As heavy as 100 Eiffel Towers: Monumental L.A. County fire debris removal could finish by June

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7. Looks like they were direct quotes.

But, I agree. That's goofy as hell. Everyone is familiar with pounds and tons, but how many people know, off-hand, the weight of the Eiffel Tower or how many Ford F-150s are in a line from LA to Salt Lake City? I can't imagine they came up with those off the top of there heads - someone spent the time to calculate them, with the end result of making things just a bit less clear.

You'd think a couple of West Point grads, colonels, no less, could communicate more effectively.

The weight of the debris removed equals the weight of 100 Eiffel towers, said Col. Sonny Avichal, the West Point graduate overseeing the Altadena fire cleanup. The weight taken out of the Palisades, alone, is equal to a row of Ford F-150 pickups, lined up end-to-end and stretching from Los Angeles past Salt Lake City, said Col. Brian Sawser, another West Point grad, who has overseen the Palisades fire cleanup.