I grew up in Big Tujunga Canyon in the Angeles National Forest down in Los Angeles. When I was a kid I remember a massive wild fire came through the canyon in 1975. It scorched our property, but my dad saved the house by staying behind to fight the fire with my grandfather who was a Los Angeles County firefighter. It had been 34 years since that fire when the Station Fire swept through Big Tujunga Canyon earlier this Fall. Once again my dad chose to ignore the evacuation orders and stayed behind to defend the property. The fire scorched most of the property that my parents still live on today. They lost a few vehicles, a trailer and an old storage shed, but my dad fought the fire all by himself with a garden hose and saved the house itself as well as other structures on the property.
- Thomas Hawk
"Roman Polanski remained in a Swiss prison this morning, with officials sayng the terms of his $4.5 million remain unmet. Officials would not elborate, but reporters outside Polanski's Alpine chalet -- where he will go to live under house arrest -- said workers were plowing snow from the area. "If the conditions were met, he would be in Gstaad," a Swiss Justice spokesman told the Associated Press"
- Thomas Hawk
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So, what are the odds that a helicopter lands on his property here and takes him away back to France if he's granted bail?
- Thomas Hawk
If he gets out, he's running. Anyone who thinks differently, is lieing to themselves.
- Bluesun 2600
"Every day, White, 51, updates a Web site he launched in 2003, icasualties.org, to keep count of the dead: American troops, coalition troops, contractors and Iraqi civilians. He eventually began documenting deaths in Afghanistan as well. Special coverage: War in Afghanistan He knew the wars would carry on, but he did not anticipate casualties continuing at this pace. October proved to be the deadliest for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the beginning of that conflict in 2001. Nor could White have predicted the toll his task would take on him. As the numbers climbed, the dead came back to life on his screen. They weren't just statistics anymore."
- Thomas Hawk
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