Re: Kitt Peak under threat from wildfires

[John Carmichael]

Hi Warren,   You've got your observatories mixed up.  All the mountains around here have observatories.  Kitt Peak is safe (for now).  There are no fires on the mountain.  But the large observatory on nearby Mt. Graham is threatened and the fire is only one mile away.  It's been evacuated but they have lots of firefighters working on it so hopefully they can save it.  ----- Original Message ----- From: Warren Thom To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 2:50 PM Subject: Kitt Peak under threat from wildfires Hi All,   It was just reported on our news that Kitt Peak is in danger from wild fires near Tucson Arizona.  NASS visited there during their 2002 meeting. John Carmichael had done a lot of the data plotting on the shadow of the Helioscope there.  It has over 20 telescopes on the peak.  Plus the Mayall Sundial.  What reports do you get John?   Warren Thom