So Construction Engineers, how do you build (or spec) a house to be flame
resistant (Fire Proof!). What would you do? They already have Earthquake proof rules in CA.
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1y
you can't just stack houses on top of each other in the middle of a tinderbox and not expect this at some point. The winds have done this before, the vegetation has been dry like this before. The two events have happened at the same time before. The difference is, the combination of all of that at the same time with massive growth in population and houses stacked on top of each other.
This is a disaster that has been building for decades.
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1y
normal subdivisions from any state.
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1y
thus adjustments should have been made to create breaks. The houses can be close in clumps, but then there need to be large breaks so that if one clump catches, it doesn't just roll into the next. Fires and floods aren't going to be stopped, they are part of nature, but when you build in areas prone to that, you have to limit damage through effective planning.
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1y
doesn't burn. Issue in CA though, if I may be presumptuous enough to think that's what you're asking re:, is the bad management of fire services and other related societal needs. CA has a long, failed history of making other groups and other industries and other population demographics pay for the neglect of other, basic responsibilities.
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1y
What you mentioned definitely exacerbates LA's ability to adequately (and competently) manage fire risk. People like living in homes w/nice views, and real estate is expensive, but at some point allowing construction to occur so close to wilderness areas is like "poking the bear" so to speak.
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1y
The architect Malcolm Wells was known for employing this technique. In a climate like Cali, you'd have to manage whatever vegetation grows on the roof, obviously, to prevent the roof from burning.
Link:
Malcolm Wells
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