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JPL would be a national loss. I hope it doesn't come to that. Stay safe, SoCal folks!
by mrbluecoat 2y ago
JPL would be a national loss. I hope it doesn't come to that. Stay safe, SoCal folks!
- fidotron 2y agoNo joke. I hope these days it's more spread out and backed up, but at one point they did a lot of phyical archiving related to space exploration there, including huge amounts of transparencies.
- markus_zhang 2y agoI hope nothing will be damaged! Those are priceless treasures.
- throwup238 2y agoAll the big campuses here like JPL and the Getty are built for this (it’s more or less standard now for insuring anything high value). They have landscaping designed to slow down fires, dedicated water systems, and firebreaks all around the buildings. The civilian evacuation order is because the area south of the fire is densely built up with single family homes without much in the way of defenses and JPL has to comply with that. Thankfully the wind has died down significantly from last night, so we’re in a better shape, but there are still high wind warnings till 6pm and the fires are 0% contained.
- cindycindy 2y agoWill look into options for supporting these folks. Thank you for the level-headed and informative response. I prefer HN over some other news sources, which seem less concerned about presenting information to the degree the news article can vouch for. Media literacy is a two-way street and we need better reporting standards. If reading and writing is a lot like parsing, then anyone who spreads misinformation is just a parsehole.
- bragr 2y agoThe Getty Villa has reported that some landscaping burned, but the buildings and collections are safe. https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/getty-villa-threatened-palisades-fire-20021094.php https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/getty-villa-threatened-pal...
- dmckeon 2y agoNote that Getty Villa != Getty Museum. The Villa is near Malibu, the Museum is miles away near the 405.