What homeowners in Southern California should do against wildfires

mimo2005 · 10-25-2007, 08:47 PM

Two rows of completely destroyed homes in San Diego, and two virtually untouched homes right in the midst of them.

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/lindorff/029

~~Nik00117~~ · 10-26-2007, 04:21 AM

In germany your typical house is build outta solid concrete, i'd like to see the damage that a fire could do to that.

In Guam all base houses were designed to withstain a hurriance, only times a house would be damaged is if a BIG tree fell on it, but typically we cleared the trees around the houses so that wasn't even a big deal.

**l_b_rex** · 10-26-2007, 08:43 AM

Pray for a Hurricane storm?!?!

DonaldG · 10-26-2007, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nik00117

In germany your typical house is build outta solid concrete, i'd like to see the damage that a fire could do to that.

In many of the houses I have stayed in Germany (Taunnustien, Weisbaden, Frankfurt, Mainz, Munich, Heidelburgh etc) have fire vunrabilities that would have made them go up in smoke... The roofs for instance. Wooden window frames, wooden doors, garages with cars (petrol tanks) in them etc etc...

You have probably never experienced the intense heat generated by bush fires upwards of 1000c. That gives a blast of superheated air that starts to heat up the roofing timbers to the degree that they give off flamable gasses. All it then takes is a vey small spark by s passing hot cinder and hey presto - no house....

Don't be too confident or complacent in concrete buildings being impervious.

(Remember, someone claimed that the Titanic was unsinkable!)

mimo2005 · 10-26-2007, 12:35 PM

Burned homes surround an unburned home after wildfires in San Diego County near Rancho Bernardo, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007.

~~Nik00117~~ · 10-26-2007, 02:11 PM

Clearly those images are living proof of what a good house can withstand.

mimo2005 · 10-26-2007, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Nik00117

Clearly those images are living proof of what a good house can withstand.

It was verified every time there was a wildfire--that if your house had a tile roof, and stucco walls, it pretty much was immune to fires.

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~~Nik00117~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,572 OS: XP Pro, Vista Ulimate My System	Re: What homeowners in Southern California should do against wildfires In germany your typical house is build outta solid concrete, i'd like to see the damage that a fire could do to that. In Guam all base houses were designed to withstain a hurriance, only times a house would be damaged is if a BIG tree fell on it, but typically we cleared the trees around the houses so that wasn't even a big deal. Last edited by Nik00117; 10-26-2007 at 04:23 AM.

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mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	Re: What homeowners in Southern California should do against wildfires Burned homes surround an unburned home after wildfires in San Diego County near Rancho Bernardo, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

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~~Nik00117~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,572 OS: XP Pro, Vista Ulimate My System	Re: What homeowners in Southern California should do against wildfires Clearly those images are living proof of what a good house can withstand.