Posted on 11/23/2007 9:50:07 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Dry conditions and a return of Santa Ana winds prompted red flag warnings from the National Weather Service today for Los Angeles and six other Southern California Counties, an indication of added fire risks.
The warnings take effect at noon in mountain areas of L.A., Orange, Kern, Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino and Ventura counties and are expected to last until 6 p.m. Sunday. Winds of up to 75 mph are expected.
Warnings were also issued for coastal areas, where gusts of up to 60 mph were expected later today. Those warnings are for 6 p.m. through noon Sunday.
Red flag parking restrictions will be in effect from 10 a.m. through at least 10 p.m. for the Hollywood Hills and other fire-prone areas of the city, Los Angeles fire officials said.
"If something sparks up, this does have the potential to get very serious and out of hand," said Ryan Kittell, a National Weather Service meteorologist. "That's why we have the red flag warnings -- to alert the fire agencies and the general public that with these winds, it doesn't take much for something to start growing."
Kittell said a cold storm system moving across Arizona from Utah is keeping temperatures unusually mild for Santa Anas, in the low 70s during the day, bringing stronger than expected winds and blowing out lingering fog as the humidity dips to the single digits.
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Looks like I got dropped from the ping list....again.
ping
:)
I did this from a backup machine ....sorry!
Okay, now you guys have embarassed me...lol
I just love to gripe, I guess...:)
LOL!!!
Hey. I got myself a BRAND NEW COMPUTER! Yea ME!
I transferred EVERYTHING to an external hd prior to.
One guess, ONE guess where my bookmarks still sit.....
ping from my semi- official ping list....
Is that EVERYTHING minus the bookmarks got transferred?
Congrats on the new ‘puter!!!
Yeppers. I got it ALL, except my bookmarks. And darn it, I was so proud...they were (semi-) organized and everything.
*sniff*
Moving stuff between multiple machines gets tough....
Whats the specs on this new machine?
It was in mid-high 40s in West L.A. last night. Particulate matter at a dangerous level (?). I see wind is shifting direction this a.m.; don’t think it will get too windy here, hope not. A hummer is nesting in the tree outside my window, hate for it to get blowed around.
And then there is the danger that must not be spoken...
abit Introduces First AMD Phenom Ready Motherboard, the AX78
which with an AMD Quad processor would be a silky smooth browsing machine.....got a case all ready...for something new!
http://news.webshots.com/album/561522625KSyHsw?start=12
there are another 800 FFs in Camarillo, mostly inmates.
Hey you
Hey you too!
I trust your Thanksgiving was good?
was not bad just a small family get together and yours was good i hope
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