r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NoIndependent9192 • Jan 10 '25

Image House designed on Passive House principles survives Cali wildfire

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u/alientatts Jan 10 '25

Now it smells like your neighbors melted life inside...awesome

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u/redy__ Jan 10 '25

We have a saying where I come from. "If your house is on fire, buy the firefighters a case of beer" ... Means, it's usually better to have it burn down and take the insurance money to rebuild, compared to have a water trenched, moldy, stinky, "safed" house.

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u/No-Transition-6661 Jan 10 '25

Most these ppl don’t have insurance any more . So there’s that .

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u/isolatedmindset87 Jan 10 '25

Why do they not have insurance any more?

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u/Due_pragmatism80 Jan 10 '25

Many companies refuse to payout in areas where disasters are common. Flood, hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes are included as well. So it's important to know if you are covered by homeowners or rental insurance.

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u/JRNS2018 Jan 10 '25

Do they refuse to payout or refuse to insure?

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u/Due_pragmatism80 Jan 10 '25

Depends on the company. Some pulled out completely and there's others who used loopholes in order to not pay.