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In reply to the discussion: Just now on France24 [View all]Mme. Defarge
(8,026 posts)31. What? Has he changed his tune?
What about using rakes?
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I would like someone to explain to me why dropping water on the fire is wrong.
olegramps
Apr 2019
#9
Weakened structures can't take the impact. Dropping TONS of water from a height... plus side impacts
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2019
#25
It's not just the weight & volume of the water, it's the velocity at which it would fall.
Texin
Apr 2019
#50
I briefly wondered if they could drop fire retardant chemicals. Then common sense took hold
Siwsan
Apr 2019
#2
I am waiting, frankly, for President Obama to say something graceful and appropriate...
Hekate
Apr 2019
#4
you just know Trump will say that, "if they'd only used water bombs, like I said..."
RussBLib
Apr 2019
#12
But he saw planed dropping water on TV. . . . . . (didn't notice the forest thing though)
pdsimdars
Apr 2019
#14
First time I heard that I thought about the secondary damage it would cause & trump talked
yaesu
Apr 2019
#15
"Trump Cathedral was actually before the Notre Dame the tallest cathedral in downtown Paris...
Efilroft Sul
Apr 2019
#16
As Alice Roosevelt Longworth said about her father, Teddy. It applies to 45 "bigly"
SharonAnn
Apr 2019
#28
Next up: Trump "If they'd rake their cathedrals they wouldn't have these problems"
ET Awful
Apr 2019
#21
The fact he is so ready to comment about things he knows nothing about with authority is disturbing.
Trenzalore
Apr 2019
#29
"The whole world knows he is an idiot" EXCEPT 40 SOMETHING PERCENT OF OUR VOTERS
Laura PourMeADrink
Apr 2019
#34
I think they did consider this in the post-Katrina fires in New Orleans
ThoughtCriminal
Apr 2019
#42
"Maybe if I talk about stuff I don't know anything about, everybody will forget Russia!"
struggle4progress
Apr 2019
#46
He's certainly gone out of his way to make sure the entire effing world knows he's a moron
lindysalsagal
Apr 2019
#47