ArGee
Conundrum

How does one avoid making this mistake if coffee is required to waken to a fully function state?


588 posted on 06/22/2015 10:46:49 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

LOL!

Don’t keep your Dominos or Papa John’s toppings in the same building as your coffee K-cups.

Better yet, don’t keep your Dominos or Papa John’s toppings. Use ‘em or toss ‘em.


589 posted on 06/22/2015 11:06:45 AM PDT by ArGee (Two roads diverged in the wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and now I am SOOOOOOOO lost.)
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To: Covenantor

Hmm.
That would be interesting.


590 posted on 06/22/2015 11:24:43 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: ArGee

I don’t see a “share” in Internet Options. There are tabs for: General, Security, Privacy, Content, Connections, Programs and Advanced.


591 posted on 06/22/2015 11:36:50 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Sparkle taught me: No matter what life brings you, put some litter on that $*** and move on!)
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To: Darksheare; ArGee
It's worse than I thought. Went outside to make a coffee and donut run only to discover this.


592 posted on 06/22/2015 11:58:12 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

That is wrong on SO many levels!!!


593 posted on 06/22/2015 12:15:27 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Sparkle taught me: No matter what life brings you, put some litter on that $*** and move on!)
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To: Monkey Face

I was hoping you’d enjoy the humor as the viruses and malware attempted to make me instruct you to share private information.

The only tab you need to worry about is the General one. Follow the long paragraph of my reply in the General tab and you should be OK.


594 posted on 06/22/2015 12:15:48 PM PDT by ArGee (Two roads diverged in the wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and now I am SOOOOOOOO lost.)
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To: Covenantor; Darksheare

Are you getting the coffee or the cough-er?


595 posted on 06/22/2015 12:16:37 PM PDT by ArGee (Two roads diverged in the wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and now I am SOOOOOOOO lost.)
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To: ArGee; Covenantor; Darksheare

Wash DC and Albany have the coffers..


596 posted on 06/22/2015 12:20:32 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: ArGee; Darksheare; Monkey Face

You know the thing that bugs me the most is that wi-fi on the K-cup machine gets better reception than my phone.

Three blue lights...I never get three bars on the phone.


597 posted on 06/22/2015 12:22:18 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: NoCmpromiz

Washington DC and Albany have nothing in their coofers that hasn’t been taken from us under threat of arms.


598 posted on 06/22/2015 12:24:53 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

LOL!


599 posted on 06/22/2015 12:26:58 PM PDT by Tax-chick (You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.)
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To: NoCmpromiz; Darksheare; Covenantor

And the rest of us, the coffins?


600 posted on 06/22/2015 12:29:59 PM PDT by ArGee (Two roads diverged in the wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and now I am SOOOOOOOO lost.)
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