A huge fire in the Los Angeles area called the "Station Fire" is impacting the communication towers up on Historical Mount Wilson. Those towers range from TV stations to Emergency communications. Here is some information in regards to this situation.
Article from Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fire-mount-wilson31-2009aug31,0,6711216.storyThis is a video from CBS 2 in Los Angeles.
http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=112933@kcbs.dayport.comLive view from Mt. Wilson Observatory camera:
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/towercam.htmOne article I had read said that engineers from local radio and TV stations that engineers were scrambling this weekend trying to come up with backup plans. Here it is:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/tower-wilson-site-2546806-backup-mailed###
