Living beachside theres lots of houses (especially the ones right on the beach) that are vacation rentals, in the last 10 yrs i’ve seen 3 houses burn (2 complete losses) from fireworks this time of year. One was setting them off from the homes upper deck! They were prosecuted but the other 2 were never caught.
meh newborns wear white.
Note pink was traditionally a boys colour until 20th century. Girls were powder blue. Go figure.
Note pink was traditionally a boys colour until 20th century. Girls were powder blue. Go figure.
The rural area in which I live monitors the fire situation continually - except winter. Typically we have a fire ban every spring which even covers fires in backyard containers. Our issue isn't coniferous trees, but dry grass and deciduous trees before leafing out.
I should add one of the issues with the fires in Western Canada is the number of dead, standing, trees from the spruce bud worm. A glance at the mountains shows swaths of rust coloured foliage which once was green.
When I was in Jasper National Park several winters ago (pre Covid) they were blocking off some areas and aggressively removing dead conifers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis...Since at least the 19th,girls, blue for boys".
I almost must mention I strongly opposed leaving newborns in a forest fire! Just to stay on topic.
I almost must mention I strongly opposed leaving newborns in a forest fire! Just to stay on topic.
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Read a fiction book years ago, situated in the near future, most houses were built underground, in concrete, only a stair bunker at ground level, and incline windows, hurricane, fire resistant, flood resistant if designed to be over the water level. Save on heating and A/C. Normal people were not travelling by plane anymore, only 3d telepresence touring was available. Most houses off the grid, with underground thermo pump, solar panels, local battery packs. Electric cars only…
Guessing this future is closer to us than we ever imagined…
A few years back went to Hawaii, Kauai island. The local houses that were near the sea where built on pile, the ground level was garage, storage, the living area were on the second floor, way up there. They were built to survive flooding. They knew how to build houses that are correctly designed for their environment. To rebuild a house exactly the same way, in the same location is probably designed to fail again. We will need to adapt, forces of nature will always win on the long run…
SB
Guessing this future is closer to us than we ever imagined…
A few years back went to Hawaii, Kauai island. The local houses that were near the sea where built on pile, the ground level was garage, storage, the living area were on the second floor, way up there. They were built to survive flooding. They knew how to build houses that are correctly designed for their environment. To rebuild a house exactly the same way, in the same location is probably designed to fail again. We will need to adapt, forces of nature will always win on the long run…
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"The local houses that were near the sea where built on pile, the ground level was garage, storage, the living area were on the second floor, way up there. They were built to survive flooding. They knew how to build houses that are correctly designed for their environment."
In the mid 70's my parents paid a builder a lot of money to build a "hurricane proof" house on the southern tip of Pine Island Florida maybe 75 feet from the bay. The same builder also built several other houses along that same shoreline. They were built like you describe with no living space on the ground floor.
Last year Hurricane Ian hit Sanibel, Captiva and Pine Islands destroying much of the housing and rental property on all three islands. Once Pine Island became accessible my brother drove over to look at the house. He found that all the trees and other greenery was gone but those houses survived with none, or minimal damage. It CAN be done, but it isn't cheap.
In the mid 70's my parents paid a builder a lot of money to build a "hurricane proof" house on the southern tip of Pine Island Florida maybe 75 feet from the bay. The same builder also built several other houses along that same shoreline. They were built like you describe with no living space on the ground floor.
Last year Hurricane Ian hit Sanibel, Captiva and Pine Islands destroying much of the housing and rental property on all three islands. Once Pine Island became accessible my brother drove over to look at the house. He found that all the trees and other greenery was gone but those houses survived with none, or minimal damage. It CAN be done, but it isn't cheap.
It has to be cheaper than rebuilding every 12-15 years.
It kills me when I see cheap frame houses being rebuilt after a tornado does a clean sweep of a small town. I've seen it myself in the Chicago area; one side of the street (Chicago) has brick apartments and only a few shingles fly off, while right across the street (Hometown) the cheap frame houses are completely leveled right down to the slab. It's just like the Three Little Pigs.
It kills me when I see cheap frame houses being rebuilt after a tornado does a clean sweep of a small town. I've seen it myself in the Chicago area; one side of the street (Chicago) has brick apartments and only a few shingles fly off, while right across the street (Hometown) the cheap frame houses are completely leveled right down to the slab. It's just like the Three Little Pigs.
These houses have no basements! Trust me, those houses are shacks and they were all rebuilt the same way. I grew up a mile away from where this was filmed, in a brick house with a basement.
Need a better shape.
No (few) corners, low wind resistance, maximum thermal retention.
No reason the pieces (triangles) couldn’t be pre-made of some low impact concrete-like material to make it possible to assemble the shell in a day and have fire-proof on top of it.
dave
No (few) corners, low wind resistance, maximum thermal retention.
No reason the pieces (triangles) couldn’t be pre-made of some low impact concrete-like material to make it possible to assemble the shell in a day and have fire-proof on top of it.
dave
The Aussie town of Coober Peddy is mostly underground dwellings due to the climate.
An option is mounded roofs, with a mound of bonded earth approximately 2 meters thick, like those found in military installations.
The earth is a good insulator, and absorber of explosives.
You can keep the roof periphery as a light source, and stay under ground.
Meaning a 1 meter above plinth wall with ventilation and light intakes, which can be closed in a storm.
You can also study plans for nuclear war era bunkers...may have some good ideas, as they must have had means for water and food storage, electric power, and waste disposal.
An option is mounded roofs, with a mound of bonded earth approximately 2 meters thick, like those found in military installations.
The earth is a good insulator, and absorber of explosives.
You can keep the roof periphery as a light source, and stay under ground.
Meaning a 1 meter above plinth wall with ventilation and light intakes, which can be closed in a storm.
You can also study plans for nuclear war era bunkers...may have some good ideas, as they must have had means for water and food storage, electric power, and waste disposal.
Wow, off topic again, not able to start a new thread? 🙂
Just Listened to what David Cowen, ambassador to Canada has to say in a CBC news network interview about collaborating on future and current wild fire situation, in line with what I had to say. Excellent news for a change.
Babble on
Just Listened to what David Cowen, ambassador to Canada has to say in a CBC news network interview about collaborating on future and current wild fire situation, in line with what I had to say. Excellent news for a change.
Babble on