[ExI] Rebuild Los Angeles With Ultra High Strength Concrete

[Kelly Anderson]

The only house I built was extremely fire resistant. I used concrete
siding on top of SIPS, and made sure that there were also sprinklers
outside as well as a large area cleared of vegetation. Also, it had a
steel roof. The house hasn't been tested yet, but it's only a matter
of time. I copied some of the designs of the guy who's house was the
only one that survived the blaze in Oakland.

In some sense, you just need the most fire resistant house in the
neighborhood, because the firemen say, "We can probably save that
one"... as they are evaluating where to put their efforts.

The real criminals in California are, as is usual, the government bureaucrats.

-Kelly

On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM BillK via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 at 21:57, Darin Sunley via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > At last! We can build the Caves of Steel from Isaac Asimov's seminal science fiction novel, "The Caves of Steel are Awful". :D
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> That's what architects are designing now for fire risk areas.
> But they are trying to make concrete design attractive.
> BillK
>
> <https://www.fastcompany.com/91260499/no-shrubs-and-lots-of-concrete-this-is-what-a-fire-resistant-house-looks-like>
> Quotes:
> No shrubs and lots of concrete: This is what a fire-resistant house looks like
> There’s no such thing as a fire-proof house, but certain design
> choices can help protect a home during a wildfire.
> By Nate Berg    15 Jan 2025
>
> She designs homes that set out, from the start, to do away with many
> of the physical features that make older homes susceptible to fire,
> from combustible materials to tinderbox landscaping to building forms
> that practically lure in flying embers. “We need to stop building like
> it’s 1970,” she says.
> Building like it’s 2025, it seems, means building for fire in Southern
> California. While there’s no such thing as a fireproof house, there
> are ways to design buildings that help them resist fire, even amid
> uncontained infernos.
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