LA Firestorm documentary

grumpy grizzly

grumpy grizzly

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Sunday, 2/1, Reel Channel HD, will show a 3-part, 3 hour documentary on the LA firestorm. This is Channel 238 on Direct TV. I believe there are other options as well.
 
When will the good people of greater Los Angles, and other areas, wake up and see that the problem is with the state and city officials who failed to plan and react to a well expected dry and windy fire danger. I have studied Conflagrations since my time in Fire Science in college, including the ongoing fire problems in Urban/Rural Interface areas., and it is sad that people even try to rebuild the same way they did in the past.
Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired.
 
That documentary was tough to watch. I lasted about an hour. It did have great video which put you right in middle of desperate people, in way over their heads, looking for help that was never going to come.

My brother lives in LA (three doors down from the Garcia House of Lethal Weapon 2 fame). I was talking to him that evening when suddenly the line went dead. After a moment, he got back on the line. He'd gotten an automated message ordering him to leave his house NOW. In LA it's not a suggestion, It's against the law not to evacuate. It was for a fire above Sunset Strip. He was uphill, but also upwind, and it was quickly contained
 
A real estate developer whose home burned down in the Pacific Palisades in January, 2025 has rebuilt on his burned out address. It is a four bedroom, 4,200 square foot two story home. He has made it as fire resistive as possible.

1) The frame uses structural steel.

2) Walls are 12 inches thick and employ stone, magnesium oxide, and sulfate boards with gypsum panels. This composite reportedly has a six hour flame resistance.

3) Sprinklers are both inside and outside (including the roof) with a dedicated water and power supply.

4) Fire detection sensors use satellites, heat, and AI directed cameras.

5) Exterior windows are made of borosilicate glass used in high-end cookware.

6) Each window has metal shutters which can be operated remotely.

This all cost about $775/square foot. For comparison, today's gaudy, overbuilt fire houses go for $200-$500/square foot.

Home insurance for this property in the Palisades usually cost over $7,000 per month. With these features, the policy cost "only' $1,000 a month.
 
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