William Knight

Just a fireman.

[William Knight @footratfunkface]

I know Miracle Whip is technically a dressing, but if I ever see anyone putting it on a salad, I'm calling the cops.

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[William Knight @footratfunkface]

@Byonkin It is, but challenging. Starchy pasta water, rendered pancetta fat, & pecorino get agitated into an emulsion. Add water too soon, no pasta starch. Too late, noodles get mushy. Water too hot, gloopy cheese. Too much water, thin sauce. Too little, sauce not silky.

[William Knight @footratfunkface]

@Byonkin Dried pasta (fresh doesn't get al dente), pasta water, pecorino romano, black pepper, and guanciale. I use pancetta at home, because the wife doesn't like guanciale. One of the 4 Roman pastas w/ cacio e pepe, carbonara, & amatriciana.

[William Knight @footratfunkface]

@MichaelRayDC I have found that in ANY field, defining risk is so highly subjective that it can be nearly impossible to agree on a definition. I like the following for my field: danger is the bad thing(s) that could happen, while risk is the odds that it will happen.

[William Knight @footratfunkface]

@ffshifflett Was that you that ran across the interstate and jumped the median wall to take pictures?

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@850Battalion Far too nuanced for single line reply. Construction type/direction/span/spacing? Do I have a Nupla roof hook? Roofing type and condition? Fire location?

[William Knight @footratfunkface]

@RJB429 @FFBehavior @firenation No, a defensive strip is not the same. Trench cut has lines inside under the trench to protect the saved side. Defensive strip slows fire travel so master streams can be more effective.

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@BrianBastinelli @dustin_krajeski @FireMedic40NJ @Kiel_Samsing @firemanjoe1960 @FFBehavior @firenation @thewestcoastoff It's not just the fire service. Architects, engineers, builders- they all generalize all arched roofs as "bowstring." I think the brain just wants to categorize things, and bowstring became a colloquialism for the whole group, even when it may have originally just been one type.

[William Knight @footratfunkface]

@dustin_krajeski @Kiel_Samsing @firemanjoe1960 @BrianBastinelli @FFBehavior @firenation Timber arched truss. Bread and butter arched roof ops, and the video shows a really excellent execution.

[William Knight @footratfunkface]

@dustin_krajeski @BrianBastinelli @FireMedic40NJ @Kiel_Samsing @firemanjoe1960 @FFBehavior @firenation @thewestcoastoff The problem is, what is a "bowstring"? Are a timber arched truss, a steel arched truss, a lamella, a barrel roof, a timber lattice truss (Belfast truss), and a tied arch all the same? Of course not; they each behave differently, so we should refer to them differently.

[William Knight @footratfunkface]

@BrianBastinelli @FireMedic40NJ @Kiel_Samsing @firemanjoe1960 @FFBehavior @firenation @thewestcoastoff Napkins, menus, we'll draw on anything. For the record, I have started moving away from the term, "bowstring," altogether. It has too many different meanings, and is generic and vague when, "tied arch," is more specific, descriptive, and universal.

[William Knight @footratfunkface]

@lexshady516 @FireMedic40NJ @BrianBastinelli @Kiel_Samsing @firemanjoe1960 @FFBehavior @firenation @thewestcoastoff What does, "bowstring," mean to you?

[William Knight @footratfunkface]

@firemanjoe1960 In reference to Hackensack, does 30 minutes of freely burning fire in the truss space really count as "early collapse"?

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@BrianBastinelli @FireMedic40NJ @Kiel_Samsing @firemanjoe1960 @FFBehavior @firenation @thewestcoastoff Hard to tell. That could easily be conduit or something else. It looks awfully thicc to be tierod. Just based upon rarity, and on how long they were able to operate, I would give timber arched truss a higher likelihood.

[William Knight @footratfunkface]

@donn_ee looked plenty safe to me. Bet the victims agree.

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@ElwoodBluez They did everything they could to keep others from doing what they wouldn't. Aimed fire hoses at civilians on ladders.

[World News Tonight @ABCWorldNews]

LIFE-SAVING CATCH: Body camera footage shows the moment a firefighter in Dekalb County, Georgia, catches a child thrown from a ladder three stories up, one of several dramatic rescues. More on #WorldNewsTonight. https://t.co/SCIwUOFj31