enough with it already

the eternal flame

10/10/2007 4:53:10 PM

Quote :

"What is black diversion?"

10/10/2007 4:55:09 PM

^10/10, b

10/10/2007 4:55:36 PM

silver thunder?

i've got to try that

10/10/2007 4:59:39 PM

someone lied to wtvd

they were like "it's gonna be around 6:30 before it gets turned off"

and then they ran an e coli package

oops- missed the live shot of it going out

6 hours of coverage wasted

10/10/2007 5:18:29 PM

just got back from it

cant remember exactly when but it was close to 5 when the fire went out


but it was shitty cause we were changing out crews when they finished.

our engine just started flowing water a few minutes before that

so they got to leave and we had to clean up our stuff

fun night so far

10/10/2007 7:05:45 PM

our jobsite trailer at WM Cary is like maybe 100 yards from the fire

i was gonna go down there today, good thing i put it off till after lunch

our superintendent said you could feel the heat from the trailer. there were firemen/officials walking all over the site taking temperature & (i'm assuming) gas/air quality readings. WM Cary actually had to move some people out of that side of the building, and parts of the Women's Center, b/c they could feel the heat through the windows

10/10/2007 7:25:11 PM

Quote :

"Gallons of water used in this fire: 300 gpm/truck * 3 trucks * 60 min/hr * 7 hr = 378000 gallons or something around there "

wral now says 80k gallons/hr
so if this fire lasted 7 hours = 560k gallons
but apparently cary doesn't care about using all that water

Quote :

"Cary wasn't in danger of running short on water because of the statewide drought."

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1911482/

10/10/2007 7:25:27 PM

yea i guess the lakes are all gone now

10/10/2007 7:30:29 PM

I was pissed at the traffic. I had to go from Tryon to Cary Pkwy to 1 to get back on 64 to come home today. Traffic was horrendous. I certainly hope that everyone was ok.

10/10/2007 8:08:03 PM

no one got hurt

10/10/2007 9:21:06 PM

you have to weigh risk vs. gain. The water was necessary to prevent further damage to the surrounding area from radiant heat, including power lines. And from causing other issues from a diesel tank leak (fire) that is worse for the environment. LNG burns very clean, little if any environmental issues, diesel on the other hand is nasty for the environment. That and Cary has been on year round water restrictions for a while now, and really isn't in as big of a crunch as the surrounding areas that refused to take actions earlier. a half million gallons in the grand scheme isn't that much.

10/11/2007 5:54:27 AM