But among the 83 fires still actively burning on August 31, some were especially fierce two of them had crossed the crest of the Sierra Nevada for the first time in recent record-keeping. I can see them from here, but they are still on the other side of the rim.Things might change depending on the wind conditions I'm hoping for the best.As August 2021 came to an end, 42,647 fires had scorched 4,879,574 acres across the United States in 2021-close to the ten-year average for the first eight months of a year, according to statistics from the National Interagency Fire Center. "I am still here on site, but might either leave tonight or tomorrow morning," Farah wrote in an email. Wael Farah, a research scientist with SETI, said Thursday night that the site is under an evacuation warning, but all staff except for him have left. It's managed by the SETI Institute, a nonprofit research organization in Mountain View devoted to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The telescope is named for the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who gifted millions to the project. The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im They are designed and operated to consistently and systematically scan the skies for radio signals possibly sent by advanced civilizations from distant star systems and planets. These 20-foot-wide instruments are part of the initial phase of a planned 350-dish Allen Telescope Array, shown Dec. The community is best known as the home to the Allen Telescope Array at Hat Creek Radio Observatory, a 42-dish radio telescope that can survey vast swaths of the sky, listening for radio broadcasts from alien civilizations. Hat Creek, with a population of about 300 people, is 20 miles to the north of Old Station. Last I was told, it hadn't hit Old Station." "I can't confirm that right now," Singh said. Thursday whether the fire had passed through Old Station. Vanessa Singh with Cal Fire didn't know as of 9 p.m. It's home to Subway Cave, one of the largest and most easily accessible lava caves in the world. With a gas station and a few general stores and a cafe, it mostly serves as a stop for travelers exploring the region's outdoor recreation attractions. Old Station is a community of about four dozen people located 13 miles north of Lassen Volcanic National Park. The fire activity triggered new evacuations including mandatory evacuations in Old Station: Find the latest details on all new evacuations from the Lassen County Sheriff's Department and the Shasta County Sheriff's Department. Sky Observer Anthony Cook September 10, 2021 The still-spreading Dixie Fire is now only a few miles south of the Hat Creek Radio Observatory and the SETI Institute's Allen Radio Array. Only last year’s August Complex was larger at 1,032,648 acres. The Dixie Fire is the second-largest California wildfire on record. But Thursday, in the northwest corner that spreads across Lassen and Shasta counties, flames raced north as a cold front from the Pacific Northwest dropped into California, delivering erratic winds.īoth winds and dry lightning are in the forecast overnight and more aggressive fire behavior is expected with extremely dry, flammable vegetation on the ground. The 928,741-acre monster blaze that ignited July 13 in the northern Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range was 59% contained as of Thursday evening, and firefighters had the upper-hand across much of the blaze, Cal Fire said. California's nearly 2-month-old Dixie Fire, burning 250 miles northeast of San Francisco, roared back to life Thursday amid erratic winds, triggering new evacuations and threatening the communities of Hat Creek and Old Station, as well as a collection of radio telescopes designed to look for alien broadcasts. "We’re planning our tactics around the weather that’s expected to be more cooperative today," he said. Rubinstein said the plan is to go in with direct attack - hand crews, engines and dozers on the ground - in that northwest area. Weather conditions are expected to improve Friday with winds abating. "We don’t want it to get into that drainage because it will increase fire behavior," he said. The community of Hat Creek hasn't been impacted directly as of Friday morning, he said, but resources are deployed along the Hat Creek river that runs through the valley in the area. Hurts my heart as I lived that way for 24yrs and was on fire dept 20 #DixieFire /zSlirLGrKH- RSisuLife September 9, 2021 "The positive is it didn’t directly impact the community and no structures lost. "Old Station is still under mandatory evacuation," Rubinstein said. Joshua Rubinstein, a spokesperson for Cal Fire, said Friday morning that Old Station didn't suffer major damage.
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