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Colorado has had 3 of the top 4 biggest fires in its history this year. Two of them are 10 miles from merging. One went from ~1000 acres to 100,000 in a singl

Colorado has had 3 of the top 4 biggest fires in its history this year. Two of them are 10 miles from merging. One went from ~1000 acres to 100,000 in a single day (ballpark). All of this during a time typically considered outside of fire season.

opwieurposiu 6y ago
Yep. Our cabin, that we had just finished building, burned down in the Cameron Peak fire. Our neighbors lost their primary house. We were prepared to weather a ground fire, but this one was leaping crown-to-crown. We will rebuild with non-flammable materials.
- renewiltord 6y ago
  Do you get disaster relief when this happens? Or do you have to just pay massive premiums? Thinking about a cabin myself at some point and wondering what the economics look like.
  - opwieurposiu 6y ago
    We basically paid for the land and got a half-finished cabin shell for free. Spent two summers finishing it up real nice and then woosh! No insurance, I guess we lost about 20-40k of materials and tools that were there. The most painful part of fixing it was getting all the building permits sorted out. Oh well, the Buddha teaches us that all things are temporary. I did enjoy the weekends hammering away with friends and family. I am looking into shipping container construction now. Cabin 2.0 will solve all the design flaws we inherited from Cabin 1.0, and no doubt introduce new and exciting flaws!
- seph-reed 6y ago
  Sorry to hear that. Did you get your irreplaceable's out? Decent coverage? Really hope it's not too much of set-back for y'all.
  - opwieurposiu 6y ago
    Don't worry about us, worry about the people who lost their real house. We had no insurance because it was a cheap (~30k) cabin. Mostly just tools and household items up there. Gonna go up this weekend and see If i can find all my axe heads and hammer heads. Attempt to re-temper and re-handle them. The Buddha teaches us that all things are temporary. We will rebuild in a way that is more compatible with fire.

opwieurposiu 6y ago

Yep. Our cabin, that we had just finished building, burned down in the Cameron Peak fire. Our neighbors lost their primary house. We were prepared to weather a ground fire, but this one was leaping crown-to-crown. We will rebuild with non-flammable materials.

renewiltord 6y ago
Do you get disaster relief when this happens? Or do you have to just pay massive premiums? Thinking about a cabin myself at some point and wondering what the economics look like.
- opwieurposiu 6y ago
  We basically paid for the land and got a half-finished cabin shell for free. Spent two summers finishing it up real nice and then woosh! No insurance, I guess we lost about 20-40k of materials and tools that were there. The most painful part of fixing it was getting all the building permits sorted out. Oh well, the Buddha teaches us that all things are temporary. I did enjoy the weekends hammering away with friends and family. I am looking into shipping container construction now. Cabin 2.0 will solve all the design flaws we inherited from Cabin 1.0, and no doubt introduce new and exciting flaws!
seph-reed 6y ago
Sorry to hear that. Did you get your irreplaceable's out? Decent coverage? Really hope it's not too much of set-back for y'all.
- opwieurposiu 6y ago
  Don't worry about us, worry about the people who lost their real house. We had no insurance because it was a cheap (~30k) cabin. Mostly just tools and household items up there. Gonna go up this weekend and see If i can find all my axe heads and hammer heads. Attempt to re-temper and re-handle them. The Buddha teaches us that all things are temporary. We will rebuild in a way that is more compatible with fire.