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Experts deride Trump's Notre Dame firefighting advice as 'risible' [View all]
“Everything would have collapsed,” said Lt Col Michael Bernier, a fire chief who speaks for France’s civil defence organisation and who described the suggestion as “risible”.
Releasing even one load from a Canadair water bomber used to fight forest fires on Notre Dame would be “the equivalent of dropping three tonnes of concrete at 250 kilometres per hour (155mph)” on” the ancient monument.
“It would have been like bowling at the cathedral … the two towers might have fallen.
“It was technically impossible, undoable and most of all would have been utterly useless” to douse the flames from the air, Bernier added.
Such a move would also have put the lives of firefighters and anyone in the area at risk, he added.
“Neighbouring buildings would have been hit by flying blocks of hot stone, and the whole area would have had to be evacuated.”
Even using a helicopter to drop 1,500 litres of water would have left only the towers standing, Bernier insisted.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/16/trump-notre-dame-twitter-advice-experts-deride-presidents-flying-water-tips
Releasing even one load from a Canadair water bomber used to fight forest fires on Notre Dame would be “the equivalent of dropping three tonnes of concrete at 250 kilometres per hour (155mph)” on” the ancient monument.
“It would have been like bowling at the cathedral … the two towers might have fallen.
“It was technically impossible, undoable and most of all would have been utterly useless” to douse the flames from the air, Bernier added.
Such a move would also have put the lives of firefighters and anyone in the area at risk, he added.
“Neighbouring buildings would have been hit by flying blocks of hot stone, and the whole area would have had to be evacuated.”
Even using a helicopter to drop 1,500 litres of water would have left only the towers standing, Bernier insisted.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/16/trump-notre-dame-twitter-advice-experts-deride-presidents-flying-water-tips
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