"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
12/05/2018 at 11:32 • Filed to: None
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"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
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Provident living.
RallyWrench
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/05/2018 at 11:41 |
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I’ve been thinking about such systems , wondering how well they work. I f I were building in the mountains , this would be built in from the ground up.
shop-teacher
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/05/2018 at 11:42 |
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Nice looking house.
facw
> RallyWrench
12/05/2018 at 11:49 |
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It seems unlikely they would do a whole lot. Maybe they had some effect, but I’d guess they mostly got lucky.
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> facw
12/05/2018 at 11:56 |
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The article states that newly developed homes fared better.
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RallyWrench
> facw
12/05/2018 at 11:57 |
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That’s about my feeling because fire can get into a place in so many ways , but if building from the ground up, why not integrate it and give yourself a chance? My father in law has a little cabin in Mariposa ( a little foothill town like Paradise) and it’s nearly been lost several times, and lost another old family shack to the Ferguson fire earlier this year , so fire suppression is front of mind.
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> shop-teacher
12/05/2018 at 11:58 |
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Especially for not being a pile of cinders.
Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
> facw
12/05/2018 at 11:59 |
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Having fire resistant materials, such as tile roofing, brick exterior walls and limited landscaping would be helpful in preventing a home from catching fire in such cases as this. The sprinkler system, which wouldn’t be that expensive if you have an existing well, or can put in a point well system, would mitigate some danger from a fire, especially falling embers landing on your roof. Keeping the area around the home clear would also be critical. Luck plays a part in this, especially wind patterns and such, but you can at least pad your chances with some advanced planning.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> facw
12/05/2018 at 12:39 |
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Not lucky. Smart. Fire resistant materials, clearing the flammables from around the house, and applying water all work very well. I’ve been through a wildfire. It missed our house, but not by much. It almost got our neighbor’s house, but I happened to be home that day and put out the fires around their house. The only damage was the bottom foot or so of their wood fence. If they hadn’t had a well or if the power had gone out , the house would have been a goner. That fire burned a few thousand acres.
BobintheMtns
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/05/2018 at 13:16 |
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This is EXACTLY what some folks I know did during the Missionary Ridge Fire down in Durango back in the day—- Sprinklers set up all over the house and a generator hooked up to the well pump....
The entire forest around them was moon-scaped from the fire as far as the eye could see
, but their house survived.
The Dummy Gummy
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/05/2018 at 13:19 |
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Fire proof roof is a good starter
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> BobintheMtns
12/05/2018 at 14:06 |
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It’s a really clever plan. And it would be fun to set up. And you’d want to make sure the housing for the generator had plenty of fuel and plenty of sprinkler.
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> The Dummy Gummy
12/05/2018 at 14:07 |
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Not crispy, dried-out cedar shake?
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BobintheMtns
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/05/2018 at 16:24 |
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You actually don’t even need that much fuel- just be ready for the half hour when the fire passes over you...
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> BobintheMtns
12/05/2018 at 17:19 |
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Right. I’m just thinking about evacuating and not knowing when exactly that half-hour is going to be.
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BobintheMtns
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/05/2018 at 21:10 |
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True— and as I was thinking about it- I think they actually ran the fuck out of the sprinklers for days before the fire arrived to make sure the yard and surrounding area was *moist*....
But the guy I know
actually ignored the mandatory evacuation notice and stayed in the house while the fire passed...
ranwhenparked
> facw
12/05/2018 at 22:50 |
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I believe roof sprinklers are the main reason the Old Faithful Inn didn’t burn down in the late ‘80s. They definitely do work.
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> BobintheMtns
12/05/2018 at 23:58 |
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In Paradise, that could have been fatal.