Homes evacuated after electric vehicle catches fire in Ventura County [CA]

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[BenLurkin]

"orders"

[TornadoAlley3]

https://www.vcemergency.com/

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Can we PLEASE retire “shelter-in-place”? How about using plain English: “Stay inside your damn homes?” Or “Don’t go outside?”

“Direct extinguishment can exacerbate the fire” — then I guess it wasn’t really “extinguishment,” was it? Were they using gasoline to extinguish the fire?

[butlerweave]

Government’s fault because they’re ordering everyone to buy the Time Bombs

[Vaduz]

Thermal runway, a “challenging and hazardous condition,” is a process that occurs when a battery (uncontrollably) reaches high temperatures incredibly quickly.

Technology in action huh Moe.

[BobL]

EVs being cooked is the excuse that Los Angeles uses to disallow their citizens to return to their homes. What they won’t mention is that many, maybe most, of these homes have safes which probably survived the fire.

[cotton1706]

Wave of the future, they are!

[Paladin2]

“Government’s fault because they’re ordering everyone to buy the Time Bombs”

How do these “fires” help to “Save Da Erf”?

[Beowulf9]

“Can we PLEASE retire “shelter-in-place”? How about using plain English: “Stay inside your damn homes?” Or “Don’t go outside?””

So with you on this!

[BradyLS]

“Safe and effective.”

[Paladin2]

“...a process that occurs when a battery (uncontrollably) reaches high temperatures incredibly quickly.”

Believe “The Science”.

In this case it is pretty much “settled”.

[Jim W N]

Gov’t is like Melvin Udall’s criteria for women:

NO REASON AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY!

[laplata]

Can we PLEASE retire “shelter-in-place”? How about using plain English: “Stay inside your damn homes?” Or “Don’t go outside?”

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I’m with you. I hate that term. It’s Orwellian and condescending. I’m not a sheep and I can use my head and common sense.

[Paladin2]

Does “shelter-in-place”include setting the Claymores on the perimeter?

[Adder]

shelter-in-place orders in a nearby residential area.

So they know what pile of ash is who?

[know.your.why]

Ah yes, The feared lithium battery RTA (Runaway Thermal Event). Aptly named because when it happens you darn well better run away. :). These car batteries have 1000+ individual cells. If just one of them is defective and gets hot, the BMS (Battery Management System) is supposed to sense it and shut the whole battery down. If it doesnt and that one cell gets to about 250°F, then it goes into a RTA and heats up super quick and ignites at about 600°F then instantly goes to 3600°F and all the other batteries go off like a domino effect. There's no stopping it. E-bikes and even cell phones are vulnerable to this. Its no-bueno.

[NautiNurse]

Can we PLEASE retire “shelter-in-place”? How about using plain English: “Stay inside your damn homes?” Or “Don’t go outside?”

Very simple. Shelter in place means do NOT race to your home if you are in a safe location and your home is not. If you are in the shopping mall and there is nuclear fallout, racing to your home is not such a smart idea.

[Paladin2]

“...and even cell phones are vulnerable to this...”

At least while charging, I keep my cell phones on a 12” x 12” rock “tile” spaced 1/4” inch above the surface of whatever it is on and away from combustibles.

Lithium is nothing to fool with.

[alfa6]

Oh bother said Pooh as he fired the Claymores!

Regards

alfa6 “>}

[Seaplaner]

Can we PLEASE retire “shelter-in-place”?

Emergency responders speak in a common language in order to help prevent errors and miscommunications.

Wiki has a good write up on the "Shelter-in-place" term, and it begins with...

Shelter-in-place ...is the act of seeking safety within the building one already occupies, rather than evacuating the area or seeking a community emergency shelter.

Concise, straight forward, and effective.