Americ’s Wooden Houses

[Elpenor]

In London in 1666 we had a little conflagration, after that houses were brick or stone. The change took a single disaster.
In March 1996 we had a school shooting. The result was a complete ban on handguns, this legislation was in response to a single school shooting incident.

House still burn down and people still get killed by guns in this country

 

[Sasaferrato]

House still burn down and people still get killed by guns in this country

They do. You don't really want me to dig out the figures that show the huge % difference?

 

[Elpenor]

They do. You don't really want me to dig out the figures that show the huge % difference?

About as much as you do I expect

 

[two sheds]

In London in 1666 we had a little conflagration, after that houses were brick or stone. The change took a single disaster.
In March 1996 we had a school shooting. The result was a complete ban on handguns, this legislation was in response to a single school shooting incident.

We don't have the Freedom they have in America though

 

[spring-peeper]

We don't have the Freedom they have in America though

Freedumb!!!

 

[Dom Traynor]

My house (in NZ) is wooden and it's very cheap to heat and cool, I barely need the heating on in the winter, and the AC in the summer just a tiny bit more.

 

[Coffeecup]

Speaker Mike Johnson want’s to tie California aid to raising debt ceiling. Democrats are against this saying aid shouldn’t be conditional tied to anything.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/13/congress/johnson-wildfire-california-debt-limit-00197900

 

[PTK]

In London in 1666 we had a little conflagration, after that houses were brick or stone. The change took a single disaster.
In March 1996 we had a school shooting. The result was a complete ban on handguns, this legislation was in response to a single school shooting incident.

And then there was the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, and things are much the same. Tower blocks are still being built.

 

[Pickman's model]

In London in 1666 we had a little conflagration, after that houses were brick or stone. The change took a single disaster.
In March 1996 we had a school shooting. The result was a complete ban on handguns, this legislation was in response to a single school shooting incident.

And I suppose this stood london in good stead centuries later when the Germans were dropping incendiary bombs

 

[Sasaferrato]

And then there was the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, and things are much the same. Tower blocks are still being built.

Tower blocks CAN be perfectly safe.

 

[PTK]

Tower blocks CAN be perfectly safe.

Yeah, so can cattle sheds. But they are not the best form of housing for people.

 

[Serge Forward]

My since demolished tower block flat was quite nice. Good view, Parker-Morris sized rooms. Got on alright with the neighbours.