Sunday, August 8, 2010

Marie's House....My Car

MY HOME IN TUSTIN CALIFORNIA




I thought I would give everybody an update on my living quarters. Since October I have been living, along with Steve, in Marie's house. Marie has a nice house in a planned community in Tustin CA. I met Marie a number of years ago on an internet dating website, and we have been very close since. Here are some photos.

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES UPDATE

I began this blog in November of 2007 to document the wildfires that destroyed hundreds of houses in Orange County. Since that times a large number of those burned homes have been rebuilt...supposedly incorporating the latest in fire-resistant technology.

Here is a report from our locale paper about such a re-built home. Nick-named Fort Carterosa it is a "6000 square-foot steel, rock and concrete house...that is located atop Modjeska Canyon. At 1600 feet, it is located at the highest elevation for a home site in Orange County.

"The house has been made fire resistant. The outside skin is made of cement, plaster and real rock. The roof is metal and the window frames are aluminum. THERE ARE NO OUTSIDE EAVES OR VENTS THAT COULD ALLOW A FIRE TO PENETRATE THE INTERIOR....the new owner said."

Wildfires are events that can be expected every year during the Santa Ana wind season in the late fall. It seems all one has to do to protect their domestic investment, is to construct their house out of non-burnable materials, and ELIMINATE ALL VENTS THAT ALLOW BURNING EMBERS TO ENTER THE ATTIC.