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The Santa Ana winds, also sometimes called the devil winds, are strong, extremely dry downslope winds that originate inland and affect coastal Southern California and northern Baja California. They originate from cool, dry high-pressure air masses in the Great Basin.
Nov 1, 2003 · Devil Winds: Directed by Gilbert M. Shilton. With Joe Lando, Nicole Eggert, Erica Durance, Pete Graham. A brilliant meteorologist returns to his hometown in Oklahoma to try to stop the biggest tornado ever.
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- Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Gilbert M. Shilton
- 2003-11-01
Oct 25, 2012 · Funneled through the Cajon and San Gorgonio passes, the moving air gains speed and destructive power. The film explores the origin of the Santa Ana winds, that infamous weather phenomenon that trigger allergies, fray nerves and alarm fire-prone communities.
Sep 28, 2021 · They are so fast and superheated that in the course of descending a single mile, they can get 25 degrees hotter — an arson wind, a banshee wind, hungering for our crops of desperately dry...
- Patt Morrison
- Columnist
- patt.morrison@latimes.com
Oct 30, 2019 · “Devil winds,” said Peter Sanders of the Los Angeles Fire Department, referring to a popular nickname for the Santa Anas, which reached hurricane-level speeds in parts of the region on...
It was sometimes translated as “big wind,” or “Devil Wind,” or “The Wind of the Evil Spirits.” This may have led to the claim that Santa Ana (or Santana, take your pick) was a corruption of “Satan Wind.”
Brilliant Oklahoma storm chaser Peter Jensen looses his wife Mary in an unpredictable tornado. Emotionally wrecked, he moves to Portland, in the safe north. Ten years later, he visits his mother in law Margaret Harrington to attend his daughter Kara's graduation.
