My friend lived in a fire danger zone so he installed sprinklers on his roof. Whenever there was high fire danger he turned them on. Even if he had to evacuate the sprinklers would be left on.
Mostly that channel publishes videos concentrating on all the weird stories around, mostly the so called Mandela effect, and "glitches in the matrix". Since I like ghost stories I sometimes amuse myself with those.
But this isn't the first story I have now ran across about people who yes, took matters into their own hands there, and actually managed to save their houses. With the type of fires and winds they are having, no guarantees, presumably not all who have tried managed it, and possibly among the dead are some who tried and didn't give up in time to flee after it got bad, but it certainly shows that it is possible.
If you live in an area prone to this shit and have a pool, buy yourself a 1/2 or 3/4 horse submersible pump, a good commercial vacuum hose (not Home Depot or Walmart crap) and a generator. Attach a vacuum crevice tool wrapped in electrical tape to make it fit into the hose and hose clamp it. It will throw water 25 or 30 feet. Now you have a 10,000 gallon fire hydrant of your own. Also works good to rinse off the deck and patio when there is no fire.
A few sticks of actual wildland fire hose and nozzles are easily available and not crazy expensive. That and the pump and you’re well prepared. Just need to be smart and know your trigger points for making good decisions.
You have balls of steel as a wildland FF. God bless you. You are correct about the cost on those hoses. I'm just not a fan of lay flat hose. Also. The 3/4 and 1/2 horse pumps accept a 1 1/4 inch threaded nipple. The pool vac hose fits right over that fitting and it is much more manageable when moving around with it. The lay flat stuff on that small of a pump will kink pretty easily. I work with these pumps and hoses every day in the pool industry. I also have a gas banjo pump I use, but you are limited by how far your snorkel goes down I to the water. The electric submersible will pump until the pool is empty.
True on kinking issues. Lay flat is needed to stow adequate lengths on trucks already not having enough space. A single length of 8ft suction hose can hit the bottom of a pool with the pump on the deck and their all set.
Improvise and make it happen!! That’s what we do most times.
Absolutely. Just make sure to keep fuel stabilizer in either your generator or banjo pump motor. If they are going into long term storage, leave it running and turn off the fuel and let it run till it dies. The carb will never oxidized that way.
They may have saved their home, but if they live there, surrounded by all the destruction, have they destroyed their mental and physical health. The chemicals everywhere can’t be good for their skin and lungs. They are in a no win situation.
My friend lived in a fire danger zone so he installed sprinklers on his roof. Whenever there was high fire danger he turned them on. Even if he had to evacuate the sprinklers would be left on.
Mostly that channel publishes videos concentrating on all the weird stories around, mostly the so called Mandela effect, and "glitches in the matrix". Since I like ghost stories I sometimes amuse myself with those.
But this isn't the first story I have now ran across about people who yes, took matters into their own hands there, and actually managed to save their houses. With the type of fires and winds they are having, no guarantees, presumably not all who have tried managed it, and possibly among the dead are some who tried and didn't give up in time to flee after it got bad, but it certainly shows that it is possible.
If you live in an area prone to this shit and have a pool, buy yourself a 1/2 or 3/4 horse submersible pump, a good commercial vacuum hose (not Home Depot or Walmart crap) and a generator. Attach a vacuum crevice tool wrapped in electrical tape to make it fit into the hose and hose clamp it. It will throw water 25 or 30 feet. Now you have a 10,000 gallon fire hydrant of your own. Also works good to rinse off the deck and patio when there is no fire.
A few sticks of actual wildland fire hose and nozzles are easily available and not crazy expensive. That and the pump and you’re well prepared. Just need to be smart and know your trigger points for making good decisions.
Wildland and structure FF here.
You have balls of steel as a wildland FF. God bless you. You are correct about the cost on those hoses. I'm just not a fan of lay flat hose. Also. The 3/4 and 1/2 horse pumps accept a 1 1/4 inch threaded nipple. The pool vac hose fits right over that fitting and it is much more manageable when moving around with it. The lay flat stuff on that small of a pump will kink pretty easily. I work with these pumps and hoses every day in the pool industry. I also have a gas banjo pump I use, but you are limited by how far your snorkel goes down I to the water. The electric submersible will pump until the pool is empty.
True on kinking issues. Lay flat is needed to stow adequate lengths on trucks already not having enough space. A single length of 8ft suction hose can hit the bottom of a pool with the pump on the deck and their all set.
Improvise and make it happen!! That’s what we do most times.
Absolutely. Just make sure to keep fuel stabilizer in either your generator or banjo pump motor. If they are going into long term storage, leave it running and turn off the fuel and let it run till it dies. The carb will never oxidized that way.
Yep! My personal generator and the brush truck engine are shut down just like that.
Keep spreading the truth brother!
If we save one life or one carb, it all worth it🙂
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They may have saved their home, but if they live there, surrounded by all the destruction, have they destroyed their mental and physical health. The chemicals everywhere can’t be good for their skin and lungs. They are in a no win situation.