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They need fireproof storm shelters like the tornado shelters in areas prone to those.
by tiredwired 8y ago
They need fireproof storm shelters like the tornado shelters in areas prone to those.
- maxxxxx 8y agoI think that's pretty difficult. During the firebombings in WW2 people asphyxiated in the shelters.
- aidenn0 8y agoIt's very doable. If you have a masonry building with no plants within 20 feet, you're pretty safe
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoMasonry is a non-starter in CA because "muh earthquakes". Rebar is a thing but politics has no time for technicalities like that.
- aidenn0 8y agoThere are plenty of standards for earthquake proof masonry in CA. AAC is not allowed, mainly because nobody has done the work to certify
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoTechnicalities like that get lost in the noise when the political poo flinging over who's gonna pay and where it'll be located starts. An idea can't just be correct. It needs to be correct and marketable to people who don't really care.
- FiveSquared 8y agoI understand your point but earthquakes are no joke in CA
- tiredwired 8y agoWhat are the odds of a destructive earthquake happening at the same time as a wildfire blowing across your garden?
- maxxxxx 8y agoThey don't have to strike at the same time.
- ui-explorer12 8y agoThese fires burn hot enough to melt any metal in the construction, consume all the oxygen and create an atmosphere equivalent to the surface of Venus. What you're proposing is essential a giant oven.
- lostlogin 8y agoHow does Australia do it? Or are their fires less intense? The human factor seems the biggest problem in this - keep the vegetation near the house cut back. https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/we-can-build-homes-to-survive-bushfires-so-why-dont-we-35899 https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/we-ca...
- craftyguy 8y agoI highly doubt that these fires create an atmosphere of ~90bar with wind speeds in excess of 300km/hr, and temperatures averaging about 450C. The surface of Venus is a type of brutal that we don't experience on Earth, luckily.
- aidenn0 8y agoExcept I live neara wildfire zone and there is a nearby college where their plan is to shelter in place, and this plan worked for a wildfire that burned down several buildings on the campus. Though i was wrong about the no vegetation zone; it's 200 feet, not 20
- josephcooney 8y agoDuring the "Black Saturday" bush fires in Victoria in 2009 they estimated the temperature of the fires to be around 1200 degrees celsius (2190 F). My father-in-law is a volunteer in the rural fire service in Australia. He says some fires he's fought have been so hot they hurt your face to look at them for more than a few seconds, even when they are hundreds of meters away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Saturday_bushfires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Saturday_bushfires
- Pinckney 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_oxygen_generator#Oxygen_candle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_oxygen_generator#Oxyg...