I don't know that anybody could do much to fight a fire in the kind of wind
we had on Fri.  I don't think I have ever known of a time when we had such
a long period of high wind.  It started Thurs eve and didn't let up until
Fri eve.  But the power never even blinked once here.  Ruth





At 9:59 PM -0500 11/15/03, William Gould wrote:
>Not much left standing after the factory fire in Pawtucket, R.I. that not
>only burned the mill, and 13 homes but ignited and damaged other buildings
>in a 10 block area.  The flames were propelled by 50 mph winds.  Things were
>so bad that water sprayed on the fire was blown away making fighting the
>fire nearly impossible.  I wonder if the BOCA and CABO codes have a section
>on fire protection in high winds?
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