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SE Ohio
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# Posted: 21 Sep 2021 08:08
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A cabin owner saved his place from a wild fire by wrapping place with special “Aluminum foil†($$$$), took 12.5 hours to install with help, and cabin survived!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fox23.com/news/aluminum-wrap-used/VYYEYCRKGGOO3QM4Z2 XHGPEGQE/%3FoutputType%3Damp
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paulz
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# Posted: 21 Sep 2021 11:04 - Edited by: paulz
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Neat. I had read about them wrapping the big trees.
On another note, I just bought a few of these Element fire extinguishers, for my cars but could put out a kitchen fire etc..
About the size of a flare, go for 50 seconds. Uses potassium. Not cheap $75. Car guys like them because there's no residue or mess to clean up afterward. Other than the burnt stuff.
https://elementfire.com/
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BRADISH
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# Posted: 21 Sep 2021 11:23
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Thats pretty cool. In 2006 we had a wildfire rage in our cabin community area - took 100+ cabins with it.
Most cabin are on piers due to the snow load that comes in the winter, so a lot of people will wrap their wooden piers with tin for the first 4 feet. It helped many cabins survive. Heard many stories about the fire moving right under the cabin and leaving everything untouched. Pretty amazing.
Its another reason I chose to use metal pipe as piers and my skirting will be tin roofing (horizontally mounted).
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ICC
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# Posted: 21 Sep 2021 14:15 - Edited by: ICC
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Quoting: BRADISH . Heard many stories about the fire moving right under the cabin and leaving everything untouched. Pretty amazing
Very amazing. Here in NM cabins have been lost because embers blew under and ignited pine needles that were under there, and then the flooring caught fire.
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Brettny
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# Posted: 21 Sep 2021 20:17
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The area my cabin is the state owns quite a bit of land and logs areas every year...idk the cycle of logging but I do know theres no signs of forest fires.
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ICC
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# Posted: 21 Sep 2021 22:31
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Quoting: Brettny r...idk the cycle of logging but I do know theres no signs of forest fires.
There is no comparing western US forests to those in the eastern US. There are areas in the west that are traditionally wetter than other western areas, but generally, the west is drier than the east. Add in the large areas of dead beetle-killed trees over the past decade and there are areas just waiting to burn if they have not burnt yet.
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