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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