Ventura County plot reaches 800 degrees

Ventura County plot reaches 800 degrees

www.latimes.com

A patch of land in Ventura County's Los Padres Forest where the ground heated up to 812 degrees Friday continues to puzzle firefighters and geologists after a month and a half of monitoring.

"It's a thermal anomaly," said Ron Oatman, spokesman for the Ventura County Fire Department.

Firefighters first responded to the hot spot a month and a half ago, Oatman said. There were no visible flames, but they created a containment line about 2 feet wide and monitored the two-acre plot. Because the smoke was not going away, the containment line was widened to about 30 feet Friday, he said.

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The first thing that occurred to me when I read this headline was volcanic activity. With the recent earthquake and now this strange geologic anomaly, could this be a sign of bad things to come for CA?

www.latimes.com
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existing thread here

Hmm, I searched for this subject but didn't see it. Mods feel free to close this tread.

Actually looking at the other post, it must have been created while I was actually typing my own thoughts and deciding on a title. Copy and paste is a lot faster you know.

[edit on 8/4/2008 by yadboy]