Re: OT: Typical Globlist

On Sun, 19 Jan 2025 16:36:08 -0500, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

On 1/19/2025 4:49 AM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:

Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:
 
[...]

The proposition that radiant heat generated by one burning would set off
an adjacent house is pretty dumb. Fire codes are written to make sure
that houses aren't vulnerable in that way.

 
In that case, what spread the fire?
 
 

>
Embers can fly up to 20 km depending on fuel and weather conditions, and
during high winds fire breaks are useless.
>
Observe embers from this doorbell cam:
<https://www.instagram.com/abc7marccr/reel/DEny6FGSX1f/>

I don't doubt embers could have spread the original fires. What's
puzzling is how the hell could they have got massive and out of
control in the first place.