build in hurricane zones or build in fire zones... choices, choices.
build in hurricane zones or build in fire zones... choices, choices.
I believe that this one is going to have a tragic ending. Many people waited too long to try to leave. I watched some videos of people evacuating late at night with everything on fire around them on both sides of the roadway forcing them to drive down the middle of the road.That's a lot of people unaccounted for. Hoping it's just from a lot of towers being down
In this particular case we need to talk about the costs of over development. These fires were almost an annual occurance when I lived in CA, and the worst ones usually occurred after a wet winter, which tends to create a lot of undergrowth. In the autumn months when the hot Santa Ana winds peak and conditions at their most arid, all it takes is one little spark to set the whole chain reaction in motion.This isn't the time to talk about the costs of climate change.
build in hurricane zones or build in fire zones... choices, choices.
Holy crap...the part where it pans over at about 1:20...
Defensible space mostly works. Details of building construction and landscaping on a house by house, yard by yard basis matter in determining if a property is going to burn. Shake roof vs asphalt shingles, protected eves, double pane windows, trimming ladder fuels, breaking continuous fuels with brick paths all help a lot. Fire mostly spreads by conduction in ground fuels and embers.Holy cow - its crazy that some houses are just fine in that video when the neighbor right next door is demolished
These folks weren't living in tree houses up against the forest so I do feel sympathy for them.build in hurricane zones or build in fire zones... choices, choices.
So much this. Thinking ahead, preparing your house and property for what's probably going to be an inevitable fire event. Maintenance maintenance maintenance.Defensible space mostly works. Details of building construction and landscaping on a house by house, yard by yard basis matter in determining if a property is going to burn. Shake roof vs asphalt shingles, protected eves, double pane windows, trimming ladder fuels, breaking continuous fuels with brick paths all help a lot. Fire mostly spreads by conduction in ground fuels and embers.
Yeah. I kinda thought developers and homebuilders in California had figured this out 50+ years ago. I didn't think it was still possible to see such thorough devastation in neighborhoods like that.Defensible space mostly works. Details of building construction and landscaping on a house by house, yard by yard basis matter in determining if a property is going to burn. Shake roof vs asphalt shingles, protected eves, double pane windows, trimming ladder fuels, breaking continuous fuels with brick paths all help a lot. Fire mostly spreads by conduction in ground fuels and embers.
Yeah. I kinda thought developers and homebuilders in California had figured this out 50+ years ago. I didn't think it was still possible to see such thorough devastation in neighborhoods like that.
The first step is to gut the EPA. Show that bitch who is boss.It looks like a war zone. How do you win a war against mother nature?
God must really hate America after Trump won.
So much this. Thinking ahead, preparing your house and property for what's probably going to be an inevitable fire event. Maintenance maintenance maintenance.
The first step is to gut the EPA. Show that bitch who is boss.
My old neighborhood was evacuated, i'm very familiar with the area.As if that would have helped the people in Santa Rosa at all. The fire was enormous & the heat so intense that it caused spontaneous combustion some distance away. It was also wind driven.
They probably did figure it out. Problem is, doing all of those things add cost. If you can squeeze a couple more houses into a development by putting them closer together, then you make more money. Once you sell it, not your problem anymore.
Bakersfield isn't burning.god is punishing america for the alt right.