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Southern California high school students feeling effects of fires

By Mary Buckheit
ESPN.com

Monday, October 29, 2007

SAN DIEGO -- Like a smoldering ember, the anomaly that disrupted life in San Diego last week will linger long after the flames have been extinguished. Secondary to the lives lost, injuries suffered and homes destroyed by the blitz of blazes that swept the landscape, the region runs into more rippling consequences. Air quality, power lines, water mains, traffic patterns, produce fields, livestock quarters and nature reserves have all been taxed -- though none quite as significantly as human em ...

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