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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.
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I'm betting the snake had more to do with the 'short' than the bird.
Darks? It’s animal kingdom weirdness ...
DANG!
First thought was that the hawk was a flaming homosexual.
Su Casa...the *best* restaurant in La Jolla.
They’re usually not big enough to complete the circuit by touching two lines at once- in this case the snake was probably long enough to do it.
Must be Mr. Hawk was a Wyle E. Coyote fan.
This incident could serve as inspiration for a coat of arms. A flaming hawk grasping a snake in its talons, surrounded by lightning bolts.
This incident could serve as inspiration for a coat of arms. A flaming hawk grasping a snake in its talons, surrounded by lightning bolts.
Zot of the year!
It’s like the legend of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Or something.
Came in to Work one Morning and had no power, started checking and finally found a Flash Roasted Owl on the ground by the pole, only had one leg. Looked up and the other leg was on one of the Feed lines from the 3 Phase Transformer.
The other foot must have hit the Transformer Casing- YOUR GROUNDED!!!
Somebody Pull that Birds Ticket...
Ha.
Karma.
http://uproxx.com/tv/2013/03/woman-lights-snake-on-fire-flaming-snake-burns-womans-house-down/
In honor of that snake, I bought FlamingSnakes.com
And the water in La Hoya/Jolla cove is so clear, I almost felt bad peeing in it. Watch out for power lines though!
Honestly, this is the best candidate for Undead Thread.
I know I asked about the other thread, then fell on my butt on moving us..
Go for it.
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