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Re: DC Deluge

This has been frequently cited to me by fire brigades and various civil engineers as an outstanding reason why water points should always be under a pavement access plate.

Of course if one was to do this in the USA, dog bladders would explode.

Not just that, Think of all the Hollywood car chases that would be ruined!

With any change, one must assess the all-important unintended consequences.

We once dealt with a flood where the period of the waves in a 200,000 litre water tank managed to exactly line up, so that enough water would disappear down the other end to cause the float-valve to open - and that slug of incoming water nicely added to the returning wave in a lovely feedback loop. All until the many tonnes of water hit the end of the tank so hard it simply flew off across the room. The basement suddenly became a very wet place indeed...