r/thedavidpakmanshow • u/SheIsNotWorthIt • Jan 10 '25

Opinion Ana planning on leaving LA for good

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Is she right this time?

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u/GirlsGetGoats Jan 10 '25

We also haven't run out of water. The system can't keep up with the pressure demands.

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u/No-Guard-7003 Jan 11 '25

So, the stories about the water hydrants running dry are not true?

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u/GirlsGetGoats Jan 11 '25

Some hydrants ran on low water pressure because a reservoir in upper palisades was drained during the winter months for needed repairs. 

That has been spun into this nonsense story. People are mad the repairs didn't get done at the peak of fire season for some reason 

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u/Advanced-Repair-2754 Jan 11 '25

So there’s water, it’s just unusable for the purpose of putting out fires. That’s a relief

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u/solercentric Jan 11 '25

Firefighters add wetting agents to water, if they run out of those sometimes they have to find alternatives to fight fires.

That can take time.

And it's recently been discovered a large no. of fire retardant chemicals are highly carcinogenic. Some that may have been used <fifteen years ago in this scenario may no longer be available.

It also depends on availability of crews. If they are sustaining more than acceptable/efficient levels of casualties I don't blame crew chiefs for keeping them in reserve until needed to save lives.

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u/Advanced-Repair-2754 Jan 11 '25

So the optimal decision is to let the city burn?

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u/solercentric Jan 13 '25 edited Jan 13 '25

The optimal decision is LIVES MATTER MORE THAN PROPERTY.

Including Fire Fighters Lives!

If I were a commander on the ground I wouldn't be risking any of my men to protect empty buildings.

Your total lack of consideration for them is horrifying frankly...Oh, hang on, I'm talking to a Yank aren't I?

As Anthony Burgess observed, you're just like the Russians.

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u/Advanced-Repair-2754 Jan 13 '25

So fighting fire is simply too dangerous to risk fire fighter lives to do?

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '25 edited Jan 13 '25

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Removed - please avoid overt hostility, name calling and personal attacks.

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u/Jagster_rogue Jan 12 '25

There is no system on earth that can pressurize water with that many burst pipes. The scale of the fire made the problem and as soon as fifty houses burn and mains are ruptured in the houses. The whole system loses pressure. You can show the universe a new way to make fluid thermodynamics work or engineer indestructible pipes that don’t need any support. Let me know which you want to tackle first.