ALASKA STORM BRINGS BONE-CHILLING WIND TO CHILL SOUTHLAND.Byline: Greg Gittrich Daily News Staff Writer Blustery blus·ter v. blus·tered, blus·ter·ing, blus·ters v.intr. 1. To blow in loud, violent gusts, as the wind during a storm. 2. a. To speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner. winds and unseasonably frigid air forced Southern Californians to bundle up to dress warmly, snugly, or cumbrously. See also: Bundle over Easter weekend, as temperatures in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. reached near-record lows. Thermometer readings in Glendale, Burbank, Van Nuys and Pasadena hovered between 37 and 40 degrees Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
``Oh it got unusually cold,'' Tussey said. ``A cold stream from the Gulf of Alaska Noun 1. Gulf of Alaska - a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world brought the cold air into the area. It's not totally unusual but it's getting late in the season.'' Between Saturday afternoon and early Sunday morning, 30 to 50 mph gusts downed trees and power lines, and created hazardous traveling and Easter egg An undocumented function hidden in software that may or may not be sanctioned by management. Easter Eggs are secret "goodies" found by word of mouth or accident. They are also used in video games, movies, TV commercials, DVDs, CDs, CD-ROMs and every so often in hardware. hunting conditions across the area, National Weather Service officials said. The harsh winds knocked out electricity to about 58,000 homes around Los Angeles and San Diego counties, according to Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. spokesman Paul Klein. Most of the blackouts were caused by power lines blowing into each other or tree limbs falling onto the wires, he said. ``(The outages) lasted anywhere from 30 seconds in some places to a couple of hours in others,'' he said. Power was restored to most customers by Sunday afternoon, officials said. The storm - described as a ``storm behind a storm'' - also created choppy seas, with waves reaching up to 8 feet, meteorologist Rich Thompson told The Associated Press. ``If you're driving high-profile vehicles like buses or vans, it's easy to lose control in this kind of wind,'' Thompson said. ``I'm sure there were some tractor trailer drivers who were having a hard time staying on the road.'' A 15-month-old boy died after strong winds knocked over a eucalyptus tree and crashed into a minivan in Salinas Salinas, city, United States Salinas (səlē`nəs), city (1990 pop. 108,777), seat of Monterey co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. It is the shipping and processing center of a fertile valley famous for its grain and lettuce. . The tree struck two parked cars, pinning 30-year-old Erolinda Martinez and her son inside. Police Lt. Ernie Bentley said the tree ``almost cut the cars in half'' when it fell into the parking lot near Sherwood Park about 3 p.m. Saturday. In San Diego, eight illegal immigrants were found dead in a remote area where a surprise snowstorm stranded dozens of people while they were trying to sneak across the U.S.-Mexico border Saturday, officials said. Autopsies attributed the deaths to hypothermia hypothermia Abnormally low body temperature, with slowing of physiological activity. It is artificially induced (usually with ice baths) for certain surgical procedures and cancer treatments. . The hail and snow also caused a small plane to crash and a van to overturn in San Diego County. The single-engine Piper Cherokee crashed into a pile of boulders on a remote hillside near Ranchita, killing all four people on board, San Diego County Medical Examiner's Investigator Dan Matticks said. On Interstate 8 near El Cajon, a commuter van overturned at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, officials said. The crash occurred near the Crestwood Summit. ``It's essentially blizzard conditions up there,'' said Curt Creel, a dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. for the Heartland Fire Authority. ``Lots of snow and ice and wind.'' Although Los Angeles warmed up a little on Sunday afternoon, forecasters predicted increasing cloudiness today. Rain and overcast will return on Tuesday and Wednesday with temperatures from the low 40s to the upper 50s. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Ran in Valley Edition only) Surfers were able to catch some waves amid the brisk temperatures Sunday at Malibu Surfrider Beach. Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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