Fire blogging
Sep. 3rd, 2009 07:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellarienFrom Inciweb, this afternoon:
"The situation at Mount Wilson has continued to improve."
[...]
Plans are also in action to continue water and retardant drops near Mount Wilson. Crews have done a tremendous amount of work prepping the mountain top against the fire."
Time-lapse YouTube video of the Station fire, from the now-offline Towercam at Mount Wilson.
Station Fire was Arson (LA Times)
Stony Ridge Observatory also under threat.
Firefighters wave five-day battle to save Mount Wilson Observatory (LA Times)"
Mt. Wilson Observatory escapes serious damage
... but the mirrors on the 60-foot solar tower might have been left exposed to smoke and ash in the hasty evacuation.
The Chicago Tribune blogger finds a local angle; Chicago architects had a part in the building of the observatory.
"The situation at Mount Wilson has continued to improve."
[...]
Plans are also in action to continue water and retardant drops near Mount Wilson. Crews have done a tremendous amount of work prepping the mountain top against the fire."
Time-lapse YouTube video of the Station fire, from the now-offline Towercam at Mount Wilson.
Station Fire was Arson (LA Times)
Stony Ridge Observatory also under threat.
Firefighters wave five-day battle to save Mount Wilson Observatory (LA Times)"
Mt. Wilson Observatory escapes serious damage
... but the mirrors on the 60-foot solar tower might have been left exposed to smoke and ash in the hasty evacuation.
The Chicago Tribune blogger finds a local angle; Chicago architects had a part in the building of the observatory.
