Re: A mere $1,000 escape a burning skyscraper on your own

"The Rifleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Winston mith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > For a mere $1,000 USD you can escape a burning skyscraper on your own.
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> Its not much good if the lower floor are well alight as you are likely to
> get friend or gassed as you try to lower yourself though the smoke ans
heat
> escaping the building, ( if the heat does not burn through the rope first)
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> parachute would be a slightly better bet if you can jump far enough out to
> get it open properly, then you can glide out away from the heat.
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I agree about dropping through fire and smoke.  However, the cable is made
of steel.

Now, this might be a little more fire resistant (steel does fail in high
heat), but enough cable for 110 floors would be a mighty heavy pack.

If rappelling were a viable option during such an emergency, then getting
the proper equipment, and training could be done for a
couple of hundred dollars (or less is you look around) and weigh a lot less.

If rappelling from a really tall structure, it would also be necessary to be
able to stop on a landing (ropes are commonly no longer than 200 ft, one
person carrying more would be impractical), or open window, and reset your
lines.  If none are available, then you would drop a long way.

This type of rappelling does give the option of rescuing more than one
individual.  Also, if more than one individual is carrying such a pack, then
the
ropes could be joined to give a greater drop length.

The steel cable might be an option if the building had several, and were
rigged up to take people away from the structure.  Then individuals would
only
need the breaking device.  (Might be quite impractical to store thousands of
such devices in a building for anyone's use.)

Carl