I don't follow the logic to this
Danny Tse
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It was reveal a couple of weeks ago that the connectors of San Francisco's fire hydrants doesn't match any of those in California. This will make mutual help from other fire departments in an emergency very difficult. Apparently, SF got an exemption from a state law that required fire hydrant connection standardization after the Oakland hills (across the bay) fire in 1991. This is bad enough already.
Then on the front page of today's San Francisco Chronicle, a manufacturer claims it can retrofit the city's hydrants to the California standard for $800,000. However, the Fire Chief of SF said the $800,000 may be too much for her department and the city's hydrants don't need changing.
Hmmmm.....
Btw, the price of a typical home in SF probably cost more than the retrofit. And I still remember the sight of regular folks carrying hoses to the fire boat "Phoenix" as it pumped water from the bay to fight fires during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/10/03/MNG6GF1NU51.DTL
Then on the front page of today's San Francisco Chronicle, a manufacturer claims it can retrofit the city's hydrants to the California standard for $800,000. However, the Fire Chief of SF said the $800,000 may be too much for her department and the city's hydrants don't need changing.
Hmmmm.....
Btw, the price of a typical home in SF probably cost more than the retrofit. And I still remember the sight of regular folks carrying hoses to the fire boat "Phoenix" as it pumped water from the bay to fight fires during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/10/03/MNG6GF1NU51.DTL
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There is no logic in paying a premium to live a on a known geologic fault line either.
