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Interesting that during the fire, the world was piling on the fire fighting efforts as being insufficient. As the true picture started coming out over the next
by james_pm 7y ago
Interesting that during the fire, the world was piling on the fire fighting efforts as being insufficient. As the true picture started coming out over the next few days and now with this article, it's clear that the fire fighters had a plan and executed it well, likely saving the structure.
- rags2riches 7y agoEven presidents were giving advice, as I recall...
- greyhair 7y agoJust the stupid ones.
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoThe world? IIRC it was pretty much just one person...
- JshWright 7y agoThere were a _lot_ of armchair firefighters that day, questioning why there was so little water being (apparently) sprayed on the fire. On reddit especially, I was downvoted heavily for explaining that they were likely making a defensive stand inside the structure (similar comments on HN were well received).
- Raphmedia 7y agoA lot of people on online boards (including HN) were critical of the firefighting efforts.
- JshWright 7y agoIt's definitely interesting to go back and look at the conversation that day. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19666991 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19666991
- johnchristopher 7y agoI suffer from FOMO for news like that. I wish I could find a monthly reading for important events and an alert system for thing that really should be looked at when it happens.
- ls612 7y agoI’ll admit I was one of those people who was very pessimistic about the firefighting effort. To be honest, seeing the fire at Notre Dame gave me flashbacks to 9/11 and seeing the towers burning. I thought in light of the enormous loss of life that the new policy might be to not send in a ton of people to a large structure in danger of collapse.
- casefields 7y agoAt least you can admit that your hot take was wrong. That's better than most people.