Last January every observatory director in the US Southwest saw those picutres of the Stromlo fire and said "that could be us in about six months." Well, here it is six months later. The Tucson fire has engendered a certain amount of overdue backing-up of computer files here at Lowell (and taking copies off-site), so it is having its salutory effects. \Brian -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.