The fire has come within one or two hundred meters of the JPL East Gate. Altadena is devastated. 😰 - ThreadSky

kevinmgill.bsky.social • 52 days ago

The fire has come within one or two hundred meters of the JPL East Gate. Altadena is devastated. 😰

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martinfff.bsky.social•52 days ago

oh geez

kevinmgill.bsky.social•52 days ago

I’ve seen so far four people who work with me on the Curiosity Rover have lost their homes. This is awful.

emmywalimaki.bsky.social•50 days ago

Following the LA wildfires and it is almost unreal.

astrojaz.bsky.social•52 days ago

it’s so devastating to see. praying for everyone affected 😞

juliamorenoruiz.bsky.social•52 days ago

Omg. Devastated.

stellerarts.bsky.social•52 days ago

I hope you are safe! This is so terrible 😢

kevinmgill.bsky.social•52 days ago

I am safe, thank you 😊

stellerarts.bsky.social•52 days ago

Okay good I am glad! I’m probably annoying all my JPL friends with messages & texts, but I’m worried about you all 😅

brunthebear.bsky.social•52 days ago

JPL? Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

jsgjames.bsky.social•52 days ago

Yes.

brunthebear.bsky.social•52 days ago

man that sucks

jsgjames.bsky.social•52 days ago

JPL is on Explorer Rd west of that green area.

brunthebear.bsky.social•52 days ago

thanks, i am in chicago so i wouldn't have known without explanation! appreciate it!

jsgjames.bsky.social•52 days ago

I'm in Madison. But I have YT and I follow a lot of NASA folks on social media.

astronomywriter.bsky.social•52 days ago

Stay safe. I'm in the hills of Sylmar, close to where the Hurst fire started. I heard they evacuated JPL.

diontheedge.bsky.social•52 days ago

Sent everyone home Monday.

sjminamide.bsky.social•52 days ago

😢

usha.bsky.social•52 days ago

@kevinmgill.bsky.social Is this true? I hope not. This is the latest fire map. It shows the fire is still quite far from JPL. I would think @latimes.com @sherlyholmes.bsky.social @nohaggerty.bsky.social who are doing incredible work with their coverage would be on top of this if true.

kevinmgill.bsky.social•52 days ago

Yeah, I’m hearing that its quite close. A lot of Altadena has burned

yatpay.bsky.social•52 days ago

Where are you seeing this map?

kevinmgill.bsky.social•52 days ago

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?layers=025fb2ea05f14890b2b11573341b5b18

danielbailey99.bsky.social•52 days ago

There's also this NASA VIIRS portal:

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/#d:2025-01-08..2025-01-09;@-118.10,34.19,11.46z

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/

truth-n-science.bsky.social•52 days ago

dam, i got a friend who works at JPL

truth-n-science.bsky.social•52 days ago

this is beyond terrible. i hope people are at least getting out to safe places.

dbendinelli7.bsky.social•52 days ago

The worksite was safely evacuated before the fires approached with the exception of fire responders and amazing facilities folks risking their personal safety for the protection of the Lab.

leighfletcher.bsky.social•52 days ago

My word, this is heartbreaking... hard to tear eyes away from rolling news reports. Hope you and yours stay safe, Kevin.

lhaden-climate.bsky.social•51 days ago

Is there resolution to this? I hope the JPL fire line held.

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