So, there I was, sitting on the bus, and it stopped. First one fire truck passed us, then another,
then another. I could tell it was
something serious. This was no run of
the mill accident. I waited on the bus
for quite a while before deciding to hike around the trouble.
When I passed the big commotion, what I saw was a fire hose
blocking the road. despite the fact that
the building that was on fire being located quite a long way away, they had to
use a hose that blocked traffic completely.
Does that sound right. Wasn't
there a closer hydrant? If not, why
couldn't they have planned for this possibility and used two trucks to hold up
the hose, so there wouldn't be a traffic jam?
That seems possible to me.
I know that the firefighters have a job to do, but where
were the city planners in all this? Has
something like this never happened before?
Why hasn't someone come up with a better solution? I guess all the smart people are off
designing the iPhone 6.
