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Hundreds Credit Altadena Hero's Early Weather Predictions for Saving Them from the Eaton Fire

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Edgar McGregor , a climatology graduate at San Jose State University , was monitoring a developing storm front, the kind that tends to magnify the already-high winter winds of Santa Ana which come blustering down the canyon.

At 6:15 p.m. on January 7th , amid 70 mph winds, downed transmission lines provided the spark.

McGregor was well aware these conditions resulted in two major weather events: in 1993 that involved a wildfire, and in 2011 that resulted in thousands of downed trees and stoved-in houses.

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