Pacific Palisades home with fire resilient features survives fire

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  • Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
  • Michael Kovac and his wife Karina Maher's home has #fireresilient features, which may have contributed to the house surviving the #PalisadesFire. They're hoping to highlight ways others can #protect their #homes in fire prone areas. #wildfires #shorts

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  • @Beautyforashes613_
    @Beautyforashes613_ 22 дні тому +682

    So bitter sweet. Amazing that the house is still standing but the fact that the whole neighborhood is gone sucks.

    • @Lenny.262
      @Lenny.262 22 дні тому +20

      Now they have to worry about looters.

    • @ToboeKey309
      @ToboeKey309 22 дні тому +8

      ​@Lenny.262 can I pet dat dawg 🧐

    • @Drummerchick2003
      @Drummerchick2003 22 дні тому +9

      This is a prime example of the strongest of the fittest. Humans forgot that deep down, we are just animals.

    • @mariemann5252
      @mariemann5252 22 дні тому +3

      Let me guess they have a white roof?
      DEW

    • @undercat7767
      @undercat7767 22 дні тому +1

      ​@@mariemann5252How would DEW be involved?

  • @jus10lewissr
    @jus10lewissr 18 днів тому +93

    Wow. Their home is literal proof that their "project" works. Incredible.

    • @BritalianEC1
      @BritalianEC1 17 днів тому +2

      Incredible? In Europe homes are built of reinforced cement, steel, bricks and natural stones as a standard.

  • @danburque7555
    @danburque7555 22 дні тому +328

    I've been a masonry expert most of my life. Granite, limestone, stone, copper, brick would be great building materials in fire risk zones.

    • @robertskinner9388
      @robertskinner9388 22 дні тому +5

      How about Hardee's board for siding. My wife and I have a home with cedar siding. It's a small and humble house amidst alot of established oak and walnut trees. We are thinking to re place siding with Hardee Board .

    • @landofdragons4055
      @landofdragons4055 22 дні тому

      ​@@robertskinner9388Hardie board is pretty solid. When it comes to fire resistance, metal siding is generally considered to have better fire resistance than Hardie board (fiber cement siding), as metal is virtually fireproof and can withstand high heat without igniting; however, both are considered very fire-resistant compared to materials like wood or vinyl siding. So go with the Hardie board if it's in your budget.

    • @robertolmos7637
      @robertolmos7637 22 дні тому +17

      Wouldn’t the cost to make homes out of these materials be earthquake dangerous? And expensive…

    • @l.b.5892
      @l.b.5892 22 дні тому

      ​@@robertolmos7637I'm sure this couple took that into consideration too.

    • @landofdragons4055
      @landofdragons4055 22 дні тому +16

      @robertolmos7637 These materials are available for structures in earthquake prone areas. They vary in cost. As for the structure itself, that's where the engineer comes in. That's their job. To make sure the structure is built safe to withstand an earthquake.

  • @frog1812
    @frog1812 22 дні тому +405

    All new homes should be built with those materials.

    • @ChrisCooperXmarksthespot
      @ChrisCooperXmarksthespot 21 день тому +19

      All new homes with those materials should have been built 50 years ago. Stupid people living in a tinderbox, some overhanging a cliff, on a couple of fault lines.
      “Oh but the weather’s so nice.”

    • @monicascott2354
      @monicascott2354 21 день тому +10

      Nobody would be able to afford it.

    • @AighEnoughAlready
      @AighEnoughAlready 21 день тому +9

      @@monicascott2354Someone who clearly didn’t listen to the video, or at least that part of it.

    • @DouradaBambina
      @DouradaBambina 21 день тому +3

      @@ChrisCooperXmarksthespotYou sound jealous

    • @AndreaCrisp
      @AndreaCrisp 21 день тому

      ​@@ChrisCooperXmarksthespot I'm pretty sure that the technology nor the understanding existed back then. But also the fire danger didn't either. Not compared to now. I sure hope you are treated more kindly if you live through a disaster. Or maybe you are a foreign bot/troll? More likely a "Christian" conservative who is nothing like Christ. Whatever you are it's sad. Stop thriving off others misery. You are not part of the solution.

  • @katherinePawson
    @katherinePawson 22 дні тому +316

    Their PROJECT has paid for itself! The house is beautiful and proven it can take the heat!

    • @hanahmontez6595
      @hanahmontez6595 22 дні тому

      Is that a blue roof?

    • @hanahmontez6595
      @hanahmontez6595 22 дні тому

      Is that a blue roof?

    • @kelrogers8480
      @kelrogers8480 22 дні тому

      But oh dear! They're 'global warming' fanatics, nutjobs, and this is only going to serve to fire up (no pun intended) their fanaticism! Scary!

    • @danielulz1640
      @danielulz1640 22 дні тому +1

      ​@@hanahmontez6595that has nothing to do with anything whatsoever!

    • @rebeccagarrett7111
      @rebeccagarrett7111 22 дні тому

      The house is ugly as sin. Oh well, keep house and live with ugly or enjoy beauty and eventually have it destroyed when your gov’t doesn’t have priorities of life and property first. Go ahead live in a dry, desert like place without firebreaks, then blame it on climate change.

  • @kainenicholas
    @kainenicholas 22 дні тому +203

    Note that she said, “science has been warning us.”
    I am happy they listened. Science and laws of nature should be heeded!

    • @oceanecastelnau9821
      @oceanecastelnau9821 22 дні тому

      On Monday we elect a president who doesn't believe in science and thinks it is a Chinese hoax. USA! USA! USA! Good times ahead for a dying nation. 🗽

    • @footballholic_R10
      @footballholic_R10 22 дні тому

      Also a legitimate claim of science too, not the perverse "trust the science" agenda that bureaucrats have pushed on us.

    • @redfo3009
      @redfo3009 18 днів тому +11

      Used to be called common sense.😅

    • @kotyjarreau8400
      @kotyjarreau8400 18 днів тому

      Ah yes laws of nature, the arsonists, will listen for sure

    • @jasonsnyder8341
      @jasonsnyder8341 18 днів тому +3

      Common sense should be heeded. But that's not so common anymore.

  • @user-kb9cu4rl9z
    @user-kb9cu4rl9z 22 дні тому +70

    I hope they survive the landslides and floods that may happen in that now vulnerable area. Wishing them continued safety and strength. They are a beacon of hope.

    • @esthersiersema
      @esthersiersema 18 днів тому

      Jealous? A little bit? They proved somethung that can be a big salution for the fute 🤷🏼‍♀️🙏🏻 im happy they tried this. Now people that are building homes have the option to use these materials. They did it not the make the people jealous for all they knew it would not help in such awfull conditiond this fire was more extreme then ever without the water etc.
      I hope people and companies that build homes in places with a chance of wildfires (or with evil people starting fires) can learn from it and when something like this happens again the destruction will be minimal ❤

    • @LulaMae21
      @LulaMae21 18 днів тому +10

      ​@@esthersiersema Why on earth would you think or assume the previous poster is jealous? They said nothing that would indicate anything of the kind.

    • @d1v1n1ti
      @d1v1n1ti 16 днів тому

      ​@@esthersiersemaum... bringing up the realities of the consequent environmental factors that take place after a fire has zero link to jealousy. You sound completely ignorant. As a person who lost everything in a fire just in 2022, the continued damage to our leftover land after our home was destroyed, from the flooding and numerous other problems over the last 3 years has been an astonishing ordeal. The initial fire is indeed but the first part of survival, but its not the only and last thing that happens after major fires like this. From direct experience, let me provide you with some education... the toxic waste of all those burned materials seeps into ground water systems or what's left of them. THEN the debris has to be cleared. The vegetation that was holding the earth together will now be gone. Invasive weeds and species over take the area. Animals that once thrived and created fertilization have migrated or died. Flooding will erode roadways and pathways that didn't exist before. The value of the land plummits to nothing. And although in a few years, life does come back... what the people who have lost it all... can and can't, won't/will do becomes very apparent...
      please think before you make such replies. You don't know the emotions nor intentions of others so please don't assume and then publicly try to shame them, it makes you look worse than you wanted to make them look. Sorry

  • @88darling88
    @88darling88 22 дні тому +86

    ❤ it's so cool that these two smart like-minded people found each other

  • @lisal6121
    @lisal6121 22 дні тому +458

    Wow their business just shot through the roof. Not only is this great for rebuilds but for every new developments.

    • @TheCommentSpy769
      @TheCommentSpy769 22 дні тому +17

      Paid actors

    • @ma0491
      @ma0491 22 дні тому

      @@TheCommentSpy769prove it

    • @aggiev8561
      @aggiev8561 22 дні тому +16

      ​@TheCommentSpy769 your a paid actor

    • @FloorGorilla
      @FloorGorilla 22 дні тому

      ​@@aggiev8561I'm a bot.

    • @Anonymous8317
      @Anonymous8317 22 дні тому

      Other houses survived too. They are trying to capitalize off the fire so they can push their environment BS.

  • @tlsthoughts
    @tlsthoughts 22 дні тому +137

    I'm sorry for the neighbors who lost their homes, but I'm VERY happy for this couple. 👏🙏♥️

    • @nancymoore1240
      @nancymoore1240 17 днів тому +1

      Me too. But they can't go back until the plumbing us checked and the gas lines are checked and electricity restore--'for the entire neigborhood.
      Meanwhile, bring on more national guard for looters.

  • @masixchell
    @masixchell 22 дні тому +182

    Ppl who have foresight are invaluable to this world.

    • @presidenttnediserp428
      @presidenttnediserp428 22 дні тому +3

      Unless they're murdered in cold blood and jealousy of power. Because, you know? Evil exists.

    • @tandrajohnson7130
      @tandrajohnson7130 22 дні тому

      ​@presidenttnediserp428 too bad that is so true 😢

    • @masixchell
      @masixchell 22 дні тому +1

      @ that isn’t foresight. Foresight is defined as “the action of predicting what will happen or what is needed in the future”.
      If one had forsight, they are less likely to get redrum cause they would see it coming.

    • @vtwin1979
      @vtwin1979 22 дні тому

      @@masixchell
      It wasn’t hard to predict the future of that area of LA it’s on a mountain covered in vegetation. And it’s been on fire before. 🤡

    • @dee_dee_place
      @dee_dee_place 21 день тому +6

      It's like the Japanese Mayor of Fudai, Kotaku Wamura, who spent millions building a 'break-wall' & floodgates for tsunamis. Everyone complained until they experienced a tsunami almost 50 feet high that couldn't jump the wall. Their city was the only one left standing on the northeast coast of Japan, & there were no deaths.

  • @Dontdoubturself
    @Dontdoubturself 22 дні тому +228

    Lead by example. Brilliant.

  • @patriciacrenshaw2475
    @patriciacrenshaw2475 22 дні тому +66

    This is so great. It is so good to hear that this is possible. I hope that it is something that can be made affordable for everyone.

    • @AighEnoughAlready
      @AighEnoughAlready 21 день тому

      Another one who didn’t listen to the video, or at least that part of it.

    • @Rose-p5m1v
      @Rose-p5m1v 18 днів тому +1

      And now MAGA maggots have put a toxic jerk into power who could care less about our environment. 🏴‍☠️👺🤥🤑🙄

  • @Rainbo-u6m
    @Rainbo-u6m 22 дні тому +36

    Planned ahead for these times. You listened and have your home ❤️

  • @user-kb9cu4rl9z
    @user-kb9cu4rl9z 22 дні тому +11

    It is fortunate their home made it through the fire. I hope the family can now make it through the noise, dust, drama, and heartbreak over the time it will take their neighborhood to rebuild, if it can. Sometimes the last one standing is lonely. I wish them very well.

    • @AighEnoughAlready
      @AighEnoughAlready 21 день тому +3

      The whole point of the video is that it’s not fortunate. It’s the natural result of common sense and smart planning and building.

  • @cynthiamcgee4829
    @cynthiamcgee4829 22 дні тому +28

    Maybe people can talk to them and find out what they did so that they can rebuild the same way. That is absolutely amazing.
    Although prayers for everyone who did lose their houses that is catastrophic. 💕🙏

    • @CoreyCannady
      @CoreyCannady 21 день тому

      @@cynthiamcgee4829 limestone and Hempcrete from the hemp plant

  • @brightpage1020
    @brightpage1020 22 дні тому +28

    They proved the value of their product! Way to go!!!

    • @anon2414
      @anon2414 22 дні тому

      It’s not their product

  • @dee_dee_place
    @dee_dee_place 21 день тому +5

    This is terrific.
    I live in the Pacific Northwest & most of the buildings in my area have been made earthquake-proof. Anything that can be done to lessen the effects of Mother Nature is a great thing.

  • @sidilicious11
    @sidilicious11 19 днів тому +1

    A testimony to due diligence. I hope all who rebuild can learn from this.

  • @m.r7334
    @m.r7334 20 днів тому +2

    EVERY home in the Palisades and other fire prone areas should be built with all those materials! NO ONE else could lose their homes when they live in places where fires could break out. It is so traumatic losing one's homes and I am praying for EACH victim of the Palisades and other fire areas.

  • @dianad0523
    @dianad0523 22 дні тому +65

    There is a longer version of this video and explains what they used to make their home Fireproof. It's very interesting and smart. Just go to the video section for the longer video

  • @lamensquare
    @lamensquare 22 дні тому +9

    Now that’s thinking smart and hopefully builders and other people follow suit

  • @JacquelineMcGrathCurtis
    @JacquelineMcGrathCurtis 22 дні тому +8

    They did this to their advantage and at the same time teach others the importance of this.

  • @kristinewilliams-x5k
    @kristinewilliams-x5k 18 днів тому

    A big thumbs up to them. They did a great job and I'm glad there are some solutions out there to help people.

  • @bexyrexy
    @bexyrexy 22 дні тому +10

    This house looks so cool! I hope rebuilds will take note and emulate the same features. Would also love to see more fire resistant vegetation strategically planted such as the Elephant Bush (Portulacaria afra) used as hedges.

  • @haninosman6248
    @haninosman6248 22 дні тому +67

    It should be mandatory for anyone who wants to build near open spaces with lots of brush, to build homes made of fire resistant materials. Not only would that save these home from destruction, but also help prevent the spread of the fire so fast and far.

    • @CarpeDiem2025-q1p
      @CarpeDiem2025-q1p 22 дні тому +1

      Absolutly !!!!!😢

    • @rahsunallah2825
      @rahsunallah2825 22 дні тому +1

      All homes should be built the same.

    • @keepers...
      @keepers... 22 дні тому +2

      Fire resistance and HIGHLY TOXIC!!!

    • @Ashildr__
      @Ashildr__ 22 дні тому +1

      ​@@rahsunallah2825with the same materials, sure. But just the same is crazy

    • @Undomaranel
      @Undomaranel 22 дні тому +3

      ​@@rahsunallah2825 "All homes should be built the same." Tell me you haven't thought through architecture for snow in the desert without telling me, same with desert architecture in the jungle, and so on. Homes should be adaptive, not just to the environment but to individuals. I mean, the only reason this couple could experiment as they did was because of individualized freedom. Sometimes success is only recognized after everyone else's choices led to failure, including choices they had no control over.

  • @patriciapatton2531
    @patriciapatton2531 18 днів тому +1

    A long time ago the actor Chad Everett built a fire proof and earthquake resistant home. He was was ahead of his time in the 70's. Rest in peace CH .

  • @AaronoutmyCobb
    @AaronoutmyCobb 22 дні тому +6

    Wow people who take responsibility for their own lives and homes and not blaming the government or the man. We can all better or own situation by just literally OWNING our own situation.

  • @katepoole6891
    @katepoole6891 22 дні тому +5

    At least when they rebuild, they can look at those houses that did survive.
    I'm so sorry their community didn't survive, though.

  • @jamesmir89
    @jamesmir89 22 дні тому +8

    LA county: oh your property survived? Nice! Here’s your tax bill then.

  • @Dancer1292
    @Dancer1292 22 дні тому +4

    Glad to hear their home stood the fires but who wants to live in a neighborhood like that anymore. You can't enjoy your home it's depressing just to go outside and look around.

  • @honeybee7442
    @honeybee7442 18 днів тому +2

    Smart couple ❤

  • @dodgedabullet670
    @dodgedabullet670 22 дні тому +21

    Smart! Very smart!

  • @MM-re1jw
    @MM-re1jw 22 дні тому +115

    Developers have known they just don’t care and they want to build things for cheap to maximize profit

    • @davidswanson5669
      @davidswanson5669 22 дні тому +9

      Those homes weren’t built cheaply, or too cheap. They were merely built too normally, too traditionally, and not with fire resilience in mind. There’s zero fault to be found with the builders of those homes.

    • @dianad0523
      @dianad0523 22 дні тому +12

      Some of these house have been there for generations b4 they worried about this happening

    • @VlerkeDamne
      @VlerkeDamne 22 дні тому

      ​@@davidswanson5669 Built out of wood is cheap.

    • @clashofqueen93
      @clashofqueen93 22 дні тому +2

      ​@@myguykaikaias usual it's the tax paying people faults. The government is doing a perfect a job.

    • @Mike604
      @Mike604 22 дні тому

      @@clashofqueen93the government isn’t the one owning and building the house, you doofus

  • @kimmoore7897
    @kimmoore7897 22 дні тому +10

    Does nobody notice that none of the plants around their house were damaged either???

    • @DaveS71
      @DaveS71 21 день тому

      That's not true at all. Watch the clip again.
      But there are also fire-resistant plants as well, and yes, when they are being interviewed the plants look pretty darn lush behind them.
      Truth is I think part of what happened here is they weren't hit directly.

  • @abi3673
    @abi3673 22 дні тому +179

    This couple could see what was coming and prepared for it, but our elected officials could not.

    • @salravioli
      @salravioli 22 дні тому +13

      What do you do?? Order everyone to redo their homes and change the look of their house into. Fortress? Are you crazy? People would 100 percent refuse.

    • @RiZZOBE4R
      @RiZZOBE4R 22 дні тому +1

      👏🏽

    • @myguykaikai
      @myguykaikai 22 дні тому +3

      @@salravioli well, obviously those people weren’t very smart. Living in a fantasy world, in fact.

    • @keepers...
      @keepers... 22 дні тому +3

      If their house was hit by a DEW they wouldn't have had a chance except they painted it blue.

    • @googleapocalypse1967
      @googleapocalypse1967 22 дні тому

      @@salravioli Not stop managing brush and trees. Not cut firemen budgets. Not ignore the fact you need a strong water system when every expert tells you everything will catch on fire. Not prevent people from clearing vegetation on their property. You know, just not be dumb. But it's California, so that's impossible.

  • @jeanlawson9133
    @jeanlawson9133 22 дні тому +13

    They are other stick built structures or home's that faired well through the flames. One should study whether it was the material involved or if the winds or other shifted the flames...But if it was the Construction material...Then Awesome Sauce....Proud for any one who had protection or good fortune. In this awful situation... God be with you guys 😎

    • @jennybkind5054
      @jennybkind5054 21 день тому

      Or a helicopter dropped water just in time.

    • @DaveS71
      @DaveS71 21 день тому +2

      It's NEVER any single factor. Ever.
      Wind does crazy things to fire, and like you said, there were other structures that also survived.

  • @mywickedqueen3547
    @mywickedqueen3547 18 днів тому

    Should be a standard feature for all homes. Not everyone can afford to build a home like that but good for them. ✌🏼❤️🇨🇦

  • @freddykagin
    @freddykagin 22 дні тому +24

    Thank you for sharing this information about your home

  • @marklepe12
    @marklepe12 22 дні тому +35

    Rpck and glass tampered. With gravel and desert plants. Smart, very Smart

  • @everywherenowhere6901
    @everywherenowhere6901 22 дні тому +61

    It struck me as extraordinary that celebs would spend tens of millions on their homes there but not bother to do any fire mitigation. You don't have to build a home from scratch to make it fire resilient. I'm sure Paris Hilton had spent more on the contents of her wardrobe than it would have cost to protect her home

    • @adrianthoroughgood1191
      @adrianthoroughgood1191 22 дні тому +14

      This is the strangest thing. Most people have to make do with what they can afford, but rich people can afford more. My guess is that they didn't build them but bought houses that were already there.

    • @mmmonkay
      @mmmonkay 22 дні тому +10

      Most of these weren’t custom homes.

    • @CoreyCannady
      @CoreyCannady 22 дні тому +9

      They may not be able to get the permits to remove the brush. California is weird like that

    • @RamonVelazquez-w5f
      @RamonVelazquez-w5f 22 дні тому

      This couple is lying. Their "festures" did nothing. They got a water drops from airplanes. They were lucky. Plenty of homes survived without their features. A shift in the wind is all it takes.

    • @talco881
      @talco881 18 днів тому

      Exactly, but a lot of these people blow science off like somehow the laws of nature don't apply to them.

  • @ginb981
    @ginb981 22 дні тому +5

    Gorgeous very smartly built, I saw another home that was made similar and also survived the fire, very very smart, but still their whole neighborhood is whiped off the map and miles away from anything but at least they still have their gorgeous safe safe home!!!

  • @Kaskets3D
    @Kaskets3D 22 дні тому +8

    Fire proof trees and bushes huh? Impressive construction.

  • @LauraDiamondWise
    @LauraDiamondWise 22 дні тому +29

    CA is known for many things. The ocean, it’s golden rolling hills, and wildfires. I live in Arizona we get wildfires too. The Palisades fire was going to happen, the problem here was a lack of preparedness on the part of city and state leadership. They cut funding to the fire department, so they didn’t have enough firefighters. The reservoirs were all empty, so they couldn’t get any water through the fire hydrants. It’s interesting that this would happen when the Pacific Ocean is right there. San Francisco put together a system after the great fire of 1906 that would allow them to pump water from the ocean. Built in 1913, called the Emergency Firefighting Water System (EFWS), specifically designed to work during an earthquake and to pump water from the ocean onto land for the purpose of putting out fires. I’m trying to figure out why LA didn’t do the same thing. This is not a result of climate change. It’s the result of natural occurring wildfires, and poor planning and preparedness on the part of leadership.

    • @johnwright9372
      @johnwright9372 22 дні тому +10

      The reservoirs were full. Only the local one was out of commission for repairs but there was a back up supply. No amount of fire fighters could have stopped this. The fire destroyed hundreds of home water pipes which leaked killing the pressure in hydrants. The fire fighters were reduced to using water in swimming pools where possible. 70 to 80 mph plus winds were flying large burning embers hundreds of yards. They looked like tracer bullets. After 8 months of drought the bush was like tinder with hundreds of square miles of forest in and around the hills and canyons where there were nearby buildings. They didn't stand a chance.

    • @maybemablemaples2144
      @maybemablemaples2144 22 дні тому +7

      You forgot about the hurricane force winds. Even with proper funding, they couldn't get any planes up because it was too dangerous. That's the major reason as to why it was so difficult.

    • @myguykaikai
      @myguykaikai 22 дні тому

      Very poor planning by the home owners themselves. Only fools rely on governments that have a history of repeated failures.

    • @MsArLee1105
      @MsArLee1105 22 дні тому

      Exactly ... feckless leadership creates this situation and now they are trying to blame everything but themselves. This level of devastation could have been prevented

    • @KimberlyScott-eb5rz
      @KimberlyScott-eb5rz 22 дні тому +5

      almost sounds intentional, huh?

  • @LEARNINGCHORDS
    @LEARNINGCHORDS 22 дні тому +20

    she is brilliant and well spoken and very intelligent.. he got himself a perfect companion

  • @cassie1dueces
    @cassie1dueces 22 дні тому +3

    People need to reach to them. This are the people that should be working with government to rebuild and help!

  • @Winston820
    @Winston820 22 дні тому +5

    Wow that’s amazing. Especially when insurance companies cancelled people’s fire insurance. You’ve basically got to build like this to live there.

  • @LezArtist5
    @LezArtist5 17 днів тому +1

    Stucco and Clay tile roofs, are obvious fireproof materials for homes

  • @darenbyers4291
    @darenbyers4291 22 дні тому +5

    Whats strange and amazing is if the fires were uncontrollable why are all their plants/ornamental grasses and others still standing. Think most houses could have been saved if prepared/ organized. They the people in charge should have had emergency plans in place, with water back tanks in or on all properties, or at least when fire season is coming. Prepare and organize for including making sure there is lots of water. Especially not going on a foreign trip, or cutting 17million from the firefighting budget, all newer homes could had a building code say a certain percent had to be fire retardant. Such as maybe the roof etc

    • @DaveS71
      @DaveS71 21 день тому +1

      Roofs have been required to have fire-retardant materials for decades.
      There ARE codes in place, but many of the homes in PP were built before those codes. Can't demand that everyone retrofit their house. New builds are different of course.

  • @ssaalleessuukkaa1
    @ssaalleessuukkaa1 22 дні тому +4

    Some people in Florida built Hurricane resistant properties so they're homes were spared during the last devastating hurricanes.

  • @snowmiaow
    @snowmiaow 22 дні тому +2

    They knew and prepared. The others did not. The others are complaining.

  • @theaquariancontrarian3316
    @theaquariancontrarian3316 22 дні тому +6

    Notice how most modernized hotels no longer have carpets, but tile?

  • @snowmiaow
    @snowmiaow 22 дні тому +3

    They need to sell these

  • @aboogie797
    @aboogie797 18 днів тому +2

    Been shouting this from the rooftop..
    The US doesn’t care bcus it makes money off of the loss of housing across this country. However homes in various parts of the country need to be constructed for the elements that they endure.
    This is what Florida did when they changed the law in 1995 after Hurricane Andrew and mandated that new homes be built of concrete.
    Other parts of the country with severe weather should have already followed suit.
    Tornado alley which stretches from Texas to Minnesota, should have their houses made of concrete as well.
    Fire resistant and concrete homes for California the same..
    I believe the problem lies with corporations as usual. Lobbyists from banking, lumber, private equity and real estate developers and other industries cannot continue to make money or practice land grabs if people are able to sustain their houses through these disasters.
    The US housing laws need to be seriously revamped. They are purposely behind the times.
    However on a state level this can still be mandated (again see Florida).
    In the meantime the people are going to have to take the initiative and construct their houses using stronger materials if they want to keep their homes.
    No more stick homes. 😐

  • @CBBC435
    @CBBC435 22 дні тому +4

    Older homes with the old asbestos shingle siding seemed resistant as well.

  • @Vmaster005
    @Vmaster005 22 дні тому +1

    Not only Forsight but Have the Finances to have such Measures to have prevented their Mansions from burning down for people in the "Palisades " specifically.

  • @reggiepaulk
    @reggiepaulk 22 дні тому +12

    The LAFD produced a video about Santa Anna driven firestorms in LA… in 1962. Not a single mention of climate change-only practical explanations of wind-driven brush fires in the numerous valleys in the area. The severity of these fires is directly attributable to failed leadership.

    • @scottwatrous7649
      @scottwatrous7649 22 дні тому

      Right.

    • @CoreyCannady
      @CoreyCannady 21 день тому

      @@reggiepaulk that are arsonist. They like to forget most of these fires are from dipshits lighting fires intentionally

    • @AighEnoughAlready
      @AighEnoughAlready 21 день тому

      @@scottwatrous7649 Maybe. But the point of the video is that the severity of its impact is directly attributable to the materials used in the homes’ construction. Not sure why you chose to bypass that and change the focus.

    • @DaveS71
      @DaveS71 21 день тому +1

      Someone in these comments called it "climate collapse" - hadn't heard that one yet.
      I asked them what caused the nearly 1.5 million acre Peshtigo fire in the 1800s. The most deadly and destructive wildfire in US history.
      Or the million+ acre fires that would burn before CA was even CA.

    • @scottwatrous7649
      @scottwatrous7649 21 день тому

      @@AighEnoughAlready The house is interesting. They subtly imply it was more expensive than a conventional build. It would be good to learn more. The other issue at hand is "climate change" theory. This, of course, is controversial. Climate change is likely difficult to craft. Building codes and firefighting investment can be impacted more directly.

  • @ladyraven8207
    @ladyraven8207 22 дні тому +1

    Hopefully Officials will hear this story.

  • @charlesclark7741
    @charlesclark7741 22 дні тому +4

    What is most amazing to me is to see houses burned to dust, cars in the road completely burned, rims and engine blocks melted... while right next to this, just feet away from the destruction, standing unburned and often completely unharmed are trees of all varieties. This is not normal for wildfires. Before about 10 years or so, a wildfire would consist mainly of trees and some houses. Now it's all houses and cars. The trees are largely unharmed.
    The fact that this is not being talked about is as strange as it's happening. What goes on here? (a rhetorical question, because the answer is obvious if you do a bit of research. I'm just trying to get people to snap out of the trance) To answer this question would be looking reality in the face.
    And the lady said something strange, "things beyond our imagination are going to happen to us"
    This checks out if you are aware of what's going on. Agenda 2030 anyone?

    • @AighEnoughAlready
      @AighEnoughAlready 21 день тому

      So… scientists have been making trees fire resistant??? That’s the agenda???

    • @DaveS71
      @DaveS71 21 день тому

      Dude there's footage of trees torching, ALL OVER the place. I just watched a clip of a firefighter standing in a backyard spraying a line of trees while the ones directly behind it go up like a match.
      This claim that trees are "unharmed" comes up every time there's a bad fire and it's just plain NOT true.
      Fire moves erratically. Period.
      Even in THIS footage there are trees that are CLEARLY significantly damaged!
      You people have to stop with this nonsense!
      Your claim that up until ten years ago...man that's nonsense too!
      Go look up the Oakland fire, or the Bel Air fire or ANY number of fires from decades ago!

  • @sarahmcgilvray274
    @sarahmcgilvray274 20 днів тому +1

    You just know that the neighbors were bitching about their ugly house for years! Now their house is the only one standing!!

  • @Bojeezy
    @Bojeezy 21 день тому +1

    Maybe put sprinklers on the roof like one of the homes that survived.
    Not sure how expensive or viable it is but it is worth a shot.

  • @alphaandomega2709
    @alphaandomega2709 22 дні тому +4

    Science rules, and remember God created science.

  • @It_is_what_it_is_22
    @It_is_what_it_is_22 22 дні тому +3

    NATIVE PLANTS and gravel in the garden 🏡 !! No grass, so invasive plants. Huge reason why it didn't burn down.

    • @masonite1973
      @masonite1973 22 дні тому +1

      Grass isnt the cause of wildfires

    • @It_is_what_it_is_22
      @It_is_what_it_is_22 22 дні тому

      @masonite1973 re-read my comment. Never said it was the cause, I said that it is a contributing reason why it didn't burn down. Not the only reason why. I'm literally from LA county, I'm aware of the reasons why, probably more than you. Keep your two cents to yourself.

    • @mason5540
      @mason5540 21 день тому +1

      Those trees in the front don’t look native

    • @DaveS71
      @DaveS71 21 день тому

      @@mason5540 Nor do the ferns they're sitting on front of, and I guaranteed the cactii aren't all native either.

  • @Bizhead3
    @Bizhead3 22 дні тому +1

    Every word this couple spoke is true. I don’t understand why you wouldn’t build like this..especially in California. Great examples of fire safe homes can be examined on line.. such as the required build standards in Australia. Unity is what this country needs now..not taking sides..UNITY❤ heals!

  • @salravioli
    @salravioli 22 дні тому +19

    Science and education saved them.

  • @limitlessluis
    @limitlessluis 22 дні тому +1

    Great idea moving forward.

  • @user-uy5ro3bz4d
    @user-uy5ro3bz4d 22 дні тому +2

    Amazing. I hope more take advice from them if they decide to rebuild there.

  • @bradhuffjr777
    @bradhuffjr777 19 днів тому +1

    I predict 3D printed homes will be popular in this neighborhood soon.

  • @phillipgonzales4617
    @phillipgonzales4617 22 дні тому +1

    That’s what I’ve been saying family members have survived wildfires by fire proofing their homes. And they are not rich.

  • @allen_p
    @allen_p 21 день тому +1

    Not so fast people. One reason California has such a horrible housing problems is year+ permit and crazy building codes that make houses insanely expensive that people can't afford them. The couple was hesitant to talk about cost

  • @ko.ala.b
    @ko.ala.b 22 дні тому

    fingers crossed that they will be able to spread their knowledge and built a business.

  • @JohnC-b1v
    @JohnC-b1v 22 дні тому +2

    There’s a company in Massachusetts that makes fire proof houses out of thick cement

    • @AighEnoughAlready
      @AighEnoughAlready 21 день тому +1

      And we’ve seen how safe those are in Haiti, haven’t we? Hopefully they’re also making them earthquake proof.

  • @vinerod12
    @vinerod12 18 днів тому

    Plants and trees surrounding their house were also fire resistant. Amazing!

  • @Terradiva
    @Terradiva 22 дні тому +1

    They have conditions everyone else didn’t apart from the construction features.

  • @AmandaCook-rc8ce
    @AmandaCook-rc8ce 22 дні тому +2

    Amazing couple not putting their head in the sand payed off.

  • @emerg0n0see
    @emerg0n0see 22 дні тому +1

    Great news… 🎉🎉🎉
    Feel it! It’s important.
    I’ve never been to Cali. May never make it but hope with intent and pertinent knowledge mixed in makes for a greater future.

  • @RamonVelazquez-w5f
    @RamonVelazquez-w5f 22 дні тому +2

    It was dumb luck and the fire department not their "fire resistant features." Pleanty of homes survived without resistant features.

    • @AighEnoughAlready
      @AighEnoughAlready 21 день тому

      What silly logic. The former just doesn’t follow from the latter, however much you may want it to.

  • @Spike-ck5tj
    @Spike-ck5tj 22 дні тому +2

    I would have liked to hear details of the actual fire resistant features?

    • @CoreyCannady
      @CoreyCannady 21 день тому

      @@Spike-ck5tj limestone and Hempcrete

  • @theshanny8
    @theshanny8 18 днів тому

    Given the intense heat of these fires this is even more amazing and real evidence for the success that can be achieved for the future. In the future I hope all the homes are standing i hope everyone is wise enough to pay attention to this. There can be no other way to rebuild it would be a waste of time and only bring more heartbreak if it were not redone the right way and with this eye popping evidence how could one not emulate these people. ❤

  • @stanlevox2291
    @stanlevox2291 22 дні тому +3

    Forest management and ensuring proper allocations of resources with tax payer money instead of embezzling state and local funds is more responsible then shifting the burden on the individuals to fire proof their home. Glad their home made it through but better use of those highest taxes than almost any other state.

  • @7777b7
    @7777b7 21 день тому +1

    Moses West the black inventer/veteran warned & told folks years ago about the invention he made that turns atmospheric air into water but no one listened.

  • @ElizabethW-nz6oz
    @ElizabethW-nz6oz 22 дні тому +2

    Sounds like this couple built their own home. Most people buy an already built house.

    • @DaveS71
      @DaveS71 21 день тому

      This obviously very wealthy couple. Not slagging them, just pointing out that that house probably cost $1million to build.

  • @yr2180
    @yr2180 22 дні тому +1

    I hope they get these two involved when rebuilding the city

  • @dave_h_8742
    @dave_h_8742 22 дні тому +2

    Build smart for the future

  • @gustavojimenez7802
    @gustavojimenez7802 22 дні тому +9

    Any stone house would stand a wildfire!

    • @bambur1
      @bambur1 22 дні тому +1

      Wasn't there a kids book with 3 little pigs :)

    • @silvieb2024
      @silvieb2024 21 день тому

      But would be a death trap in an earthquake.

  • @botoyger
    @botoyger 21 день тому

    Environmentalists like these guys should be listened to more, as proof of their house still standing speaks volumes.

  • @skyelark5511
    @skyelark5511 22 дні тому +2

    They will be filthy rich! God, I pray that these people realize Righteousness not selfish capitalism!

  • @MrAirblown2009
    @MrAirblown2009 22 дні тому +1

    The bad news is the value of their home is in question and the neighborhood now looks a bit like Hiroshima did WW2.

  • @kevinfernandez9999
    @kevinfernandez9999 22 дні тому +1

    In other words, someone decided to use concrete and bricks to build their home and it didn't catch fire

  • @kaitlanparks8061
    @kaitlanparks8061 22 дні тому +3

    Can they just hire these people to help design when they rebuild CA?

  • @cheezykrafts8134
    @cheezykrafts8134 22 дні тому +1

    What are the fire resistant FEATURES? You forgot to report right.

  • @only1muppet
    @only1muppet 22 дні тому +1

    I honestly wonder how many houses with 1950’s asbestos siding survived?

  • @Lenny.262
    @Lenny.262 22 дні тому +46

    That house looks like a medical building.

    • @Gabri3lRocha
      @Gabri3lRocha 22 дні тому +19

      Something a person with a burnt down house would say

    • @Lizzie.R
      @Lizzie.R 22 дні тому +24

      .....but one that is still standing.....

    • @V.E.R.O.
      @V.E.R.O. 22 дні тому +14

      It does look like it, but it's better than a pile of ash. Perhaps it's prettier inside.

    • @subs4794
      @subs4794 22 дні тому +1

      I bet it looks nicer inside and out than your house 🤡

    • @TheAfrikanSuperstar
      @TheAfrikanSuperstar 22 дні тому +6

      Whatever works.

  • @jeski82
    @jeski82 22 дні тому +25

    Love the kinda mid century modern look of this house and the native desert garden/plants. My mum here in Australia is currently building a similarly fire resistant house, which is also MCM in style but not quite as boxy as this build.

    • @Toodle.Pipp001
      @Toodle.Pipp001 22 дні тому +1

      Use hempcrete it's fireproof and a great insulator.

    • @gme5802
      @gme5802 22 дні тому

      @@sudilos1172 It’s called kiva.

    • @gme5802
      @gme5802 22 дні тому

      @@Toodle.Pipp001 So says the pot head that thinks weed is a magical plant that can do anything and everything.

    • @DaveS71
      @DaveS71 21 день тому

      @@gme5802 Hempcrete is a legitimate building material. Hemp has nothing to do with "pot."

  • @AndreaSimone57
    @AndreaSimone57 22 дні тому +1

    I hope all the reconstruction pays attention to this!!

  • @jenniferbarnea3103
    @jenniferbarnea3103 22 дні тому +1

    I hope a lot of people see this video and learn from this. ❤

    • @AighEnoughAlready
      @AighEnoughAlready 21 день тому

      You really think builders haven’t known this all these years, or that future owners of tract homes have any say in the materials used? They don’t, and the builders don’t care. As others have said, they prefer to profit handsomely. Only the rare few like this couple building their own house or having it built have a say in the matter.

  • @marthaellls5217
    @marthaellls5217 22 дні тому +3

    This couple needs to talk to the governor on how to help other communities. The entire country is grieving with you.

    • @mkjohnson7826
      @mkjohnson7826 22 дні тому

      Talking with Goofball Gavin….? He is literally responsible for these fires bring out of control. He was told to improve forestry management and fill the reservoirs years ago.
      He is criminally negligent for every single person that died.
      And his interviews are scary….he is way too gleefully for the gravity of the situation. It’s like he is practically counting how much profit he is going to make off of the rebuild.
      But….yes, this couple needs to be a part of the rebuild. It will save a lot of money and heartbreak in the decades ahead if new requirements are in place.

    • @marthaellls5217
      @marthaellls5217 22 дні тому

      @ Goofy Gavin?? I can tell you are MAGA. How cute. So, I’m sure you also don’t believe in global warming either. These conspiracy theories about “reservoirs being dried up and the mismanagement of California forestry etc…” has been debunked. Maybe a cow kicked over a lantern and hay was 🔥! Oh, sorry that was the Chicago fire theories that was going on from 1871. Only MAGA would take the opportunity to blame ANYONE but a tragic natural disaster that was still going on. Cruelty is their game. Breathe, not everything is a conspiracy.

  • @biglefty08
    @biglefty08 22 дні тому +1

    Imagine living/owning a house in California and not investing in Fire protection equipment is hilarious ❤️‍🔥

  • @oldtimer3385
    @oldtimer3385 22 дні тому +3

    They should have to build all the houses like this

    • @DaveS71
      @DaveS71 21 день тому

      LMFAO these people are RICH. Very wealthy. That home cost easily two to three times what a stick built home cost to build, and the land alone is probably worth close to $1mil or more.

  • @gabirose6532
    @gabirose6532 22 дні тому +6

    How did their shrubs not catch on fire though

    • @gme5802
      @gme5802 22 дні тому +2

      Their shrubbery is fire resistant succulents that fall into the 1000 hr fuels not the typical shrubbery that fall into the fast flashy fuels that most people have growing up against their homes which ladder the fire up and into their structure.

    • @gabirose6532
      @gabirose6532 22 дні тому

      @ wooow that’s actually neat

    • @DaveS71
      @DaveS71 21 день тому

      @@gme5802 They also probably heavily water their property. Those ferns they're sitting in front of require significant watering to stay wet.