Dear Colleagues,

The Florida fire status near Mt. Hopkins has not greatly changed since our last 
reports yesterday.  Steve Criswell's e-mail is out, so I am forwarding this 
report.  The fire has not yet crossed the line running through Josephine Canyon 
to Jack Mountain, and the fire fighters have not yet started back fires to 
attempt to protect our observatories.  However, the expectation remains that the 
fire will cross the line and then head quickly uphill towards the MMT and FLWO.
Control over the fire has improved in other areas, so more resources are 
becoming available to fight the fire in our area.  Large helicopters are 
continuously dumping water and fire retardant.  Unfortunately, humidity is 
dropping and the skies are mostly clear.  More news later today.

Dan