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Mount Wilson Observatory In Danger From L.A. Fire
An anonymous reader writes "Mount Wilson is in danger from the Station fire burning near L.A. Their servers have gone offline, but there's a temporary mirror cam. It doesn't look good. Picture twenty-four on the L.A. Times photo gallery shows the observatory from the air. If anyone has any inside news on the condition of the facility, I'm sure there are lots of people on Slashdot who would love to hear it."
Not to sound callus, but doesn't this happen every year around there?
I don't have much sympathy if you answer "yes", since its a normal occurrence, that for some reason people are shocked by yearly. Just like I felt a very bare minimum of sympathy for people after Katrina, or every time the Mississippi floods, or those morons who build houses on sandy cliffs in California, who then bitch about erosion, or all the morons here in AZ that will be washed away the next "100 year flood" when their houses in river beds get destroyed. There are some disasters that you can see coming...
If the answer is "no", of course its a terrible thing, especially if its man caused.
LA is in the DESERT, which is generally where wild fires happen, but never seems to realize this simple fact.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. -edward abbey