Fire threatens Mount Wilson communication lines
(Adds comments from Forest Service)
LOS ANGELES, Aug 29 (Reuters) - A wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles has quadrupled in size since Friday, threatening communication transmitters and leading to a call on Saturday for more homes to be evacuated.
"Communication lines" are not at stake here,
Reuters. (As they, admittedly, go on to clarify. We're bitching about sub-heads here.)
Firefighters were trying to keep the blaze from reaching Mount Wilson, which houses key television and radio transmitters, as well as towers that handle emergency services dispatches.
If the transmitters go up in flames, how will we get our kicks watching the wealthy's property burn? If this affects us, it could be a real disaster. (As long as the microwave links to the cable co. hold up, we're good. Not to worry. We just like to pretend we're a right-winger, & get hysterical over everything & anything.)
Current temp, from three different Internet sources: 98, 99 or 100°F. (At least it's a "dry" heat. Ha ha ha ha ha. Ha.)
Also: Scent of smoke in air more powerful than odor of stale smoke & greasy cooking here in the Bouffant bunker/broiler combo. Must go out now to buy brew & beef for Bachelor Bar-B-Que among the ruins.
Also: Scent of smoke in air more powerful than odor of stale smoke & greasy cooking here in the Bouffant bunker/broiler combo. Must go out now to buy brew & beef for Bachelor Bar-B-Que among the ruins.
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New Mexico was a dry heat. I was told at the El Morro ranger station (I may be understating what this is, they had a little museum, bathrooms, water fountain, and such as) that normally humidity was 20%, but it was lower than that the weekend of the 8/21-8/23.
Temp was 92 in the afternoon sun. On Mount Taylor it was 85 part the way up, and by the time I got to the top my car said it was 58.
P.S. Yes I drove a rental Ford Focus over miles and miles of dirt roads with washboards and water channels and other fun stuff to get the top...right at sunset!
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Easily Astounded Editor
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We are shocked! Shocked, do you hear us, that any American would show such depraved indifference to a rental car.
Any photos of steam coming out of the Focus?
Or just some photo/Focus jokes? ('Though why even make them up, now that we know they exist?)
I have a photo of the Focus on the dirt road near the Summit.
Unfortunately, although I made it at the perfect time, the camera setting wheel slipped over from 'auto' to 'program' mode. Supposedly, this is a good mode to manipulate pictures in a program designed for such, but in my experience it just takes smaller photos with less detail.
I'll probably put those pics up soon, I thought I would take a break from photos and post another health care rant instead.
Because there aren't enough of those yet (apparently)!
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