Amazing photos show Chicago's fire, then ice
Amazing photos show Chicago's fire, then ice
Chicago firefighters had
their hands full already battling a huge warehouse fire in the city's
South Side Tuesday night. But imagine trying to spray water on a blaze
when temperatures are closer to 0 than freezing.
The temperature was 10 degrees during the fire, part of an arctic
outbreak gripping much of the upper Midwest.. Water was freezing to
hoses, hydrants -- even the firefighters' uniforms.
And the
next morning when the sun came up, it revealed an entire block coated in
a thick ice leftover from the firefighting efforts.
The high Wednesday was only 23 and temperatures dropped even further to
4 degrees Wednedsay night, meaning that ice wasn't going anywhere
anytime soon.
Firefighters were concerned the weight of the ice could collapse the damaged building -- adding even more to their challenges.
It's probably enough to make a few firefighters think of moving to sunnier climates. Or, at least some place where the spray doesn't freeze on contact!
I heard about this on the local news. Pretty cool. Now all the fancy photographers are crawling all over the area.
Never seen anything like that before. Beautiful.
Wonder if Mrs. Olearys cow kicked over another lantern. LOL.
Do you find this to be a waste of money?
- Peanutx3
on Jan. 24, 2013 at 4:33 PM