CA Fires- Los Angeles County

[Sue71]

A mirror link to the Observatory's webcam so that you can view what's going on there.


From the standard webcam page (which is terribly jammed w/ traffic- that's why it's down so much...):

Note: the large amount of new smoke seen is due to backfires set by firefighters. This is the very best thing to do at the moment. Go California firefighters!
For recent fire updates, go here

Someone needs to tell them that today is Tuesday, 1 Sep 09. Bless their hearts.

LOL good catch.

[TillyGalore]

Hey CTN peeps, do you mind if I link this thread for some friends on Facebook?

I don't have a problem with this.

[DukeUsul]

TV signals are still being broadcast over the air. But instead of an over the air analog signal, it's over the air digital. This means that regular rabbit ears attached to a TV can no longer interpret the signal (they don't know how to "speak digital"). You need a digital converter box to take what your rabbit ears pick up, decode the digital signal, then pass it to the TV. So people can still use antennas to receive over the air TV, they just need a converter box.

People with cable or satellite are not affected by the above, as the cable/satellite company handles it all for you.

[TillyGalore]

TV signals are still being broadcast over the air. But instead of an over the air analog signal, it's over the air digital. This means that regular rabbit ears attached to a TV can no longer interpret the signal (they don't know how to "speak digital"). You need a digital converter box to take what your rabbit ears pick up, decode the digital signal, then pass it to the TV. So people can still use antennas to receive over the air TV, they just need a converter box.

People with cable or satellite are not affected by the above, as the cable/satellite company handles it all for you.

Thank you!!! I feel slightly smarter now.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

TV signals are still being broadcast over the air. But instead of an over the air analog signal, it's over the air digital. This means that regular rabbit ears attached to a TV can no longer interpret the signal (they don't know how to "speak digital"). You need a digital converter box to take what your rabbit ears pick up, decode the digital signal, then pass it to the TV. So people can still use antennas to receive over the air TV, they just need a converter box.

People with cable or satellite are not affected by the above, as the cable/satellite company handles it all for you.

Thank you!!! I feel slightly smarter now.

That's why the govmint sent out all those $40 coupons - so we could buy those $49 converter boxes for only $9. :roll:

[Sue71]

For those who asked about controlled burns to avoid messes like this:

http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/P ... t_20090903


Here's an article about the Mt. Wilson Observatory and its significance (note this will open as a pdf):

http://joy.chara.gsu.edu/CHARA/Slides/Rutten.pdf

[ArkieDukie]

For those who asked about controlled burns to avoid messes like this:

http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/P ... t_20090903


Here's an article about the Mt. Wilson Observatory and its significance (note this will open as a pdf):

http://joy.chara.gsu.edu/CHARA/Slides/Rutten.pdf

Thanks for the link, Sue. I had been wondering about controlled burns.

[knights68]

Anyway, you can zoom in on the map and click on the icons and get info about certain areas. If you refresh it periodically, you can see when the Times updates it.

INTERACTIVE MAP

So ironic...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... QD9AFHJG00