Ominous fires, accompanied by terrific explosions from bombs and shells left behind by the Chinese, continue to destroy Nantao.
Recent fires have claimed hundreds of homes and killed eight people in California – an ominous record because fire season peaks in autumn with the arrival of hot Santa Ana winds.
In another ominous development yesterday, Palestinians fired mortar shells from Gaza into an Israeli town in the adjacent Negev Desert.
Meanwhile, waiting for the ominous click of the firing squad, it's the old media players who are once again taking all the risks and having all the fun.
In her hand, the ominous figure holds a handkerchief and a gold necklace that appears to be on fire.
Just before 11 p.m. Wednesday, Liu Bin received an ominous notice: A logistics facility had caught fire, and his fire brigade, located a mere 650 feet from the site, was to put it out.
Meanwhile, residents in downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood, about 30 miles away from the fire, captured shots of an ominous gray smoke cloud creeping into their otherwise blue, cloudless skies.
Home fires occur more often in winter than in any other season, according to the U.S. Fire Administration, an entity of the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which has released a Winter Fire Safety guide with some ominous statistics and important advice.
There were ominous fleeting glimpses of shapes recalling waves, fires, lava flows and sun spots.
The fighting on Tuesday was especially ominous because several prominent tribal sheiks came under fire as they arrived to help mediate the conflict, and at least two were reported killed.
