planlmg tnrlatnmable ttees teuealyolst on 31:55::
loampas grass) along a house driveway, l hiv! seen
tunnelsnaoed olantlngs ol thts type that would hiv:
the sheet a! n olowloteh on the house, when Even
eonetete wlll powdet, and sleel pans behave 11k!
soagnem mlloented by Un Geller lot an Indian snake
ohannetl

For every 10‘ tnctease tn the nngle ol uoslooe, nee
speed and mlensny doubles, the elleet is that ol
updrillshl plus enhancrd drymg out or the iuel ahead
ol the ltont due to uoslope name and wtnd. Thil ts, ll
the luo speed ls at I6 km/h at on slope, at 32 kin/h at
llr, a km/ll at 20", and I2! lull/ll at w, thus slope
etleet olnno oan wtpe oul htll rldgt settlements lt ls
mnrally unponont lneseloee that downslooe lotests am
not otne oeeucalyots, but slowoumtng dmdoous teees,
with law lsolotls, and one sappy ot lhtekeleaved lotests
wx|h a slenn lloot, ot wtth sueeolenl gmndmvfls and
lily dumps,orsu«\llenl vines and stop mtetspetsed

Io eeduee the ndge Effecl, sue houses not only otl the
ndge, and tl oosuole on downslope plateaus, out also
exemle the slte .nstead ol film"; the downslope house
will on Slllls m stumps A house nested lnto a shell on
the htll ls protected ltom tadtalton. has no open
ondettlonn area, and an have o nmwnll, pond, ot
eatthoanlt on the edge ol the plateau as lunhet
otolestlon Suoh houses can mote easily develop a rave
or dugoul mluge oohtnd the shellet ol the house .tsell
llhese ate htlly eatthed ovet and have o wet blank!
doot nnd n tingle; ot eutved ennonee to htnhst escape
dlml tadtonont. Eaeh sueh ltre or tadtottnn teluge
needs a small lzm ll oetenanent wa|er tohk
.neototttated, a low old blankets, and a buck“ ol wolet
or two rhts ts absolute “llm maunnre" lot those
caught at home lolten, women and ymmg ehtldtenl A“
these ltte aids also npply to hams, llvzshxk shellets,
and ooloatldlngs,

Amund house and bulldlns sues, u ts esseullll to
.edues lotesl and gliss toel lo a dtstaneo ol :0 to non
leeu rhts does not mean hee temoval, bul nthet the
plammg ol sueh ttees as Comma, decldumls Imlli,
nos, ws. ooolats lnol olives, otnes, euealyptst, lines
and clumps ol lilies lAenpanthus, Spring bulbs, atum,

 

Comm or ”Summzbycen“ smund eoven leomlney,
kephnls, detsmnm, lmpattens, shongass swud) to
Mum name and udiahon etleets.

My own lauuly sumved in a dense euealypt lotesl
only by onion temoval ot all luwer Ilmbs, loose bulk.
lwlgs, lallen leaves, dry oeusn, dry grass, and dead
stomps levety yea . osl ol thts material wns chopped
down and sinnewdghled lnto hollows and swab, ot
hurt“ as (waking loels. The tall ttee stems not un|y
saved the house hom rue wind, bl.“ eeeenetaled allet
the me. A downslope ltne ol wlflaws and (mluvd
(not hatdloavedl Amnl was l'mkllltd out teluvenaled
(mm the tools when eol down This saenaetal hedee, ot
Elm ban-let, dampened out the gmund me, and even the
leaves ol the mllows dtd not cambusl, hu| snmelled
and gavt out stumy ash as the llames melted the
ttees The house was ollsteted, and the amt mottoaung
naked oll, hm the eloselttted boards wete onoomt. All
walls wete whlleoatntod, and umens Inked, we had
ample ouexet wine: noted bmh tndoots and out lot lhe
many small spot loos that wete leh nhee the leonl had
passed. Apart ltom sole eyes and sew stnnt hands
and ha . llttle damage resulted lHooatt mm, a
oeestoem eondltlom ln my met alone, 70 houses wete
Went to the l,eoond, wtth mm houses hurt“ in the
atea, and 90 people kllled

The sales! house sues ate tn domo vallzy mouths ln
weIHe-nded huxlmp mas, on latms wllh llood-rlow or
xeyltne tmgotton hlted. n irrlgaled areas, on
penutsulas tn dams ond lakes, and m any plikau sue
whete the destgn and malntonante ctttetln ate n55!-
ously ooolted

ll lelloWs that all designers should take (IN tnlo
aeeount nvu many eltmalte "sinus, and esoeetally
when we ate develnpmg lotesl ltom grazed ams, as
lung grass ot tall stands olsoaw ate the wotst luels [or
lasl the sptead and iorgmund somval

Important to human and plan! sutvtval ate
KADM‘HON sHlELDs, these one soltd ot tollecnve lot
botnt nbitds lhat tslleet or hatntlessly absorb the
tadtant hetl (mm the file [mm ll ls mdianl heal whteh
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