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Santa Ana winds are katabatic, gravity-driven winds, draining air off the high deserts, while the Diablo-type wind originates mainly from strongly sinking air from aloft, pushed toward the coast by higher pressure aloft. Thus, Santa Anas are strongest in canyons, whereas a Diablo wind is first noted and blows strongest atop the various mountain ...
Previous fires driven by Diablo winds have included the Oakland Hills Firestorm in 1991, which killed 25 people and began with a small fire on private property. The Tubbs Fire in 2017 in Napa ...
Diablo winds expected to kick up. Diablo winds, known in the south state as Santa Ana winds, are seasonal for autumn and move warmer air from Nevada and Utah into California, drying out grasses ...
In addition to Santa Anas in southern California, northern California has the Diablo winds. These northeast winds tend to blow through the Diablo Range, which runs north-south on the east side of ...
War and Remembrance is a novel by Herman Wouk, published in October 1978 as the sequel to Wouk's The Winds of War (1971). The Winds of War covers the period 1939 to 1941, and War and Remembrance continues the story of the extended Henry and Jastrow families from 15 December 1941 through 6 August 1945.
Daniel Mayer Cherkoss (August 12, 1927 – March 27, 2006 [1]), known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American television and film director, screenwriter, and producer.He was best known as the creator of the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows (1966–71), and for directing the epic World War II miniseries The Winds of War (1983) and War and Remembrance (1988).
California Governor Jerry Brown issued a state of emergency for Napa, Sonoma, and Yuba counties, a declaration that mobilizes the California National Guard.
Robert Cobert (October 26, 1924 – February 19, 2020) was an American composer who worked in television and films. He is best known for his work with producer/director Dan Curtis, notably the scores for the 1966–71 ABC-TV gothic fiction soap opera Dark Shadows and the TV mini-series The Winds of War (1983) and its sequel War and Remembrance (1988), for which he received an Emmy Awards ...