You're right, Kakki, the only good thing that will come of this is the awareness it is bringing to fire safety issues.Short term, but not long term. Human nature is what it is. The worst fire of this sort happened before Coconut Grove and what did people learn? The Iroquois Theater Fire killed maybe 600 children and as always, dead stacked at the exits, people trampled, etc. Just like the Chicago nightclub fire that killed, what, 21 just a few days before the RI fire? Did the Chicago fire the week earlier make anyone wake up?
As long as there is a cheaper way to do it, it will be done. And people's safety will be jeopardized. Human nature. That is why so much car safety equipment is not mandated. Why a lot of things aren't done. Cost.
Vince
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/iroqfire.html
