Glacier Evacuation, Ban on Russian Software, Goodbye Cassini

Missoulian: Evacuation warning issued Wednesday at Glacier National Park due to fire danger

Montana InciWeb:  Sprague Fire

“An evacuation WARNING has been issued by Glacier National Park and the Flathead County Sheriff's Department.

With the forecasted weather change tonight, and its potential effects on fire behavior, the Flathead County Sheriff, Glacier National Park officials, and the Thompson Fire Incident Management Team are issuing an evacuation WARNING for the following areas:

Apgar area within Glacier National Park, including Apgar campground and Apgar village

Portions of West Glacier including West Glacier village, Highline Blvd. neighborhood, Golf Course neighborhood, Wild River Dr. / Grouse Ridge Rd. neighborhood, and west toward Sloan Lane neighborhood.”

NOAA: Montana Weather

Missoulian: US agencies ordered to stop using Russian company's software

DHS Statement on the Issuance of Binding Operational Directive 17-01
“The BOD calls on departments and agencies to identify any use or presence of Kaspersky products on their information systems in the next 30 days, to develop detailed plans to remove and discontinue present and future use of the products in the next 60 days, and at 90 days from the date of this directive, unless directed otherwise by DHS based on new information, to begin to implement the agency plans to discontinue use and remove the products from information systems.”

Cassini in front of Saturn. Image from NASA

Missoulian: Goodbye Cassini: Saturn spacecraft gets funny opera send-off

Cassini Spacecraft Makes Its Final Approach to Saturn

“NASA's Cassini spacecraft is on final approach to Saturn, following confirmation by mission navigators that it is on course to dive into the planet’s atmosphere on Friday, Sept. 15. Cassini is ending its 13-year tour of the Saturn system with an intentional plunge into the planet to ensure Saturn's moons – in particular Enceladus, with its subsurface ocean and signs of hydrothermal activity – remain pristine for future exploration.”