RNAi [he/him] to askchapo • 10 hours agoWhy *ALL* the houses dissapeared in ashes but trees are still there? You don't make brick houses?imagemessage-square32 fedilinkarrow-up160
arrow-up160imageWhy *ALL* the houses dissapeared in ashes but trees are still there? You don't make brick houses?RNAi [he/him] to askchapo • 10 hours agomessage-square32 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareSpongebobsquarejuche [none/use name]hexbear22·7 hours agoYou can make a house fairly fire resistant even with wood construction. Using cement siding. link
minus-squarebtfod [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear18·6 hours agoI'm sure that would help on the margins but I wonder if a fire of this scale could easily ignite or carbonize the timber frame behind it anyway... link
minus-squareHexboare [they/them]hexbear4·3 hours agoIf the fire was very hot yes, but I don't think these fires were particularly hot. I would guess they all went up with a bit of spotting from embers blowing ahead of the fire front. Show Just using metal mesh helps a lot. link
minus-squarebtfod [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear3·2 hours agoMakes sense to me, thanks. That last one though... Not sure if crawlspace foundations are common there but if so I bet their vents were open. That's horrifying to imagine embers blowing in and turning your crawlspace into a bellows link
You can make a house fairly fire resistant even with wood construction. Using cement siding.
I'm sure that would help on the margins but I wonder if a fire of this scale could easily ignite or carbonize the timber frame behind it anyway...
If the fire was very hot yes, but I don't think these fires were particularly hot.
I would guess they all went up with a bit of spotting from embers blowing ahead of the fire front.
Just using metal mesh helps a lot.
Makes sense to me, thanks. That last one though... Not sure if crawlspace foundations are common there but if so I bet their vents were open. That's horrifying to imagine embers blowing in and turning your crawlspace into a bellows