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Originally Posted by VINMAN
Yep! Exactly.
Extinguishing fire is all about GPM vs BTUs. We have a saying in the fire service, " Big fire, big water.
When it gets to the point where the fire overcomes your water flow capabilities, you are SOL.
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Wait, so the empty reservoir in a city with hundreds of reservoirs didn't cause this?
Thanks for the reality check, Vinny. Apparently there are people on their couches thousands of miles away thinking that the reason for this disaster was that our Fire Dept. showed up to put out a grass fire and there was no water in the hydrants.
There is not a municipal water system in the world that could flow the amount of water that was being demanded during this fire. The water pressure issues were occurring after the fire became massive, not in the beginning.