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100 feet is not enough in Santa Ana wind events, as I've seen homes half a mile from the fire line burn to the ground. I'd recommend clearing at least 3000 feet
by labster 8y ago
100 feet is not enough in Santa Ana wind events, as I've seen homes half a mile from the fire line burn to the ground. I'd recommend clearing at least 3000 feet in Southern California.
The only way to do this, of course is not to live on the urban-wildland interface, but to live behind agricultural fields. Or do like Pepperdine in Malibu and water the world's largest lawn.
- fouc 8y agoThink about it like an electromagnetic field, where the probability of the house getting burned drops rapidly, inversely proportional to the square of the distance. So 30 feet is the minimum, 100 feet is even better, etc. If you read the article, the issue was embers floating the air and gathering on roofs and parts of the house that are not resistant to flames. So that's why the material has to be changed too, it's not about distance.