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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Fire_Brigade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Fire_Brigade "it is the largest fire service in Europe and the third large
by Thaxll 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Fire_Brigade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Fire_Brigade
"it is the largest fire service in Europe and the third largest urban fire service in the world, after the Tokyo Fire Department and New York City Fire Department. Its motto is "Save or Perish" (French "Sauver ou périr")."
I'm sure they have enough capacity.
Also you don't just drop water from planes above cities... this makes no sense.
- pastor_elm 8y agoFire has been going for an hour and I don't see a single stream of water hitting it in any of the live streams.
- switch007 8y agoHow's your armchair? Nice and comfy?
- JshWright 8y agoHow much experience do you have in firefighting?
- splike 8y agoI find comments like this one really strange. What do you think is more likely? That there is not a single stream of water hitting it, or there are plenty of fire fighters at the scene you just happen not to have seen any pictures of them?
- ls612 8y agoThere were thousands of firefighters on scene at the World Trade Center, yet not a drop of water was ultimately poured on the fires. This may be well beyond their capability to stop.
- maxxxxx 8y agoIf the WTC fire hadn't been a government conspiracy it could easily have been stopped if they just had asked a few internet forums or Twitter users, right?
- beat 8y agoYeah, nothing like a bunch of boys online with delusions of the grandeur of their own intellect, second-guessing professionals who probably had plans for such an occurrence in place already anyway.
- temp2002 8y agoit could be that controlling the burn at this time means not using water. its a fair question if the observation is correct. if your observations dont match your assumptions, question your assumptions.
- cesarb 8y ago> I don't see a single stream of water hitting it in any of the live streams. I saw on the live stream a couple of water jets, from aerial platforms, at the corners (probably as close as they could get with the trucks). But my guess is that most of the firefighting is happening on the ground level (some of it inside the building), out of sight from the distant cameras.
- vanadium 8y ago> Also you don't just drop water from planes above cities... this makses no sense. Superb way to collapse the structure, incinerate/crush the firefighters, and endanger pretty much anyone around the area, all while leaving pretty much nothing to be saved. Say nothing of anyone that might be trapped in there.
- JshWright 8y agohttps://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/trump-encourages-france-to-use-flying-water-tankers-for-notre-dame-fire.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/trump-encourages-france-to-u...
- vanadium 8y agoOh, that was in the back of my mind when I responded. Most assuredly.
- maxxxxx 8y agoIt scares me that Trump may perform his daily tasks with the same amount of thought he applied to this recommendation or when he talked about the CA fires. Can't the guy either shut up or at least think for a second before he puts something on Twitter?
- s_y_n_t_a_x 8y agoWell, the roof just collapsed, so I guess pick your battles. Wait for the fire to collapse it or try to save it with water. They could also drop fire retardant on it, the foam isn't that heavy. Hopefully they already evacuated everyone. The news streams just started showing water being put on it, looks like the smoke is dying down, hopefully they can save it!
- blackflame7000 8y agoAt least if it is put out with water it wouldn't be burned beyond recognition and maybe could be restored.
- justinator 8y agoAlso the cathedral is located on an island in the middle of the Seine. I doubt water is going to be hard to procure.