Tin foil hat saves the day

[ericc]

How one foil-wrapped home survived the Caldor Fire as everything around it burned

https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/How-one-foil-wrapped-home-survived-the-Caldor-16444302.php?**_cid=99c4d495ed&**_eid=7147f05c92

When the voracious Caldor Fire raced through forested Phillips near South Lake Tahoe, it destroyed dozens of cabins but spared a couple. One was wrapped in what looks like aluminum foil

[TheGoldenGoose]

Also, Insurance will reimburse homeowners for costs related to protecting property from further damages.
Good Deal.

[Sanity Check]

Why do people wrap food in aluminum foil.

Not to protect food from heat, aluminum is a very good conductor of thermal energy, it has the opposite effect.





It might work with radiant barrier, heat insulation. That goes in home ceilings. Definitely not aluminum though.