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originally posted by: Middleoftheroad
The cost of living in California is already out of control. Adding more regulation won't solve the issue. Moving away from the hazardous area would though.
Everywhere in America, whether it's commercial or residential, is mostly wood and dry-wall.
We need to build with steel to prevent the kind of catastrophe
originally posted by: Infoshill
We need to build with steel to prevent the kind of catastrophe
Unfortunately steel weakens during fire and collapses within a blink of an eye....
originally posted by: Mahogany
a reply to: Wildbob77
Our houses are made of wood. How do you make wood not burn?
For decades we've been made fun of that our construction sucks, that we don't use brick or stone because it's slower and more expensive. Everywhere in America, whether it's commercial or residential, is mostly wood and dry-wall.
Those two things are always going to burn, unlike rock. But our construction is cheap and it comes up very fast. You drive around town and all of a sudden there is a new bank or a restaurant up that wasn't there 2 weeks ago. You think it's gonna stand for long if it took 2 weeks to build?
Come up easy, come down easy.