July 13, 2008, about 1:33 pm.This pushpin in the middle of this MODIS image is the middle of MIRA (The Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy) Observatory's property and the crosshairs below and to the right of the pushpin is to the right of the MIRA Observatory buildings and weather reporting station.
While MIRA's personnel may have gotten valuable equipment - like the telescope - out last week (previous post, where I describe seeing them broken down at the side of the road on the CV Village side of Cachagua Grade), the Observatory itself, which appears to have two structures - shown here surrounded by a red oval fire perimeter line - may be in doubt. Clearly, it's being defended by fire crews.
The interesting thing is that MIRA's Oliver Weather Observing Station is still reporting data (every 5 minutes) and it's quite interesting.
Windspeed is tracked and graphed over the past 24 hours... VERY informative, since at about 1:30 am the wind peaked at 31 mph. Temperature and Humidity are also tracked, as is wind direction for the last 4 hours.
Might want to visit the weather observing station now and then via the web to see what's cookin'.
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