[EDIS] severe thunderstorm warning -Kern County - Now - DANGEROUS STORM
"THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 1245 PM PST * AT 1201 PM PST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL KERN COUNTY... OR 21 MILES WEST OF BAKERSFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BUENA VISTA LAKE AND TULE ELK STATE RESERVE 1240 PM PST
Instruction:
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
Affected Counties or parts of: Kern
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Placer County - Barn fire - One injury
Barn fire sends one to hospital
 Ben Furtado A suspected trailer explosion set a barn on fire in Newcastle Tuesday evening. One woman went to the hospital with serious injuries. |
A suspected trailer explosion set off a barn blaze in rural Placer County sending flames more than 60 feet into the air and one woman to the hospital with serious injuries Tuesday evening.
Fire crews responded to a report of a barn fire just north of Chili Hill Road on Gold Hill Road around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
A woman in her 50s was in a 40-foot trailer, housed in a 40-by-100-foot barn when, for unknown reasons, there was an explosion that quickly engulfed the hay-filled barn, according to Greg Guyan, Auburn-area Cal Fire battalion chief.
The woman, who was not identified, was transported by air ambulance to the UC Davis Medical Center with second- and third-degree burns to 50 percent of her body, officials said.
The blast, and possibly the subsequent blaze, split the trailer in half. A car parked next to the engulfed barn was quickly charred.
Fire crews did not dose the flames with water, but instead were going to let the flaming bales of hay burn out.
“There is an NID canal directly adjacent to the barn,” said Battallion Chief Jeff Brand, with Cal Fire. “Any run off from the fire would go directly into the ditch.”
Firefighters were expected to be on scene throughout the night monitoring the contained fire.
Neighbors quickly came to the woman’s aid.
“My father went to her and she was conscious,” neighbor James Bolton said at the scene Tuesday night. “Hopefully she’ll be OK.”
SDFD: Buying 2nd Helicopter - $16 million helicopter
Purchasing San Diego council approves $16 million firefighting helicopter
SAN DIEGO—San Diego's city council voted unanimously Tuesday to buy a second firefighting helicopter for the city Fire-Rescue Department.
Chief Tracy Jarman said the helicopter should be in service before seasonal Santa Ana winds begin in August.
The helicopter is expected to cost about $16 million.
Earlier in the day, Jarman's predecessor joined a group of firefighters and wildfire experts in calling for San Diego County to enact recommendations developed after the 2003 Cedar Fire and create a regional fire agency.
Former San Diego fire chief Jeff Bowman also said citizens should be willing to pay higher taxes to fund new purchases of fire engines and other equipment.Source: mercurynews.com
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
5.0 Quake Shakes Calif-Mexico Border
4 hours ago
CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) — An estimated 5.0-magnitude earthquake has shaken the U.S.-Mexico border region near San Diego.
The U.S. Geological Survey says Tuesday's quake struck at 2:41 p.m. 21 miles southeast of the U.S. border city of Calexico.
Southeastern California and Mexican border communities have been jolted for days by a continuing earthquake swarm.
San Diego - Ambulance Knocked Over
Ambulance Knocked Over By Speeding Car - Minor injuries
A SAN DIEGO AMBULANCE WAS ON THE SCENE OF A single-car accident at 4 am Monday morning. While relocating the ambulance from the roadway to the right shoulder, a 1993 Honda Accord barrelled into it broadside and knocked the ambulance on its side.
Union-Tribune photo
The medic driving it was temporarily trapped in the cab and suffered minor injuries.
Source: Wildfires Today - United States Wildland Fire News: San Diego Ca - Ambulance Knocked Over
San Diego County - SDRFSF - 13-page analysis
Wildfire panel to release findings - Priority 1 should be to fund a consolidated, regional fire department and More taxes needed!
The San Diego Regional Fire Safety Forum is expected to announce its recommendations for improving fire protection.
The San Diego Regional Fire Safety Forum believes it has the answers to the county's wildfire problems.
Recommendations include buying 50 more fire engines, hiring hundreds of additional firefighters and establishing a county-wide fire department.
The city council will also be discussing acquiring a second fire and rescue helicopter.
Bowman said San Diego is completely unprepared for a massive firestorm.
The San Diego Regional Fire Safety Forum is expected to announce its recommendations for improving fire protection.
The San Diego Regional Fire Safety Forum believes it has the answers to the county's wildfire problems.
Recommendations include buying 50 more fire engines, hiring hundreds of additional firefighters and establishing a county-wide fire department.
The city council will also be discussing acquiring a second fire and rescue helicopter.
“Priority 1 should be to fund a consolidated, regional fire department,” the group's list of recommendations says.
Former San Diego Fire Chief Jeff Bowman, the forum's chairman, said the group would formally release its 13-page analysis this morning at a news conference.
Bowman said San Diego is completely unprepared for a massive firestorm.The forum is one of three local wildfire committees addressing similar problems.
All agree that the county is woefully underprepared for the type of wildfires that killed 10 people and destroyed 1,700 homes in San Diego County in October.
After a handful of meetings, the 11-member forum zeroed in on 11 issues, including leadership, accountability, staffing, equipment, aerial assets and brush management. Short-and long-term goals were suggested.
Bowman said the goal was to educate the public, which is why the group is holding its news conference in Rancho Bernardo. All 365 homes lost in the city of San Diego in October were in Rancho Bernardo. “Public opinion and public pressure drives politicians,” Bowman said.
“And the politicians have gotten away with murder when it comes to fire protection.”
Bowman resigned as the city's fire chief nearly two years ago primarily because he couldn't get the improvements he wanted. Bowman, a dogged critic, said the forum's report isn't as blistering as it could have been.
“We focused on recommendations that we think are doable,” he said.
Show us the money! - Although finances are covered in the report, the analysis doesn't say who should pay for the improvements or where the money should come from.
Fire experts, including Bowman, have said a new sales tax would probably be needed to finance a regional fire department, an idea that has been discussed for years. But turf battles inevitably arise, leaving San Diego County one of the largest and most populous counties in the nation without its own regional fire department.
If the public doesn't rally behind the forum's findings, Bowman would like to see local fire chiefs and politicians use it as a blueprint for change.
A group co-chaired by county Supervisor Ron Roberts and Mayor Jerry Sanders is trying to answer some of the same questions covered by Bowman's group, and Roberts said he would like to work with the former fire chief.
A third local wildfire committee, chaired by San Diego Councilman Brian Maienschein, has focused on city-related issues.
Earthquakes: Channel Islands, Central California, Baja
Did you feel it? California experienced a few small shakers last night...Central California - 3.7, Channel Islands - 3.2, Baja California - 3.2
Earthquake Details
Central California - Magnitude 3.7
Earthquake Details
Baja California, Mexico - Magnitude 3.2
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 3.2 |
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| Location | 33.000°N, 118.944°W |
| Depth | 0.2 km (~0.1 mile) (poorly constrained) |
| Region | CHANNEL ISLANDS REGION, CALIFORNIA |
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Central California - Magnitude 3.7
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 3.7 |
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| Location | 36.587°N, 118.026°W |
| Depth | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) |
| Region | CENTRAL CALIFORNIA |
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Baja California, Mexico - Magnitude 3.2
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 3.2 |
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| Location | 32.141°N, 115.883°W |
| Depth | 0.1 km (~0.1 mile) (poorly constrained) |
| Region | BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO |
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Monday, February 18, 2008
Drill gives firefighters needed training
Drill gives firefighters needed training
A condemned house on Elgin Street provided valuable training for firefighters during a live fire drill, Sunday.
PAULA M. FELIPE/MERCURY-REGISTER
El Medio Firefighters turned out in full force
El Medio Firefighters turned out in full force
"Everything went exactly the way we thought," said El Medio Chief Rusty Ohlhausen. "The slight breeze is blowing in the right direction, too. And the structure folded in on itself just the way we expected. There was no damage to the mobile home next door that is less than 10 feet away and no damage to the nearby wooden fences either."
Butte County Code Enforcement Officer Wendy Jones was happy to see the house being destroyed.
"It was 'Red Tagged' and substandard, and the property owner agreed to have it burned down so the firefighters could receive the training," she said.
The training started at 8:30 a.m. and the building was on the ground by 2:30 p.m.
Whole story at: Chico Enterprise Record
HFD - Three alarms - Hayward roller rink - Total loss
A suspicious three-alarm fire destroyed the Hayward roller skating rink this morning, Hayward Fire department officials said.
IA: Fire was reported at 3:32 a.m.
Location: Valle Vista Skating Center, l 29228 Mission Blvd.
Resources: 35 Hayward firefighters -No In juries
The building, which is estimated to be about 50,000 square feet, was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived and is a total loss, Hayward Fire Chief Craig Bueno said.
Contained: 4:15 a.m.
Controlled: 4:45 am
Street closures: temporarily closed Mission Boulevard between Industrial Parkway and West Tennyson Road. The street reopened at about 7:26 a.m.
Cause: The fire is being treated as suspicious and arson investigators remain at the scene.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Brianna Denison - A communities tragic love story
Editor: This shall serve as the final update to the search for Brianna Denison which we followed here,
Amazing Grace - Irish bagpipes for Bri
Brianna Denison - Some might say she was just another beautiful Nineteen year-old California college girl enjoying a school break in Reno, Nevada. Full of laughter pretty blue eye's and brandishing a gorgeous smile...
Though friends would later remark online that she was sort of shy.
And it was just another night in Reno after recent snowfalls the weather had cleared a little.
Along with friends she had a fun night checking out the Casino's, nightlife and whatever else a young college coed out on the town with close friend's does and though it was a late night they all got home safely.
After hug's and good nights all around Brianna fell asleep on her buddies couch with a blanket and a teddy bear.
Soon tragedy would strike -Sometime in the middle of the night she was abducted right out of her friends house as they all slept.
The next morning as dawn broke Brianna was gone...
Most of her possessions and warm clothing was still there but Brianna was gone.
A small amount of blood and saliva was all that was found at the scene.
By noon the news began to hit the airwaves and internet, and a miracle began to occur the local community poured out to help any way they could, the local news media covered every detail, and Brianna's story exploded on the internet.
It's obviously a whole new world of near instant communication, and nearly real time information out there and as we began to research the story that morning we found pictures, addresses, crime reports, sexual offender information, Find Brianna Blogs(1)(2), facebook profiles and Brianna sites(3)(4), myspace pages, local media information ton's of information all somehow linked to what would become Brianna's story...
Brianna's story took shape as thousands of people all over the U.S.A took interest and made sure that this story was going to stay on page one real world and Cyber world and not forgotten on a local newspapers third page.
Thousands of people online had fallen in love with this little blue-eyed firecracker and in some sense we gathered around her story determined to solve the mystery and get Brianna home safely and to catch the perpetrator of this evil deed.
The story came and went on the big guns such as Fox news, But the local media such as the Reno Gazette stayed on the story nearly every day for a month without let up.
The Internet buzzed with information, speculation, and most of all real concern.
The ground and door to door searches were well organized went on nearly everyday during the height of winter.
Then they found a body...
We waited and prayed...
To be €ontinued
Source: Bobonit News Blog - Bob's news blog: "Brianna Denison - A communities tragic love story
Brianna Denison - Some might say she was just another beautiful Nineteen year-old California college girl enjoying a school break in Reno, Nevada. Full of laughter pretty blue eye's and brandishing a gorgeous smile...
Though friends would later remark online that she was sort of shy.
And it was just another night in Reno after recent snowfalls the weather had cleared a little.
Along with friends she had a fun night checking out the Casino's, nightlife and whatever else a young college coed out on the town with close friend's does and though it was a late night they all got home safely.After hug's and good nights all around Brianna fell asleep on her buddies couch with a blanket and a teddy bear.
Soon tragedy would strike -Sometime in the middle of the night she was abducted right out of her friends house as they all slept.
The next morning as dawn broke Brianna was gone...
Most of her possessions and warm clothing was still there but Brianna was gone.
A small amount of blood and saliva was all that was found at the scene.
By noon the news began to hit the airwaves and internet, and a miracle began to occur the local community poured out to help any way they could, the local news media covered every detail, and Brianna's story exploded on the internet.It's obviously a whole new world of near instant communication, and nearly real time information out there and as we began to research the story that morning we found pictures, addresses, crime reports, sexual offender information, Find Brianna Blogs(1)(2), facebook profiles and Brianna sites(3)(4), myspace pages, local media information ton's of information all somehow linked to what would become Brianna's story...
Brianna's story took shape as thousands of people all over the U.S.A took interest and made sure that this story was going to stay on page one real world and Cyber world and not forgotten on a local newspapers third page.
Thousands of people online had fallen in love with this little blue-eyed firecracker and in some sense we gathered around her story determined to solve the mystery and get Brianna home safely and to catch the perpetrator of this evil deed.The story came and went on the big guns such as Fox news, But the local media such as the Reno Gazette stayed on the story nearly every day for a month without let up.
The Internet buzzed with information, speculation, and most of all real concern.
The ground and door to door searches were well organized went on nearly everyday during the height of winter.
Then they found a body...
We waited and prayed...
To be €ontinued
Brighton's Song: "Not Time To Say Goodbye"
~ Valentine's Day ~
Brighton Denison, Brianna's younger brother, wrote and produced this song for his sister. His collaborator on the song is co-writer and close friend, Danielle DeTomaso. They want the world to hear it!
Please click here to download and play the MP3 file "Not Time to Say Goodbye."
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