HIGH WINDS LOWER BOOM GUSTS, TEMPERATURES TAKE TOLL ON PEOPLE, PROPERTY.Byline: BRENT HOPKINS and BRAD GREENBERG Brad Greenberg is the head men's basketball coach at Radford University. Head Coaching Record Season Team Overall Radford (Big South Conference) (2007 — ) 2007–2008 Radford 0-0 0-0 Radford: 0-0 0-0 Total: Staff Writers Bone-chilling winds will continue their tear through town today, bringing not eight tiny reindeer reindeer, ruminant mammal, genus Rangifer, of the deer family, found in arctic and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America. It is the only deer in which both sexes have antlers. but plenty of complaints. A cold front raced through the region Friday, bringing icy cold winds clocked as high as 67 mph at one Ventura County weather station. Forecasters with the National Weather Service expect a high wind warning to remain in effect until noon today, with currents of 30 to 40 mph and gusts of up to 60 mph. Daytime high temperatures should be in the 60s, with overnight lows in the 40s. A 20 percent chance of rain is forecast for Tuesday. ``What Mother Nature's throwing at us is another fast-moving cold front,'' said Bill Hoffer NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) spokesman. ``It moved so much, it didn't drop much precipitation, but the winds are very strong.'' The effects resonated throughout the area. Leaves departed their trees. Branches cluttered the streets. Traffic lights lost power. Cops cursed their luck. ``It's very annoying,'' said Sgt. Jimmy Chong of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Department's Valley Traffic Division. ``It takes a toll on you today, because it's not only windy, but it's freezing, too.'' His fellow officers could do little but zip their jackets tightly and grit their teeth against the gusts. In Van Nuys, gusting winds knocked an MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. bus out of commission Friday morning after the Line 233 vehicle was pinned by blown-over scaffolding. The bus was stopped on Van Nuys Boulevard, just south of Roscoe Boulevard, when scaffolding collapsed at 9:36 a.m., said MTA spokesman Jose Ubaldo. Damage was unknown, he said. There were no injuries. brent.hopkins(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3738 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Heavy winds through the Van Nuys area caused a three-story scaffolding unit to collapse on a Metro bus from a building on the corner of Van Nuys and Roscoe boulevards Friday morning. Workers just got off the scaffolding for a coffee break one minute before it came crashing down. No one was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News (2) A tree lies across Diana Contreras' 2004 Chevy Tahoe as Alfredo Savala removes branches. The wild blew the tree down in North Hills on Friday morning. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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