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Re: (meteorobs) Canberra Australia disaster including Mt. StromloObservatory
It was just terrible that smokejumpers
and fire equipment could not get up the
road from Canberra (the road the staff
used to evacuate) and then place a
ring of fire-retardant chemicals around
the world class Australian observatory.
.....or backfires to protect the observatory
chuck ferriday
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Friedland" <jay@cinemagic.com>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Canberra Australia disaster including Mt.
StromloObservatory
> if you look at this depressing photo, you'll see what a total loss it was.
> I just spoke to a friend in Canberra - the fire came within less than 1 km
> of his home.
> - Jay
>
> http://news.bbc.codot uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2676247.stm
>
> [See URL for more and photos]
>
> Astronomers are reeling from the loss of Australia's historic Mount
Stromlo
> Observatory, which has been gutted by the bush fires that have raged
around
> Canberra, the country's capital.
> "The core of its scientific observations has been destroyed," said
Professor
> Ian
> Chubb, of the Australian National University, the facility's operator.
>
> Standing on top of a ridge overlooking a pine forest, Mt Stromlo succumbed
> to
> the 35-kilometre-long wall of flame that devastated much of the region at
> the
> weekend.
>
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