(and apparently helped his neighbors as well.
Who woulda thought….using water to prevent your home form burring?
Or maybe use a hose and spray things down as they start burning
I guess that people in L.A. are (generally) not very smart?
In the MIDDLE of the RIGHT
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In a sense, A LOT of people in A LOT if places are (generally) not very smart. They just go from day to day, thinking that nothing will ever change. When something does they just stare at it like deer in the headlights or run around like rats on a sinking ship. I live out here in the West and am constantly amazed at how little people think about preparedness. Fire is, and HAS ALWAYS BEEN, a constant danger here. Then there are earthquakes, which can happen at any time. Few people give even a fleeting thought as to what they would do if either one of these demons reared their heads. Indeed, as did happen in “The Big One” in San Francisco all those decades back, the earthquake played its part and unleashed fire to finish the job.
This phenomenon isn’t limited to California at all. Think of all the people who panic-buy, hours ahead of every major weather event throughout the country! I just… don’t… get it!
The guy with the garden hose was one lucky bastard. Oft times, these fires will bear down on the people trying to fight them, using up all the oxygen in the area, replacing it with super-heated toxic gases. That guy could’ve been killed before he even hit the ground! Sprinklers are a better idea. Indeed, when I was in the Coast Guard, stationed in Alameda, CA, the crew of my ship was called into play after the Oakland Hills fire. The aftermath of that firestorm was a hellscape. NOTHING was left! Nothing, that is, except for ONE HOUSE. The owner of that house had the presence of mind to permanently install sprinklers along the peak of his roof and along the perimeter of his property. He lit off the sprinklers and got the hell out. His neighborhood was incinerated. There was NOTHING left. The engines and transmissions of cars parked in the road had MELTED, the molten aluminum running down the gutters of the roads and solidifying in silent testimony as to the heat involved. This one house SURVIVED. The only damage to it was one burnt post on the railing of his REDWOOD deck! The vegetation around his house wasn’t even wilted! It was TRULY amazing to see!
This can be fortified against loss of power and water pressure if a pool is available. Tee off of the return line on the pool pump and run that to the sprinklers. Hook up a generator to the pump. Light the thing off and RUN. Even a modest Doughboy give you a reserve of 700 gallons of water; PLENTY enough to soak your house!