We are looking going in with our neighbors.
In the last fire, some non firemen guys and a few gals saved many homes of people that we know.
Today we talked to a woman who was told to evacuate and leave with her husband. They sneaked back in with a lot of hoses and rain bird sprinkles and nailed the rain birds to their roof, connected the hoses to them and to outside faucets. Then they turned the faucets to the on position and threw their yard chairs into their back yard away from their
home and left.
Their home was spared the yard chairs were burnt up and neighbors’s homes were destroyed. Their water bill was over 2 grand, but their home and garage were okay with some paint blisters.
I absolutely love that story.
I do wonder though, if everyone did that, if there would still be any water flowing out of the hoses.
A class 1 roof won't catch on fire, so sprinkling it is a waste of time (and water). One way houses burn is embers going through openings like soffits, attic vents, or windows that break from heat. Or flames on the side of the house melting the vinyl and burning through walls. If they kept the perimeter cleared then kudos to them. That's mainly what saved them and lack of openings.
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