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Thread #38930 Message #550221
Posted By: GUEST,petr
14-Sep-01 - 04:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Escaping from a tall building
Subject: RE: BS: Escaping from a tall building
re: escape route from tall buildings I saw a TV show in the 70's all about inventions and there was a kind of tube made of some stretchy fabric with a metal loop at the top designed specifically for that purpose (escape from buildings that are higher than can be reached by fire truck ladders). The escapee would climb into the tube and slide down in a controlled slide down tube and it would slow down at the bottom in fact supposedly one went down the tube at a speed and could be stopped simply by closing the tube at the end. I thought it was a great idea but Ive never seen it implemented. People say the towers should be rebuilt even bigger and stronger, but Im not sure if you will find that many companies wanting to locate their head office in such a place. ALready they are rethinking plans to build a skyscraper complex in London. petr