Missing Susan
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I quoted you to reference the picture. That roof is a 1:12 pitch. If you walk across the roof 12 feet, you gain or drop one foot. It is probably less pitched than the ramps you walk up and down to get to your movie theater seats. Spectators could have set up lawnchairs up there to watch the rally from a nice vantage point.Agreed, I've wondered that as well.
Given that the slope of the roof was so steep.![]()
In an interview with ABC News, Cheatle said : "That building in particular has a sloped roof at it's highest point. And so, you know, there's a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn't want to put somebody up on a sloped roof." She added , "The decision was made to secure the building from inside."
Red emphasis mine.
It's noticeable that she did not say whether it was the local LE or the secret service's decision ?
So, who made that call ?
Just asking.
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Kimberly Cheatle blasted for 'BS excuse' that roof was 'too sloped'
Speaking to ABC News, Cheatle claimed agents were not positioned on top of the sloped building, deeming it too dangerous - despite images showing snipers set up on a sloped roof behind Trump.www.dailymail.co.uk
A photo of the dangerously sloped roof that was unable to be secured by either local LE or the secret service
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My friend has a relative who is a roofing contractor.
To place new tiles, or repair damaged roofing tiles on steep inclines, they'll put temporary small pieces of rectangular wood (roof brackets) on the roof for the workers to have something to brace themselves.
As well as wearing a safety harness.
As the tiles are nailed down, the brackets are removed.
This shouldn't have been an impossible task to place someone on this roof, and also on the roof of the buildings behind and to the right of former president Trump ?
Omo
The shallow pitch does make it very hard to see someone positioned at the ridgeline, depending on how high the building eaves are. The people on the ground right next to the building can't see the ridgeline. You have to be far away or at an elevation higher than the eave to see the ridgeline.
If the roof had a 12:12, it would have indeed been a dangerous slope to stand upon but it would have made someone positioned at the ridgeline visible to anyone close to the building.
The shallow 1:12 slope is why it was a security problem unless security was positioned higher than its ridgeline.
The pics of the LE snipers shows they are on a steeper roof, probably 1:3 or 1:4 pitch. Obviously they were not in danger from the roof pitch.
The Directors comment about the roof pitch alone show that she isn't up to her task. Not cool, not rad.