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Rhiannon12866

(226,719 posts) Sat Jan 11, 2025, 01:25 AM Jan 11

The truth about why fire hydrants lost pressure and ran dry during the Los Angeles fires - Alex Wagner - MSNBC

Martin Adams, former general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, blows up some right-wing myths about the water supply in Pacific Palisades, and talks with Alex Wagner about the realities of municipal water systems and ideas for adapting a system built for occasional residential fires to deal with a large scale, community-wide fire. - Aired on 01/10/2025.

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The truth about why fire hydrants lost pressure and ran dry during the Los Angeles fires - Alex Wagner - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jan 11 OP

How can you run out of water when the Pacific Ocean borders doc03 Jan 11 #1

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1. How can you run out of water when the Pacific Ocean borders

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Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:52 AM

Jan 11

the city to the west. I know you can't drink it as it is but what about putting out fires. Doesn't Israel
survive on desalinated sea water?

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