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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:15 AM Original message |
Raging Fire Threatens Mount Wilson |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. Mt. Wilson observatory built in 1904 |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. updated a bit ago |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. I've been watching it all night... |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. Fire Threatens Mt. Wilson Radio, TV Towers |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Have heard this may affect cell phone communication, too, "if the towers go," |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. LA Times update: Some cell phone, on-air TV broadcasts, to be affected, if |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. LA Times: Breaking: Fire officials say “good chance” blaze will hit Mt. Wilson today |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Heres the link to a camera on top of Mt. Wilson |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. You can barely see anything because of the smoke. Scary. n/t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I FINALLY got the camera view to come up - the web site is swamped, |
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IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. oh oh, couldn't even connect to the link.. wonder if the |
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bain_sidhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Still up at 3:30 Eastern |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Pretty gnarly |
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RexDart (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Camera/web site down for duration. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. how much you want to bet that these corps have (and collect) insurance |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Of course they have insurance on them! |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. gee ... I wonder why Clear Channel doesn't have much sympathy from DU ... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Here is a live video link to the Station Fire... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Per the observatory, firefighters were pulled off the peak this morning. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. didn't know, specifically, that *that* was where Hubble made that particular discovery |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yeah, Hubble spent years up there. |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I hope the observatory is spared! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Watching the live feed from CBS in LA, it looks very bad, |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. It has increased to 105,000 acres from 85,000 reported this morning! |
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One of Many (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
24. Also the location of GSU's Chara Array |
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RexDart (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. Updates from Mt Wilson. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Keep kicked nt |
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