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by lupusreal 518 days ago
Trucks can drive up hills, can't they? If they have no water, the ferrying water up the hills with trucks is better than no water.
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You think they said "fire hydrants are empty, guess we'll just wait for it to burn out?"

> Water pressure in the system was lost due to unprecedented and extreme water demand to fight the wildfire without aerial support. This impacted our ability to refill the three water tanks supplying the Palisades causing the loss of suction pressure. This impacted 20 percent of the hydrants in the area, mostly in the higher elevations. As soon as LADWP identified the risk of losing water in the tanks and water pressure in the system, we immediately deployed potable water tankers to sustain support for firefighting efforts.

https://www.ladwpnews.com/pacific-palisades-fire-correcting-...