Wildfires Are a Growing Threat, But Is This a Viable Concept to Protect Your Home?

These people are raising investment capital, or at least claim to be, for this idea in homebuilding: the house is constructed over a deep hole, and, in the event of a wildfire, it can be lowered into that hole using hydraulics, then raised back up when the danger has passed.

It’s true that a minute fraction of 1% of U.S. homes are consumed each year by wildfires, but does this concept sound even remotely feasible?