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| Flash Flood Watch: Debris flows, Mud Flow Threat in Burn areas critical Posted: 15 Feb 2009 09:58 PM PST  Flash flood watch now in effect from 2 am pst Monday through Monday afternoonVENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * THE VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. * FROM 2 AM PST MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * RAIN WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. RAIN MAY FALL AT RATES OVER ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN A ROW DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. RAIN AT THESE RATES WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE ONE AND A HALF INCHES TO THREE INCHES. * THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS FOR THE RECENT BURN AREAS INCLUDING THE BARHAM... GRIFFITH PARK... RANCH... BUCKWEED...MAGIC...SESNON... Instruction: A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. Affected Counties or parts of: Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles
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| LODD: CHILE - 13 FORESTRY FIREFIGHTERS - HELICOPTER CRASH Posted: 15 Feb 2009 10:17 PM PST A helicopter carrying firefighters from a forest fire crashed in southern Chile killing 14 on board this afternoon. The helicopter had just retrieved the Firefighters from a day's working the fire which is still burning. The Firefighters were young men between the ages of 18 and 25 who worked for a Chilean timber and pulp company known as CELCO. Our condolences to all affected. Update: Chilean officials now say 13 people, 12 of them firefighters, have been killed in a helicopter crash. Earlier reports put the death toll at 14. The helicopter crashed into a hill Sunday in the Maule region south of the capital, Santiago. Authorities say the victims, who were between the ages of 18 and 25, were headed to a forest fire. It was not clear what caused the crash. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOLO: Lance Armstrongs bike stolen last night - San Jose. Posted: 15 Feb 2009 06:19 PM PST APB out to the twitterati  A pic of the stolen tt bike. There is only one like it in the world therefore hard to pawn it off. Reward being offered.Lance Armstrong Twitter alert - Perp broke into his team's truck and stole his time trial bike and three others out of their Ryder rental truck that was parked in an alley behind their Residence Inn motel. He posted the above picture on Twitter."Whoa!! They just came to my room and said our truck was broken into and someone stole my time trial bike! Wtf?!? APB out to the twitterati. Lance Armstrong on Twitter regarding today's race: "Holy hell. That was terrible. Maybe one of the toughest days I've had on a bike, purely based on the conditions. I'm still freezing."Source: Twitter Lance Armstrong - Link | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earthquake 3.9 M - Central California, Bakersfield, CA Posted: 15 Feb 2009 05:17 PM PST  Earthquake Shake Map
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| Earthquake Magnitude 3.1 - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA Posted: 15 Feb 2009 05:21 PM PST  Earthquake location MapEarthquake Details
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| Australia: US crew to investigate snapped power line Posted: 15 Feb 2009 01:26 PM PST
 Smith River Firefighter Nick Miller, left, and the rest of his hand crew hike up a fire line on the Slide Fire near Arrowbear Lake, California in October 2007. Photo: REUTERS Firefighters arriving from the US yesterday to help local fire crews said they were struck by the parallels between Victoria's bushfires and the wildfires that swept through southern California in October 2007. ''In San Diego, the power line companies have been in a lawsuit because of the fire starts there, so what we are going through [in Melbourne] is mirroring what is happening in southern California,'' Ron Woychak, from the Bureau of Land Management, said. Victorian Premier John Brumby declined yesterday to comment on a class action launched against Singapore-owned electric company SP AusNet. The Sunday Age revealed that the Phoenix bushfire taskforce was examining a 2km stretch of power line in Kilmore East that snapped during strong winds and record heat on February 7. The fallen power line is believed to have sparked the blaze that tore through Kinglake, Steels Creek and St Andrews, killing more than 100 people and destroying 100 homes. Mr Brumby declined to comment on the police investigation into the cause of the blaze, saying the Teague royal commission as well as coronial investigations would look at all of the factors involved with the fires. ''I'm not going to comment on any of those [class action] matters; they're matters which will be fully examined in the context of the royal commission,'' he said. Mr Woychak said many of the difficult political issues emerging here had already played out in California after forest fires in recent years. ''We keep not learning the same lessons over and over again. The politics gets in the way.'' The US consul-general, Michael Thurston, said there were similarities between Melbourne's bushfires and recent US forest fires. ''Particularly in California ... where it is coming on to increasingly urbanised areas. The frontier between where the wilderness ends and the urban area begins is becoming less defined. People are living in areas they weren't living in 30 years ago.'' Source: canberratimes.com - Link | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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