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Santa Ana
[ san-tuh an-uh Spanish sahn-tah ah-nah ]
noun
- a city in southwestern California.
- a city in northwestern El Salvador.
- Meteorology. (in southern California) a weather condition in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions.
Santa Ana
noun
- ˈsanta ˈana a city in NW El Salvador: the second largest city in the country; coffee-processing industry. Pop: 172 000 (2005 est)
- ˈsæntə ˈænə a city in SW California: commercial and processing centre of a rich agricultural region. Pop: 342 510 (2003 est)
Santa Ana
- A strong, dry, hot wind that blows from the desert regions of southern California toward the Pacific coast, usually in winter. The Santa Ana wind occurs when a region of high pressure forms over the Great Basin (the high plateau east of the Sierra mountains and west of the Rocky mountains). The clockwise rotation of air around this high-pressure region forces air down from the plateau. As it descends, the air warms up and picks up speed. Because the wind is hot and dry, it contributes to the hazardous fire conditions of southern California.
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“We were all here, and then, of course, it was Santa Ana wind conditions,” said Tejada, a cultural resources program supervisor.
Authorities estimate that 100 people attended a vigil Sunday evening at the home of Santa Ana resident Alejandro Oliveros Acosta, 45, who was arrested and booked last week on suspicion of felony animal cruelty.
Over several weeks, the Santa Ana Police Department has received multiple reports of suspected animal abuse and missing cats.
It was scary but also dramatic and entertaining for the kids who had no way of knowing what the intense Santa Ana winds were capable of.
Santa Ana winds are a familiar part of Los Angeles life, and the flames that night didn’t seem any more dangerous than the ones we’d encountered before.
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