Griffith Park Fire, 5/8/2007

Tony Crocker

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As some of you may have heard, we had an 800 acre fire in the Griffith Park hills. These are the eastern edge of the Hollywood Hills. I have been taking Samantha for weekend walks in the area occasionally, and 3 weeks ago we hiked in the area that was most intensely burned.

The northeast side of Griffith Park is visible from my front balcony, where I took the last 6 pictures below. Griffith Observatory, the Greek Theatre and the threatened Loz Feliz homes (none were lost) are on the southeast side.

Griffith Observatory reopened to the public last November after an extensive remodeling and underground expansion that took 4 1/2 years http://www.griffithobservatory.org/obsrenovation.html . It will be the site of the 3rd Solar Eclipse Conference Aug. 24-26 http://uk.geocities.com/solareclipseweb ... C2007.html . I will leave for 19 days in Peru and Chile the next day Aug. 27.
 

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Most Griffith Park facilities are open, but they still do not want you in the hills. So it took some stealth for Samantha and me to get up there.
 

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Yesterday Samantha and I ascended the northeast fire road we descended 5/19, got across Vista del Valle and made it to the top of burned out Mt. Hollywood. From there we descended toward Griffith Observatory, then down to the Greek Theatre.

I'm going to send this link to the Solar Eclipse Mailing List, as many will be coming from far away to the Solar Eclipse Conference Aug. 24-26 and have probably heard about the fire.
 

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