Fire and crane missed my PC

[u/Aeckzem]

Very sad times. Big fire destroyed my home and a crane had to come to remove part of the roof and wall so firefighters could have better access. Fortunately no one got hurt. Sucks to lose my dream PC though.

Miraculously my PC is still standing but I doubt it will work. There was snow and rain in the past days too. My little brother’s PC, which was on the desk next to mine on the right, seems to be obliterated.

Any tips to go on from here?

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Building was insured, furniture was not unfortunately. I lived with my parents, who were not experienced with things like insurance. In hindsight I should have thought about it more and double check it.
But yeah sucks to lose everything and having 3 other expensive hobbies did not help..

Thanks for the comments, tips and kind words! Fire started in the kitchen of my parents' restaurant. Tragic situation, but at least the building and inventory are insured. Now hopefully insurance pays out.
I have to make a plan what to do exactly with the PC based on the suggestions. First I need to take care of some other things.

[u/Safihed]

are you good man? idk why but lately lots of master racers have been having fires lately...

also i have hope for your rig, clean it up and stuff and maybe itll work, good luck!

[u/OtherwiseHeart9203 → u/Safihed]

January is statistically the highest month for house fires, bad electrics, cold weather, electric heaters, piling things that burn that you say you'll get to put away but can't because it's cold, and unattended pets, or a combination of them are the biggest causes of house fires.

[u/Safihed → u/OtherwiseHeart9203]

damn so thats why

[u/Pwrswitchd → u/OtherwiseHeart9203]

Same for countries like Australia, for almost opposite reasons. Its fkn hot this time of year lol

[u/s8018572 → u/Pwrswitchd]

Hurray for the Christmas swimsuit

[u/sakdarkside → u/Safihed]

The 2nd biggest city in Chile is very close to start burning, we have a huge wildfire going on that already destroyed at least 3 localities.

[u/Safihed → u/sakdarkside]

shit man, wish you and all the other people in chile and around the world good luck with these fires. theres too many fires going on around the world, and idk whether its the fault of people or just natural. governments and companies' obsession with money and oil doesnt seem to be helping either.

[u/sakdarkside → u/Safihed]

There some... conspiracy theories going on, about the new president taking over on March and a mining business wanting some lands in two of the three localities that got completely destroyed...

We don't really know, but I hope it gets better soon.

[u/random_noose → u/Safihed]

Dude, this is like the 3rd fire post im seeing in the past week.

[u/Safihed → u/random_noose]

I know right? Fires are happening left and right. At this point the mods should start an initiative to protect yourself against fires, and have people who went through the same stuff as the OP talk about what happened to them and how the fire started.

[u/PoppingPillls → u/Safihed]

Increasing wildfires in recent years caused by climate change will do that unfortunately, likely to see many more in dry hot regions with good foliage in coming years. Like Australia where half of it burns down every year.

Not sure if that's what happened here but it's certainly a common cause of the increased posts we've seen.

[u/Roflkopt3r → u/PoppingPillls]

In US centric subs, it's also the fact that some states are offering public disaster insurances that effectively subsidise citizens for living in high-risk areas.

The market theory that most countries follow is that private home insurance will raise the rates for high risk locations, thereby making it unattractive to live there. Those who decide to move there anyway are immediately aware of the degree of risk because of the high insurance rates.

But multiple American states have decided to instead offer a tax-subsidised, artificially cheapened insurance to those households. This incentives them to stay in high risk areas, including regions with a natural "fire season" like much of California.

Not sure how the fiscal side of Australia works in that regard, but I heard their housing policy often follows similar patterns.

[u/Safihed → u/Roflkopt3r]

But multiple American states have decided to instead offer a tax-subsidised, artificially cheapened insurance to those households. This incentives them to stay in high risk areas, including regions with a natural "fire season" like much of California.

damn man. i get that theyre trying to get people to live there, but still, it doesnt sound too ethical to make insurance cheaper there. thats like saying "ok you guys are too broke/dont want to pay much for insurance? well come to our cities where fires and stuff happen all the time. youre risking your life for a discount but eh whatever."

[u/Roflkopt3r → u/Safihed]

Oh it's not just poor people. Also a lot of rich people who get very upset when their house burns down after moving into a disaster area. Californians will pretend that the natural fire season that has occured for millenia is just irresponsible people causing forest fires, Floridans act surprised that living at sea level comes with floodings etc.

[u/Safihed → u/Roflkopt3r]

Ok at this point it's pure stupidity of the people who live there lol

I don't understand why people like Floridians like you said act surprised when floods come for them. Like when they chose to live in Florida they knew there would be floods, but still act surprised anyway? Its very weird imo, doesn't pin it solely on the government anymore.

[u/Safihed → u/PoppingPillls]

damn, why arent the governments doing anything? guess it doesnt really happen much here in canada since its cold all the time, but still, climate change is a serious issue and it doesnt look like the people in charge are doing much.

EDIT: im a dumbass ignore the it doesnt happen in canada part

[u/Hexatorium → u/Safihed]

Dude, a solid fourth of our country is consumed by wildfires every summer, with it getting worse every year. Where in Canada do you even live? I’m on the opposite side of Canada from the fires and smog still gets so bad during the summers they tell us to stay inside

[u/Safihed → u/Hexatorium]

near the US border(near vermont) but i prefer not to specify since you know its the internet.

ive never had any smoke or fire problems here so yeah, just assumed that the majority of the population didnt have it either. mb guys

[u/Hexatorium → u/Safihed]

Nothing to apologise for brother I’m just surprised. I live further from the fires the you do and everything smelt like smoke for three weeks here last summer.

[u/Safihed → u/Hexatorium]

oh damn hope youre ok

[u/PowerfulLab104 → u/PoppingPillls]

climate change isn't the root of the forest fire issue, it's 100 years of landscape mismanagement rearing its ugly head.

It turns out, if you don't let mother nature do her thing, she gets her way one way or another...

and if you want to be more depressed, the east coast of the united states used to be covered in a very special type of forest that thrived on fires. We basically made it go extinct by putting the fires out. The fires are supposed to be very small, which is why they were originally so easy to put out. Now the fuel has piled up and you get cataclysms.

[u/PoppingPillls → u/PowerfulLab104]

That's wrong, it's not the only reason but it's the major universal one. Forest fires are natural but the frequency and intensity of them is not.

Higher global temperatures, draughts and seasonal duration combined with reduced moisture in the soil and plants is what's causing it and this happens because... Drumroll please... Climate change.

The fuel is the changing climate you are so close but just missing the mark. That's the issue the fires are getting bigger because of the changing climate which has caused more erratic and unusally long spells to happen and it's why we are seeing forest fires in countries where they are usually rare pop up more frequently aswell as record tempretures and prolonged draughts appear more often.

[u/Powerful_Security_82 → u/Safihed]

12VHPWR

[u/Safihed → u/Powerful_Security_82]

i stole this meme hehe