Pretty Powerful Hoses

Tagged as: , Sep 13

Firefighters use some pretty powerful hoses. I know this. You know this. But this video that I just saw confirms it. Firehoses come in different sizes, and I would assume that they’re using numerous “Blitz line” (2 1/2 inch) or maybe even 3 inch hoses in order to do this. 10 of ‘em work the magic.

[via Gizmodo via LiveLeak]

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Comment by kiki
Sep 13, 07 at 10:09 AM

woah! thats crazy!

 
Comment by Derek
Sep 13, 07 at 07:46 PM

@kiki
Yeah I thought so too! I mean, it was kind of slow to start off, and I was wondering if it would just go a little above the ground. But when I saw how high that went, I was amazed! And to think that they used those firehoses on people before!

 
Comment by Billy
Sep 13, 07 at 08:29 PM

bored firefighters?

random videos like this is main reason why i started readng gizmodo instead of engadgets.

 
Comment by Billy
Sep 13, 07 at 08:29 PM

probably started with one of those “i bet i could…” conversations at the fire house on a slow night.

 
Comment by Derek
Sep 13, 07 at 11:01 PM

@Billy
Yeah I can’t imagine how they went about thinking of this. I wonder who drew the short straw and had to give up their car.

Fan of Gizmodo as well, eh? It’s always interesting to find out what people read.

 
Comment by Jill
Sep 15, 07 at 05:36 PM

Hmmm….so does that mean other people had the same reaction I did? I was like, “Neat…but WHY?!?!?!?” :-0

 
Comment by Derek
Sep 16, 07 at 07:33 AM

@Jill

Yeah I definitely thought it was pretty cool to watch, but I’m not so sure it was the most useful thing in the world. Still I’m glad that someone tried it once and proved that it can work!

 
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