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Often, plants will survive wildfires (especially in CA, where wildfires are somewhat normal and plants have evolved to survive them) because they have moisture
by karlkatzke 9y ago
Often, plants will survive wildfires (especially in CA, where wildfires are somewhat normal and plants have evolved to survive them) because they have moisture inside them. Buildings do not usually have moisture inside of them, and when embers land on common cladding materials or rubberized roofs with wood beneath them... well.
- blattimwind 9y agoWell that's obviously a pretty bad way to build a house for an archive.
- userbinator 9y agoBuildings do not usually have moisture inside of them Do sprinkler systems count? (I know about water damage, but that's usually not as bad as fire damage... and there would be the highly effective Halon if it weren't for the CFC-scare banning it...)
- Fomite 9y agoThere are plenty of such systems that don't use Halon, but they're expensive.
- karlkatzke 9y agoThere's replacements for Halon that work just as well without making a big hole in the ozone layer. Sprinkler systems only put out fires that start inside. When the fire starts outside and burns down through the roof, the sprinkler systems are not going to do you a lot of good.