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"On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual false alarm. As one fireman recounted later, "Once that first stack got going, it was 'Goodbye, Charlie." The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed...
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"Moving, joyful, and insightful collection of conversations with today's living literary legends about the books that changed their lives, made them think, and brought them joy, from 'American's Librarian' Nancy Pearl and noted playwright Jeff Schwager"--
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"Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds that blast at near hurricane force, igniting voracious wildfires. Master thief Danny Cole longs for the flames. A tsunami of fire is exactly what he needs to pull off a daring crime and avenge a fallen friend. As the most devastating firestorms in Los Angeles' history scorch the hills of Malibu, relentless arson investigator Walter Sharpe and his wild card of...
4) Fire season
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"Los Angeles is burning. During one of the hottest summers the city has ever seen, someone is murdering mages with fires that burn when they shouldn't, that don't stop when they should. Necromancer Eric Carter is being framed for the killings and hunted by his own people. To Carter, everything points to the god Quetzalcoatl coming after him, after he defied the mad wind god in the Aztec land of the dead. But too many things aren't adding up, and Carter...
8) Smoky night
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Daniel and his mother look out of their window at the smoky night below. There are looters on the street, fires in the distance. Daniel clutches his cat, Jasmine. But later, when they're forced to leave the apartment building, Jasmine can't be found. Mrs. Kim's cat is missing too. Where are they? They can't be with each other. Those cats don't get along ... This story is about cats and people who couldn't get along until a night of rioting brings...
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Race to the rescue with the Emergency! team as these explosive final adventures blaze onto DVD for the first time. Join courageous paramedics Roy DeSoto and John Gage for six epic specials that take the pulse-pounding action from Los Angeles to San Francisco and Seattle.
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Paramedics of Los Angeles County Fire Dept. Station 51, John Gage and Roy DeSoto, respond to emergencies ranging from false alarms to major disasters. Since the paramedic program is still a relatively recent service, the paramedics must be guided by licensed medical personnel through radio contact on site. The staff of Rampart Hospital, including Nurse Dixie McCall, provides the necessary instructions for the paramedics to do their jobs.
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Paramedics of Los Angeles County Fire Dept. Station 51, John Gage and Roy DeSoto, respond to emergencies ranging from false alarms to major disasters. Since the paramedic program is still a relatively recent service, the paramedics must be guided by licensed medical personnel through radio contact on site. The staff of Rampart Hospital, with doctors Brackett and Early as well as Head Nurse McCall, provides the necessary instructions for the paramedics...
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John Gage and Roy Desoto are paramedics with the Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51. Together they respond to emergencies ranging from false alarms to major disasters. Their purpose is to keep emergency patients alive long enough to get to medical facilities. Dr. Brackett and Dr. Early are part of the medical staff at Rampart Hospital. They relay messages, via radio contact, through Head Nurse McCall.
14) Mega disasters
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Asteroid apocalypse: Computer animations, models, and re-creations examine how an impact on the American west coast could spell disaster for the nation. Atlantis apocalypse: Computer animations, models, and re-creations examine how another eruption of the Santorini Volcano, like the one 3,500 years ago, could affect people today.
American volcano: Computer animations, models, and re-creations examine what would happen if Mt. Rainier erupted like...
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