[GK3]

I think the most succinct analysis I've seen is that public firefighting infrastructure is designed to put out isolated house fires, not combat an extreme natural disaster sweeping into a highly populated suburb.

I think I saw the same article.  Along similar lines, I saw another that pointed out that the further a hydrant is from the water source the smaller the pipe feeding it has to be to maintain a given pressure.  This means that hydrants near the end of the line had less volume of water and the more hydrants turned on the less water.  LADWP also said that when the weather forecasts came out they filled all storage facilities they had in and near the affected areas but it did little good. Unfortunately, the winds and heat far exceeded any that were planned for long ago.

[GK3]

I think the most succinct analysis I've seen is that public firefighting infrastructure is designed to put out isolated house fires, not combat an extreme natural disaster sweeping into a highly populated suburb.

I think I saw the same article.  Along similar lines, I saw another that pointed out that the further a hydrant is from the water source the smaller the pipe feeding it has to be to maintain a given pressure.  This means that hydrants near the end of the line had less volume of water and the more hydrants turned on the less water.  LADWP also said that when the weather forecasts came out they filled all storage facilities they had in and near the affected areas but it did little good. Unfortunately, the winds and heat far exceeded any that were planned for long ago.