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Post #123,375 by kmself 10/29/03 10:36:34 PM Reply	Not Guaranteed Yes, virtually all shake-roofed or sided houses will burn. But not all burned houses have shakes. \r\n\r\n Two photos from one [link\|http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/10/28/state2102EST7451.DTL\|SF Cron fire story] yesterday grabbed me. The first shows [link\|http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object.cgi?object=/chronicle/pictures/2003/10/28/mn_wildfires_crest01.jpg&paper=news&file=state2102EST7451.DTL&directory=/news/archive/2003/10/28&type=news\|a burned-out adobe-walled, tile-roofed house] -- I saw the tiles on the ground and through "something's wrong". \r\n\r\n More unbelivable is [link\|http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object.cgi?object=/chronicle/pictures/2003/10/28/mn_wildfires_scripps01.jpg&paper=news&file=state2102EST7451.DTL&directory=/news/archive/2003/10/28&type=news\|a burned-out street...surrounded by unburned eucalyptus]. I find this completely surreal. Eucalypts don't burn. They explode. The fact that most of them appear unscathed (looks like there are fire scars at top right) is simply amazing. \r\n\r\n --\r\n Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com]\r\n [link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]\r\n What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?\r\n [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/\|TWikIWETHEY] -- an experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever.\r\n \r\n Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead.\r\n[link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html]\r\n
Post #123,378 by Andrew Grygus 10/29/03 11:16:14 PM Reply	Anything will burn if you get it hot enough . . . . but you won't find many burned out tile roofed adobes surrounded by pristine lawns and untouched trees. I don't see a lot of brick wall so I suspect this house had plenty of architecturally stylish vulnerabilities. I remember an older lady who did it right up in Ventura county. She lost her home when the entire tract burned down. The next time that tract burned to the ground her house stood unscathed in the middle of a square mile of ashes that used to be houses. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #123,379 by Nightowl 10/29/03 11:17:07 PM Reply	Re: Not Guaranteed Well, fire is kinda a lot like tornadoes. It doesn't necessarily take out everything in it's path, it hops around missing one thing, destroying another one. I saw this first hand in the destruction in Los Alamos, after the fact, one house totally untouched, next house gone with burnt cars in the driveway. I also read the entire book put out about the Los Alamos fire, and it described so many incredible instances, where nature simply picked and chose what to burn and what not to burn. Bottom line, people are losing homes, lives are being lost, and I just hope and pray they find a way to stop it soon. Nightowl >8# "I learned to be the door, instead of the mat!" "illegitimi nil carborundum" Comment by Nightowl

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