Originally Posted by Steve
Metal roofs help. But around here it's the gutters that get ya. Even if we'd have cleaned them this weekend, they'd be full again from the wind blowing male fir cones off the trees since the.

Might be rethinking those perpetual gutter cover ads...


I had covers on my gutters but all the ponderosa pines were removed near the house and out buildings so that helped a lot.

I ve had a few close fires and its amazing once the fire gets up in the crowns of the ponderosa pines and the wind picks up. Just like a giant Roman candles

Last edited by ribka; 09/10/20.