Re: #Why Amtrak is dying when we need it the most

On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:53:05 -0400, Steve
<stevencanyon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:


>>>Too late for what?  why would they be any later than a public fire
>>>department?
>>
>>Because public fire departments mobilise when they notice a fire.
>>Private fire departments mobilise when their clients decide a fire
>>might be dangerous to them, which, when the fire starts in a
>>neighborhood too poor to afford a fire department will be long after
>>it is out of control.  
>
>
>Actually, a private fire department would want to mobilize whenever
>they notice a fire that threatens their clients eve if the fire starts
>somewhere else.  

Fire departments notice fires when people call them in.  And the
easiest time to get a fire under control is as soon as possible after
it started.