Home builders/fixers will be busy. I think the article mentioned
100 mph winds and vehicles being blown over. Superior and Louisville, CO have been evacuated. The article has pictures.
Yikes!
Looks like a grass land fire that the wind blew embers into the city.
:'(
A person on another list mentioned his wife was at CostCo in Superior when the the management told the shoppers to grab their stuff and go.
Some family members live in Denver, about 23 miles from the fire. They saw/smelled the smoke all night. They are trying to contact a few friends in the area but haven't been able to make contact. Nerve-racking, although no deaths have been reported.
She sent me this link. Video of the aftermath once the sun cam up.
smoke damage even in a house with windows and doors intact. How do they get rid of that?
I'd be so happy I'd just live there and wait until I no longer smelled it. If the windows and doors were shut, there might not be much. I have a mail slot in my front door and every December I think I should do something about the cold air. One year I did. And the fuzzy seals between moving windows panes have deteriorated in one or two cases. And one roller on the sliding glass door has partly collapsed and tilted th top of the door aways from its jamb, and the whole summer went by and I'd forgotten about it until 2 weeks ago. Shame on me.
And there's the dryer vent. It has only a partial cover and it's disconnected inside. And I've been meaning to check where the AC tubing comes into the basement. Does't that have to be recaulked once in a while? If not cold air and smoke, can't a mouse get in?
Other than that, the house is pretty tight.
Whilst living in Germany in the 70's, fire departments were almost unheard of. Everyone built their houses out of cinder blocks. The insides were really nice too.
Anyone have an comments on why we use such flamible materials here?
-T
Maybe just the obvious idea that people used what was handy. People built sod houses on the prairies.
Available. Inexpensive. Easy for amateurs to work with. And now, of course, traditional.
Cindy Hamilton
Many reasons, cost being one factor, material availability another.
To say they don't have fire departments because the house is built from cinder blocks makes no sense. The four walls may stand, but the contents and roof structure sure burn.
They had fire departments, just not a lot of them. Their roofs did not burn either. Don't remember what they were made of, but it certainly was not shake roofs. Slade maybe? I the three years I was there, I do not remember a single house fire (I lived on the economy.)
Good explanation
Probably slate roof, just like Notre Dame Cathedral. Yeah, fireproof.
Regardless of what the outer structure is, a kitchen fire can start cabinets. smoking can start furniture, heaters can start carpets and flooring.
Sure, the walls will still be good but little else.
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