Re:Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris
by pastor_elm on Monday April 15, 2019 @01:56PM
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Fire has been going for an hour and I don't see a single stream of water hitting it in any of the live streams.
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Re:Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris
by splike on Monday April 15, 2019 @02:01PM
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I find comments like this one really strange.
What do you think is more likely? That there is not a single stream of water hitting it, or there are plenty of fire fighters at the scene you just happen not to have seen any pictures of them?
Re:Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris
by ls612 on Monday April 15, 2019 @02:07PM
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There were thousands of firefighters on scene at the World Trade Center, yet not a drop of water was ultimately poured on the fires. This may be well beyond their capability to stop.
Re:Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris
by maxxxxx on Monday April 15, 2019 @02:12PM
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If the WTC fire hadn't been a government conspiracy it could easily have been stopped if they just had asked a few internet forums or Twitter users, right?
Re:Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris
by beat on Monday April 15, 2019 @03:07PM
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Yeah, nothing like a bunch of boys online with delusions of the grandeur of their own intellect, second-guessing professionals who probably had plans for such an occurrence in place already anyway.
Re:Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris
by temp2002 on Monday April 15, 2019 @02:13PM
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it could be that controlling the burn at this time means not using water. its a fair question if the observation is correct. if your observations dont match your assumptions, question your assumptions.
Re:Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris
by switch007 on Monday April 15, 2019 @01:58PM
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How's your armchair? Nice and comfy?
Re:Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris
by cesarb on Monday April 15, 2019 @03:50PM
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> I don't see a single stream of water hitting it in any of the live streams.
I saw on the live stream a couple of water jets, from aerial platforms, at the corners (probably as close as they could get with the trucks). But my guess is that most of the firefighting is happening on the ground level (some of it inside the building), out of sight from the distant cameras.