Mood:  accident prone

Amidst recent news reports that snowstorm in the U.S. may have killed 15000 cows,

Los Angeles's Malibu area has been hit with a firestorm of sorts.

4-8 homes have been lost including that of celebrity/author Suzanne Sommers.

“The neighborhood looks like a war zone,” County Fire Chief Michael Freeman said. “Anything that was down there that could burn, did burn.”

Fueled by Santa Ana winds of up to 25 mph, investigators say the fire began in Bluffs Park at around 5 p.m., jumped across Malibu Rd. and then destroyed four ocean-front mansions and one guest house.

More photos here.

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While here in Prince George BC CANADA we have been hit with snow as well, (not as bad as North Korea apparently, Heavy snow blankets South Korea, disrupting flights)...

...I don't know if I would identify well with the people in the UK right now with the usual adage when it rains heavily that it "beats shoveling it": County set for more floods.

 Whilst these California fires may have threatened actor Mel ("I own Malibu") Gibsons home, it appears his new film Apocalypto has gotten off to a rousing start in the UK. Mel Gibson's Apocalypto smashes record.

But if you remain unimpressed with such tidbit factual bits of information, please visit here

to read from a learned source why Mels latest film only removes the controversy he started with his alcohol fueled rants and displaces them to reveal the inner intricacies of what a contained racist slant his new film promotes.

Its like the people in the UK sometimes say, leave it to the Americans to bobble a good story. 

But anybody worried by these stories about a real end of the world scenario involving fires, rain and  snow certainly won't take any small amount of comfort in the fact that a superbug warning

might actually enact an apocalyptic like scenario.

So, if you do not feel inclined to support Mel Gibsons bank acccount when going to see a film, why not something

more literary like  Children of Men

with the DP from the 'Prisoner of Azkaban' at the helm for instance?

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I leave you now with something decidedly more boring to ponder about than all this excitement with extreme weather, particularily if you wander in on a work break..

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As if all this were not enough, do take care out there...

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Posted by mach1231 at 10:49 AM PST

Updated: Tuesday, January 9, 2007 12:36 PM PST

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