Mt Wilson fire update
They changed the links for the fire and Observatory websites.
Here is the main
Mt. Wilson Observatory website.
Here is the website
with the fire updates.
The primary website and the tower-cam are both down as they used fiberglass junction boxes for the wiring for the T-1 line. They melted and the wiring broke.
Latest fire update:
Wednesday, 2 Sep 09, 5:25 PDT - These comments will likely not be updated for perhaps as long as this coming Sunday evening. My wife Susan and I are flying out to LA tomorrow to spend some time on the mountain. Deputy Chief Powers has arranged for a fire department escort from La Canada to Red Box through all the road blocks, and we plan on staying on the mountain - in the Kapteyn Cottage - if we can. I'll be reporting back here with my impressions of this remarkable event and hope to have photographs and mpegs of our Observatory for you.
The situation remains as it has been all day. The Observatory grounds are in the best possible shape, the fire fighters remain determined and in position, and we expect to survive this unless the approaching fire obtains far more aggressiveness and complexity than it now presents. But, the fire to the north, against which all the back fires and preparation of last night were mounted, still lurks. I remain optimistic, but we cannot declare the end to any danger until the fire is declared contained by authorities. That date, as of the latest Inciweb report, has been set back to September 15. So, there's still much watchful waiting ahead.
The InciWeb website mentioned is fascinating and can be found here:
InciWeb
Posted by DaveH at September 2, 2009 10:35 PM