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Levi loses house to fire
Not a fan of him but the destruction is horrifying..
http://www.velonews.com/2017/10/news...a-fires_450037
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Just devastating damage all across the region.
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Is it bad that i'm worrying about the bikes?
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Yes, yes it is.
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I'd be more worried about the 17 dead and the 200+ folks still missing.
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I'm still surprised there isn't a more widely adopted solution to protecting structures in these situations.
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This is tragic.
I live in Provence where wild fires are a huge issue. We have many every year but the fire fighting seems to be way more effective here than in CA. I read somewhere that they only have 450 people on this Napa, 45 trucks and 6 planes. As a comparaison a wild fire started near where I live this summer in a much smaller area but nobody died and 2 homes burned (this is extremely rare here). This is for a much smaller fire; they had 9 planes on it right away, over 1000 fire fighters and hundreds of fire trucks. Maybe it's because it's much more common here but they seem to get serious resources on it right away. |
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I am curious if many houses there get built with fiber cement? It's very oddball here in New England but my house has Hardiboard fiber cement siding. It's super annoying that we have wood trim, the Hardiboard wasn't thought through great on our house.
But when I looked it up the whole point of it is apparently fire protection, it came out of Australia where fires were much more prevalent. Of course the old asbestos siding probably provided some protection too but had it's own issues. Not that any of these would necessarily do anything in this raging inferno. I'd be curious if any of the other building materials common in the southwest like Stucco provide protection over wood/fiberglass siding. Last edited by benb; 10-11-2017 at 11:04 AM. |
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Tragic for all, for sure. Whole house fire suppression ala sprinklers for the house would seem worth the cost if you lived in an area where the native trees need fire to reproduce.
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I am also thinking of things like a fireproof membrane that can be deployed over the house.
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I build a lot of houses in some very fire prone areas. There are a couple of reliable approaches to making the house fire resistant. The first and biggest item is unventilated attic spaces. Cement board siding and metal roofing is one. Another other is heavy timber or log houses with metal roofing. Creating zones around the house with little fuel is effective. Sadly, however, with fires this intense, even that may not be protection. Once the fire compromises a window or garage door, it's over. Condolences to those who have lost loved ones, that's truly horrible.
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