Of course, bucket brigades are a pretty inefficient way to fight a fire, delivering little water over a long period of time.

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We watched the bucket brigades, drank coffee and talked about our kids.

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Mornings we'd sit out on what was left of his small patio, drinking coffee and watching the bucket brigades in the ravine below, hauling away the rubble one pail at a time.

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