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  2. National Maximum Speed Law - Wikipedia

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    The legislation required 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limits on all four-lane divided highways unless the road had a lower limit before November 1, 1973. In some cases, like the New York State Thruway, the 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit had to be raised to comply with the law. The law capped speed limits at 55 mph (89 km/h) on all other roads. [18]

  3. 55 MPH: Hated in 1973, why would it be embraced now? - AOL

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    I beg your indulgence while I wax geezerish for a moment: In 1973, when the oil crisis hit, the nation responded by paying irrational prices for higher-mileage cars, took up riding bicycles and ...

  4. 12 hours of fire that decimated Altadena: 'I'm going to lose ...

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    Firefighters were protecting homes at the fire line, Nausha said, but embers being carried by 50-mph winds and 80-mph gusts were already lighting homes on fire as far as a mile away from the ...

  5. L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades ...

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    It hadn’t rained much in months, and wind gusts were expected to reach 80 mph. The so-called burning index — a rating that indicates the wildfire threat — was off the charts.

  6. Miles per hour - Wikipedia

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    Miles per hour (mph, m.p.h., MPH, or mi/h) is a British imperial and United States customary unit of speed expressing the number of miles travelled in one hour. It is used in the United Kingdom , the United States , and a number of smaller countries, most of which are UK or US territories, or have close historical ties with the UK or US.

  7. Winds are expected to be between 30 and 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. These winds can dislodge ash from recent fires, the advisory said. UCLA extends remote learning as Palisades Fire moves closer

  8. How can LA put out its hellish wildfires? Until the weather ...

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    Doerr, who did not have direct information about the LA fire services' plans, walked BI through some tactics generally used for major wildfires, and their limitations in combatting these fires. 1 ...

  9. January 2025 Southern California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 7 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).