RNAi [he/him]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 hours agoWhy ALL the houses dissapeared in ashes but trees are still there? You don't make brick houses?hexbear.netimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10
arrow-up169arrow-down1imageWhy ALL the houses dissapeared in ashes but trees are still there? You don't make brick houses?hexbear.netRNAi [he/him]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareSpongebobsquarejuche [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·13 hours agoYou can make a house fairly fire resistant even with wood construction. Using cement siding.
minus-squarebtfod [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·13 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…
minus-squareHexboare [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 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. Just using metal mesh helps a lot.
minus-squarebtfod [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 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
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