When fire hydrants ran dry during the Pacific Palisades fire, it sparked a wave of anger and even misinformation. Here’s how L.A.’s water system works and what we know about why the hydrants ran out.
Why did water hydrants run dry in the midst of a conflagration? City officials stressed that the shortage was due to low ...
Martin Adams, former general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, blows up some right-wing myths about the water supply in Pacific Palisades, and talks with Alex Wagner about the ...
Public figures have questioned L.A.’s ‘dry’ fire hydrants, but experts say the hydrant system wasn’t designed for this ...
Fire hydrants are color-coded, depending on how much water they can produce. Red is 500 gallons per minute or less.
President Biden on Thursday said that empty fire hydrants in the Los Angeles area were the result of an intentional power ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom orders independent investigation into how the loss of water pressure left fire hydrants dry, hindering ...
Water experts dismissed Trump’s claims that California water policy is to blame for dry hydrants. But Los Angeles is also ...
Why did dozens of fire hydrants go dry as firefighters rushed to combat flames from spreading in the Los Angeles area? National investigative correspondent Patrick Terpstra explains.
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