every street in san francisco has a gas main, just like the one on gerry boulevard and every house has a gas connection. in the next big earthquake that we all know is coming, it is estimated that it could be as many as 20 simultaneous fires in unprotected areas. each fire requiring multiple units to fight it and only a handful of 18 trucks are in use today. this would not be adequate to deal with the inch of that magnitude. therefore, our urgent need is to equipment the san francisco fire department with host tenders to deliver water to the south side of the districts and long-term need. >> i'm joe lighthiser, a resident of district 11, one of the districts that need this. i was on the survey advisory committee under senator diane feinstein and chairman of the earthquake preparedness project looking at mutual aid projects for the nine-county bay area. so letmy giv let me give you soy lesson looking longer terms. the pacific plate is moving that way, we're staying here. it's going to move two inches or so a year for millions of years and, in fact, there will be a suburb of los angelos