Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/28/84; site lll-crg.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!bandy From: bandy@lll-crg.ARPA (Andrew Scott Beals) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: How much does a firehose weigh? Message-ID: <668@lll-crg.ARPA> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 16:22:34 EDT Article-I.D.: lll-crg.668 Posted: Fri Jun 28 16:22:34 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 08:10:00 EDT References: <386@cmu-cs-edu1.ARPA> Reply-To: bandy@lll-crg.UUCP (Andrew Scott Beals) Organization: Large Scale Flashcubes, Inc Lines: 16 Keywords: water pressure Well, it all depends. Empty hose isn't very light, but it's nowhere near as difficult to handle as a hose with pressure behind it - a two and a half with "full" pressure behind it can take a 200lb man (I've never seen it happen to a woman - who knows, they may be different! :-) and toss him around like a ragdoll. In any case, sheer brute force and stamina IS a factor in fire-fighting. (knocking holes, carrying people, controlling hoses, etc) When was the last time you jogged up a 600ft hill with 5 gallons of water on your back? -- andy beals bandy@lll-crg.arpa {sun,gymble,mordor,dual}!lll-crg!bandy If you love something, hit it with a club. If it comes back, then it must really like you.