I was hoping you meant you've seen houses saved from wildfires by using garden hoses? Not that wildfires were put out by garden hoses. This would probably have to have been done (somehow by premonition) before the fire actually hit.

In any case, fire departments have special equipment they need to use in high winds, but even then, 70 mph would be a total extreme as was this anomaly.

I'd kind of like to see a vid of someone using a hose to spray the house in 70 mph winds.

It can't be fairly or accurately judged against 'normal wildfires' that don't normally extend into cities.

Note that in the accompanying pic, the unaffected house had solar panels and so wasn't part of the normal grid. This might suggest a smart meter factor in the fires......fed by the high winds. No spraying of water would counter a smart meter explosion/fire in time, IMHO.

I was hoping you meant you've seen houses saved from wildfires by using garden hoses? Not that wildfires were put out by garden hoses. This would probably have to have been done (somehow by premonition) before the fire actually hit.

In any case, fire departments have special equipment they need to use in high winds, but even then, 70 mph would be a total extreme as was this anomaly.

I'd kind of like to see a vid of someone using a hose to spray the house in 70 mph winds.

It can't be fairly or accurately judged against 'normal wildfires' that don't normally extend into cities.