OT: World Trade crash...

From: Terry Collins <terryc_at_woa.com.au>
Date: Tue Sep 11 17:48:56 2001

Chad Fernandez wrote:
>
> What do they have water tanks on top for? Is that a standard thing with
> sky scrapers? Is it for fire fighting, or is it just part of the
> running water system of the buildings?

Fire fighting system in case the water main is knocked out or weak
pressure.

I would imagine that the WTC and other tall buildings would have to pump
water anyway. Mains pressure is only as high as the local water tower.

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