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The photo caption is: > Along a stretch near Saddle Peak in the Santa Monica Mountains, some homes were destroyed while others were undamaged by the Palisades
by criddell 2y ago
The photo caption is:
> Along a stretch near Saddle Peak in the Santa Monica Mountains, some homes were destroyed while others were undamaged by the Palisades Fire.
The homes may not look damaged, but I bet they have a lot of smoke damage.
- leeter 2y agoSucker's bet. They almost certainly do. The question is more would the homeowners have actually been better off if the homes were more damaged requiring being rebuilt? Based on anecdotes from the Hawaii fires... the answer is: Maybe. Combustion products are notoriously hard to remediate. Just living in those houses post fire could be the equivalent of giving yourself smoke inhalation issues.
- exhilaration 2y agoNY Times did a big article on this: http://bit.ly/3E9mA5U http://bit.ly/3E9mA5U Far fewer resources for those whose homes weren't destroyed but insurance should still cover the smoke damage remediation.
- OptionOfT 2y agoThey do. I worked with someone who was impacted by a previous fire in Thousand Oaks. Both of her neighbor's houses burned down, but hers survived. Newer build / renovation / luck. But regardless, they had to tear it down as the smell of the smoke was inside of the insulation and you can not get that out ever. Edit: houses, not hoses.