Murphy's Law, National Security and a Fire Hydrant

October 12, 2008 by Curt Siters

The Law of Unintended Consequences basically means that an action is taken to promote or discourage something else from occurring causes something unseen to happen in the opposite direction.

Recently in Texas a house caught fire.. OK, it happens every day.

The homeowner called the fire department who showed up to put out the fire. Seems normal.

The fire department couldn’t put out the fire because they couldn’t connect to the fire hydrant because it was locked. So, while the fire department went to get the special tool to unlock the hydrant the mans house burned to the ground. WHAT?!?!?

You heard right - a mans house burned to the ground because a fire hydrant was LOCKED. It seems that after the tragedy of 911 one of the measures put in place to protect us was to lock fire hydrants in more rural areas of our country.

I wonder how many stories like this exist out there? Will the government bail him out when the insurance company denies his claim because it burned to the ground due to negligence on the part of the fire department? I mean after all, the government put the policy in place.

If you find yourself in a situation like this what can you do? If you are like most Americans you would probably let it go because you can’t afford an attorney to give you advice. However, believe it or not you can afford an attorney. With a Pre-Paid Legal membership you can call an attorney for advice on an unlimited number of topics or for help in locating the right person in government to talk to if you need to.

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