I'm going to throw it out there that this statement is true. "if a fire is big enough, it’s not the water management honcho’s fault." You literally can't design a system in an area like this that will flow enough water to fight a wind driven fire. The system they had worked exactly like it was supposed to until demand exceeded supply. The reason systems in cities seem to have an endless supply is that they are on a grid of water mains meaning water is coming from all directions and booster pump stations.
All of these canyons were no doubt on dead end mains at the top of a hill. The water and the pressure that was in those mains came from 3 1 million gallon tanks. They literally couldn't mechanically pump water to refill those tanks as fast as it was being used nor could the system have distributed it fast enough.
More rigs earlier would have only emptied the system earlier.
Like Vinnie said. "big fire, big water". Big enough water for this kind of fire in this setting from a municipal system isn't possible.
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Originally Posted by Crowbob
This post is disingenuous and you know it, Speedo.
Nobody says an empty reservoir that should have been full caused the fire. Your logic leads to the ridiculous notion that if a fire is big enough, it’s not the water management honcho’s fault. Everybody knew the dangers, even the people partying in Ghana. Every resource should have been at the ready. Apparently, hours went by before orders went out.
Nothing will change as long as the people responsible for mismanaging this disaster are not held accountable.
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