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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1513108)1/13/2025 9:00:22 PM
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A 1" pipe at 40 psi has a flow rate of about 2,200 gph.

Burn down 250 houses, opening those 250 1" pipes to empty into the ground, and you have a flow rate of 550,000 gph, which will empty a million gallon tank in an hour and 48 minutes without anyone even opening a hydrant. The water stored in those million gallon tanks was intended for domestic use, and had the capacity to extinguish an occasional individual structural fire. It was not expected or designed to provide enough water to extinguish thousands of structural fires at the same time.
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