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A comment on Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout. Parent comment

Re:Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout by blitzar on Thursday June 26, 2025 @03:49AM (#44385165)
Likely because they have building codes that prevent the construction of houses from matchsticks.
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Re:Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout by potato3732842 on Thursday June 26, 2025 @12:20PM (#44388859)
It has nothing to do with construction and everything to do with rainfall.

I can throw a lit road flare into my back yard and nothing will happen, because I don't live in a glorified desert. PR is an order of magnitude wetter than where I live.

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Re:Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout by neilknowsbest on Thursday June 26, 2025 @08:48PM (#44392888)
PR has a dry season when the island receives less rain, and there are dry regions that generally get less rain. In fact, there are sometimes forest fires [1].

Regarding construction, I've never seen a smoke alarm inside a residential building in PR. I would hazard a guess that this is allowed for concrete/cinderblock; presumably the roof thing is the same.

[1] - https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/seguridad/notas/incendio...

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