by "David V." <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Oct 23, 2007 at 03:53 PM
Randy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> ok, makes a little more sense. I thought you meant all trees
> and grass cleared. That would be kind of ugly. We have lots of
> trees and grass and are surrounded by thousands of acres of
> forest. But we keep the dead wood and dried brush cleared out
> and most of the trees are trimmed fairly well.
It all depends on what the person wants - a house or scenery.
Those people are no different than those that build in flood
plains or low spots in hurricane territory. They know it is an
area prone to frequent natural disasters. There are large fires
in that area annually. If I lived in that area; I'd have 500 feet
of DIRT around my house, a metal roof and no eaves to trap
heat..... but then when, not if, a fire went through I'd have the
only house for miles around. Might be nice.
Also notice that these are big expensive houses with full
insurance coverage. They'll just take the insurance money and
build a bigger house. That's what they did after a large fire in
the Oakland Hills.
This is the kind of fire we have in our area:
http://www.mariposaresearch.net/HARLOWFIRE.html
That was 20,000 acres in two hours! I'm not kidding!
--
Dave
"Sacred cows make the best hamburger." Mark Twain.
