Mount Wilson is burning, The observatory may be lost.

interstellaryeller · Post by **interstellaryeller** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:39 am

The fire is out of control and threatens Mt. Wilson Observatory. feel free to read about it @ http://www.squidoo.com/interstellaryell ... le28834002

Post by **Airconvent** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:36 pm

Not only the observatory, hope nobody also gets hurt in the fire too.
It will be a pity the observatory is lost as it had so much history.
I wonder if its so critical, why didn't they think of clearing the vegetation around the facility to create a fire barrier? That would save the obervatory...