Comments on: Station Fire Update 8-30

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:39:57 +0000

In reply to Badtux. Everything is slow at the moment. Both CalFire and InciWeb are unreachable at the moment. They apparently held the fire about a quarter mile from the top of the mountain, and have crews on site. The fire came up on two slopes last night, and they did some dead reckoning air drops of suppressants.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:41:50 +0000

Oops, back up now. Apparently just an overloaded server from everybody trying to view the webcam at once :). .-= last blog ..Sunday Evening Music =-.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:31:40 +0000

The Mount Wilson tower webcam appears to have gone down. Not a good sign. Last pic I saw from it last night, there was fire visible beyond the towers, it’s unclear whether that was from the next hill over or from Mount Wilson itself but it definitely wasn’t a pretty sight.

Anybody in El Aye who can tell us whether they’ve lost over-the-air television signals?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:47:12 +0000

In reply to cookie jill. The LA Times blog said that there where still firefighters on the mountain at around 830PM PDT, but there was fire on two sides.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:42:11 +0000

Mt. Wilson looks like it's going to get roasted. Heartbreaking. .-= last blog ..Say a little prayer today =-.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:05:19 +0000

In reply to cookie jill. I just updated with the deaths, Jill. I was checking on the status of Mount Wilson at the KTLA link.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:58:40 +0000

Mt. Wilson is going to get toasted.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/08/station-fire-approaching-historic-mt-wilson-observatory-fire-officials-say.html

Two firefighters killed near Acton

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/08/2-los-angeles-county-firefighters-battling-fire-killed-in-vehicle-accident-.html
.-= last blog ..Say a little prayer today =-.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:42:12 +0000

In reply to Jack K., the Grumpy Forester.

With flames like that the fire is creating its own winds and sending embers all over. I assume that’s why it just went berserk in all directions yesterday.

Currently they are sounding like every TV station in LA is about to lose broadcast transmission capability, because they had to pull the people off Mount Wilson, there was no escape route.

The three burn cases were people who decided to stay and fight the fire. Two of them jumped into a hot tub when the fire overwhelmed their efforts, but it just reduced their burns.

The most you could do with a garden hose is put out embers.

By: Jack K., the Grumpy Forester

Jack K., the Grumpy Forester — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:28:59 +0000

…very heavy fuels of ceanothus, chamise, scrub oak and manzanita across the entire fire area, 15 to 20 feet in height…

…what a nightmare. I hope those in harm’s way heed the warnings and bug out when they’re told to. If these are the fuels producing those 80-foot flame lengths, a garden hose isn’t gonna cut it…