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Originally Posted by rogerg
Seems from what I am seeing that the lessons learned from Stromlo and steps taken to make the AAO site safer is what has saved so many of the buildings. There's always a balance and if they only lose a few supporting buildings when the site was completely evacuated left to servive on it's own as the fire passed, I think that's quite a good outcome and they should be thanked for their forward planning. I wouldn't judge how prepared or unprepared they were at this stage, seems unfair.
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You are kidding right? Losing a few buildings and millions of dollars worth of equipment at one of the world's leading astronomical research facilities is a good outcome? IMO it's not a good outcome at all, as it could have been totally avoided, but wasn't because of stupidity and some stupid greenie laws.
It has nothing to do with how prepared or unprepared anyone was. The AAO and it's staff do everything within their power to make the facility as fireproof as possible within the constraints of the law. The problem is the stupid laws prevent any of the trees on the Mountain and near the facility being cut down. The trees within the proximity of the facility which posed any form of fire risk to the facility should have been chopped to the ground when it was built, failing that, at least after the loss of Stromlo.
Cheers
John B