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9. it doesn't seem to go up high enuf on the tree trunk to make a difference

Reply to Hekate (Reply #7)

Sat Sep 18, 2021, 02:52 AM

Sep 2021

if you google wrapping house in fire blanket you can see the entire house and roof gets wrapped

i hope it works i just don't see how that little bit at the base can save that tree

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 2021 OP

This is heartbreaking Deuxcents Sep 2021 #1

i did. mopinko Sep 2021 #2

So what, big trees, until you get there. flying rabbit Sep 2021 #3

Indeed. I've not seen the General but I've been to Muir Woods, it's a magical place Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2021 #8

i don't understand how that blanket of foil could possibly help in a wildfire orleans Sep 2021 #4

It's something that has been used to wrap houses in the path of fires. The ones wrapped, survived... Hekate Sep 2021 #7

it doesn't seem to go up high enuf on the tree trunk to make a difference orleans Sep 2021 #9

Hopefully they will be okay, thanks to special fire resistant adaptations NH Ethylene Sep 2021 #5

I must find the time to see these majestic trees Moebym Sep 2021 #6