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PoindexterOglethorpe

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86. I'm going to guess that fire codes would not allow only one entrance.
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 03:48 PM
Jun 2022

You might want to read about the Station Nightclub fire that occurred on February 20, 2003. 100 people died, mainly because exits had been blocked. Also, anyone who did not get out in the first 90 seconds was doomed. That's how quickly the fire became deadly.

One huge problem I have with the way fires are presented on TV or in movies is that there's somehow plenty of time to get out. Or to go back in and rescue something. The reality is, there is essentially no time.

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Triangle shirtwaist fire demtenjeep Jun 2022 #1
Republicans will now ban Diamond_Dog Jun 2022 #11
Or, the Rhodes Opera House Fire (1908) Otto_Harper Jun 2022 #19
That same year: the Collinwood Fire (Lakeview Elementary- March 4, 1908) Backseat Driver Jun 2022 #50
the devil flew off with Ted's soul long time ago Demovictory9 Jun 2022 #2
I'm pretty sure that was the NRA Ray Bruns Jun 2022 #22
Same thing radical noodle Jun 2022 #44
A bottleneck, followed by a stampede jmbar2 Jun 2022 #3
Plus a second shooter has easy targets Generic Brad Jun 2022 #65
A death trap. AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #4
exactly! markie Jun 2022 #5
How does one limit doors at a funeral? AllyCat Jun 2022 #6
A link to yesterday's funeral shooting for those who don't know lostnfound Jun 2022 #68
Change the subject, make it about doors. njhoneybadger Jun 2022 #7
Pretty sure he meant 'one entrance' Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #8
That's stil ridiculous Effete Snob Jun 2022 #12
So you put unscalable fencing up around the whole school Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #14
Get them acclimated to their future: ret5hd Jun 2022 #16
+1000 n/t MarcA Jun 2022 #73
My high school looked nothing like that, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2022 #84
A metal bulletproof fence? UpInArms Jun 2022 #17
And a moat with sharks Effete Snob Jun 2022 #18
Again, you could have emergency exits in the fence Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #29
I did not realize you were serious Effete Snob Jun 2022 #37
I'm serious that it's possible to do Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #47
Sort of like what they have around prisons. Maybe it could have a few gun towers also. patphil Jun 2022 #60
Just like the walls and guarded entries in Afghanistan MarcA Jun 2022 #75
And after that we do churches. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #85
"not politically possible" - That means we've consented to it not being possible ck4829 Jun 2022 #39
They can just shoot through the fence IronLionZion Jun 2022 #24
Yes, that would be the optimal answer, no more guns Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #31
Who's going to pay for all that? IronLionZion Jun 2022 #34
Republicans would pay for as much school security as necessary to keep the NRA happy. n/t thesquanderer Jun 2022 #45
I doubt they would pay for anything IronLionZion Jun 2022 #46
They would loot the Public School Funds for their cronies, MarcA Jun 2022 #74
OK inthewind21 Jun 2022 #51
I don't know why everyone forgets schools are full of ground-level windows lindysalsagal Jun 2022 #21
Yes, but you don't know where the land mines are buried Effete Snob Jun 2022 #35
Fences and/or walls around the whole school would largely obviate that entrance method Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #38
And how long is it going to take a large high school to funnel 1500-2000 students rsdsharp Jun 2022 #77
My school has several buildings with multiple doors dsc Jun 2022 #41
You fence around all the buildings? Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #53
And the money for this? dsc Jun 2022 #56
The House could write a bill that would fund this, federally Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #62
Drive-by shooter types would love a crowded single entrance MarcA Jun 2022 #76
He said door wryter2000 Jun 2022 #69
I understand he said door, hence my original verbiage Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #70
You're correct wryter2000 Jun 2022 #72
I'm going to guess that fire codes would not allow only one entrance. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #86
Code In Illinois Specifies... ProfessorGAC Jun 2022 #88
Thank you for the information on Illinois code. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #89
I'd Think That Would Be The Case ProfessorGAC Jun 2022 #91
Wouldn't Cruz's home be safer with just one door? n/t barbaraann Jun 2022 #9
Sealed. With him inside. Effete Snob Jun 2022 #13
And No Doors!!!...nt global1 Jun 2022 #27
Like a prison cell? 2naSalit Jun 2022 #64
Locked from the outside IronLionZion Jun 2022 #25
"Sarcasm"...I must take issue...The BAA..which I am a member of...("Buffoon Association of America") Stuart G Jun 2022 #10
Shouldn't that be BAA ("Buffoon Association of America") Ray Bruns Jun 2022 #28
You are totally correct change will be made to BAA Stuart G Jun 2022 #30
Is that why he is grossly ugly? Even with other repukes contending for ugliest republican, he wins CTyankee Jun 2022 #66
A kill house...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #15
Cruz is ....STUPID.. (simple fact) ...(ain't complicated is it?) Stuart G Jun 2022 #20
Cruz blaming everybody and everything but the gun. Emile Jun 2022 #23
OF COURSE ...everybody & everything but the ....GUN...why? because..... Stuart G Jun 2022 #33
Cruz is Ooze. Bought & paid for by the NRA RainCaster Jun 2022 #26
Carnival Cruz is an idiot LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #32
I LIKE THAT ONE "Carnival Cruz" ...thank you for reminding me of it... Stuart G Jun 2022 #36
There are 131,000 K-12 schools in the US, with 0.7% having shootings in past 10 yrs elias7 Jun 2022 #40
What exactly would banning access to weapons of war look like to you, practically-speaking? Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #59
Would Rafael approve Congress having only one door on Jan 6? keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #42
Mexico BidenRocks Jun 2022 #43
A coffin eleny Jun 2022 #48
My aunt taught at Our Lady of Angels in Chicago when it burned killing nearly 100 rurallib Jun 2022 #49
I got a different word. Jail. NT mwooldri Jun 2022 #52
A code violation. N/t LiberatedUSA Jun 2022 #54
Simplified, a "DEATH TRAP" whether fire, tornado, bomb threat, carbon monoxide scare, or gun hlthe2b Jun 2022 #55
The International Code Council would like a word... CaptainTruth Jun 2022 #57
Tell TED if there's a fire, a GUN might get damaged Warpy Jun 2022 #58
1,000,000+ Americans dead... Snackshack Jun 2022 #61
A prison. LiberalBrooke Jun 2022 #63
Couldn't a gunman simply BREAK A WINDOW TO ENTER??? dsharp88 Jun 2022 #67
A fire hazard? N/T malaise Jun 2022 #71
Kill zone. Dan Jun 2022 #78
I call it non-existent in the USA. Building and fire codes do not allow. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2022 #79
Picky, picky, picky! czarjak Jun 2022 #80
Cruz is school on Saturday, no class! Dukkha Jun 2022 #81
The Columbine shooters had pipe bombs... Darkstar53142 Jun 2022 #82
A violation of fire safety codes. Everyone knows this except Ted Cruz. nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2022 #83
All I can say is No Shit!!! calimary Jun 2022 #87
This discussion brought me back to a fire drill when I was in high school Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 #90
Save for Gohmert, MTG, or Boebert... only Ted Fucking Cruz could come up with something this stupid Blue Owl Jun 2022 #92
They have serious plans: They seriously plan to do nothing, except... Beartracks Jun 2022 #93
Cruzcatraz. House of Roberts Jun 2022 #94
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