Greg Pierce

And again, it's been confirmed by everyone who seems to know about the topic. First of all, part of the reason why the water pressure runs dry is that, I mean, rationally, individual homeowners are leaving on their hoses and other things trying to water their own place. So the pressure is dropping because a lot of the private property around is trying to water.

But when firefighters run out of water, the pressure runs low, they go to private pools, because there's a lot of private pools in these areas, which tend to be quite wealthy. And they started to drive tanker trucks up with water to try to fight the fire.

But when firefighters run out of water, the pressure runs low, they go to private pools, because there's a lot of private pools in these areas, which tend to be quite wealthy. And they started to drive tanker trucks up with water to try to fight the fire.

But when firefighters run out of water, the pressure runs low, they go to private pools, because there's a lot of private pools in these areas, which tend to be quite wealthy. And they started to drive tanker trucks up with water to try to fight the fire.

But if they don't have water, they need to get off the ground for their own safety, get out of that area, because there's nothing they can do, and just rely purely on aerial approaches and dropping water. other types of wildfire retardants or foams.

But if they don't have water, they need to get off the ground for their own safety, get out of that area, because there's nothing they can do, and just rely purely on aerial approaches and dropping water. other types of wildfire retardants or foams.

But if they don't have water, they need to get off the ground for their own safety, get out of that area, because there's nothing they can do, and just rely purely on aerial approaches and dropping water. other types of wildfire retardants or foams.

Yeah, and it is the, I mean, you've heard the really big frustration of the fire agency and agencies that they are entirely reliant on the water systems to provide the water. It's not like the firefighters have their own reserve of water. So they do show up and hope, pray it works. And in this case, it didn't work as well as anyone would have liked.

Yeah, and it is the, I mean, you've heard the really big frustration of the fire agency and agencies that they are entirely reliant on the water systems to provide the water. It's not like the firefighters have their own reserve of water. So they do show up and hope, pray it works. And in this case, it didn't work as well as anyone would have liked.

Yeah, and it is the, I mean, you've heard the really big frustration of the fire agency and agencies that they are entirely reliant on the water systems to provide the water. It's not like the firefighters have their own reserve of water. So they do show up and hope, pray it works. And in this case, it didn't work as well as anyone would have liked.

But again, I think in some ways that was to be expected if we were realistic about it.

But again, I think in some ways that was to be expected if we were realistic about it.

But again, I think in some ways that was to be expected if we were realistic about it.

Yeah, I do get the intuition, but they're missing several things.

Yeah, I do get the intuition, but they're missing several things.

Yeah, I do get the intuition, but they're missing several things.

Most important, traditionally, although you could say maybe none of this should matter because it's an emergency, is that saltwater's corrosive, so it damages sort of the infrastructure and the vehicles that pick up the water for future use, and it damages the environment and the ecology when you drop a bunch of saltwater on landscapes and leads to other sort of toxic cleanup effects.

Most important, traditionally, although you could say maybe none of this should matter because it's an emergency, is that saltwater's corrosive, so it damages sort of the infrastructure and the vehicles that pick up the water for future use, and it damages the environment and the ecology when you drop a bunch of saltwater on landscapes and leads to other sort of toxic cleanup effects.

Most important, traditionally, although you could say maybe none of this should matter because it's an emergency, is that saltwater's corrosive, so it damages sort of the infrastructure and the vehicles that pick up the water for future use, and it damages the environment and the ecology when you drop a bunch of saltwater on landscapes and leads to other sort of toxic cleanup effects.

Another aspect of this was the unusually strong wind event That occurred, and so asking people to go fly helicopters or I guess maybe planes and try to pick up water from the ocean in those conditions, you're putting people at great risk directly. And that also made fighting the fire